Executive Power Expansion
The Executive Power Expansion capture lane traces 775 verified events documenting this mechanism of institutional capture.
| Date | Event | Lanes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-04-25 | Trump pardons executive whose family sought to publicize Ashley Biden's diary Donald Trump · Paul Walczak · Elizabeth Fago · Ashley Biden | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-22 | Coordinated Constitutional Challenge Filed American Civil Liberties Union · Protect Democracy · State Attorney Generals · League of Women Voters | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-22 | Federal Appeals Court Establishes Precedent on National Guard Federalization Federal Appeals Court · Gavin Newsom · U.S. Department of Defense · Charles Breyer · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-22 | Federal Courts Reach Impasse on Presidential Emoluments Enforcement D.C. Circuit Court · 4th Circuit Court · Department of Justice · U.S. Congress | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-22 | Trump Media Finalizes Crypto ETF Deal with Crypto.com and Yorkville Digital Donald Trump · Devin Nunes · Kris Marszalek · Trump Media & Technology Group · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-19 | Amazon and Meta are among the corporate sponsors of the White House Easter Egg Roll Donald Trump · Melania Trump · Amazon · Meta · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-14 | Pulte Appoints 1789 Capital's Omeed Malik to Fannie Mae Board; Nominating/Governance Committee Seat Paired with FHFA Director as Chair Omeed Malik · Bill Pulte · Donald Trump Jr. · 1789 Capital · +5 | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-14 | Wolff Reports Trump Team's Media Leverage Attempt with Warner Bros. Discovery Donald Trump · Donald Trump Jr. · Michael Wolff · David Zaslav · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-11 | Binance seeks to curb U.S. oversight while in deal talks with Trump’s crypto company Donald Trump · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-11 | Trump megadonor drags of easy access to White House Donald Trump · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-10 | Federal Judges Establish Precedent for Presidential Accountability Federal Judiciary · U.S. Supreme Court · Department of Justice · Rebecca Slaughter · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-10 | Judicial System Struggles with Presidential Accountability Mechanisms Federal Circuit Courts · Department of Justice · Presidential Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-10 | Mass Judicial Removal Attempt Triggers Constitutional Emergency Trump Administration · Federal Judiciary · Department of Justice · White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-10 | Trump White House Brokers Pro Bono Deals with Elite Law Firms Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Latham & Watkins · Simpson Thacher · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-07 | Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft Pressured into $100M Pro Bono Deal by Trump White House Donald Trump · Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft · Senator Sheldon Whitehouse · Todd Blanche | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-04 | Vice Adm. Shoshana Chatfield Fired as U.S. Military Representative to NATO — 'Loss of Confidence' Shoshana Chatfield · Pete Hegseth | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-03 | Department of Education Issues "Dear Colleague Letter" Requiring Universities to Certify No DEI Programs or Lose Federal Funding Department of Education · Office for Civil Rights · General Services Administration · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-03 | Law firm Kirkland & Ellis in talks with White House to avoid executive order Donald Trump · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-02 | Judge Dale Ho Dismisses Eric Adams Corruption Case With Prejudice, Citing Apparent Quid Pro Quo With Trump DOJ Dale Ho · Eric Adams · Donald Trump · Danielle Sassoon · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-02 | Trump Administration Pressures Law Firms into Pro Bono Settlements Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Law Firms Targeted | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-02 | Two more law firms reach deals with Trump to avoid executive orders: 'they're all bending' Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Scott Edelman · Milbank LLP | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-02 | Zuckerberg lobbies Trump to avoid Meta antitrust trial Mark Zuckerberg · Meta · Donald Trump · Trump Administration · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-01 | Trump announces deal with law firm that employs Doug Emhoff Donald Trump · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-28 | Trump gets $100M deal with Skadden law firm amid pressure campaign Donald Trump · Jeremy London · Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-27 | Executive Order on Federal Collective Bargaining Exclusions Donald Trump · White House · Office of Personnel Management | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-27 | Trump EPA Creates Email Portal for Clean Air Act Exemption Requests Donald Trump · Trump Administration · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-25 | Foreign Policy Analysis Warns of American Kleptocracy Under Trump Administration Donald Trump · Pam Bondi · Joe Biden · Bernie Sanders · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-25 | Thiel Capital Chief of Staff Michael Kratsios Confirmed as OSTP Director (74-25) Michael Kratsios · Peter Thiel · Thiel Capital · Scale AI · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-25 | Trump Signs EO 'Preserving and Protecting the Integrity of American Elections' — Proof of Citizenship, Mail Ballot Restrictions Donald Trump · Department of Homeland Security · Department of Justice · U.S. Postal Service · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-23 | Trump White House Sells Corporate Sponsorships for Easter Egg Roll, Marking New Level of Institutional Capture Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Meta · YouTube · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-22 | First Major Court Battle Over National Guard Deployment Authority Federal District Court · U.S. Department of Defense · State Governors · Donald Trump · +6 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-22 | Trump's National Guard Federalization Triggers Constitutional Crisis in California Donald Trump · Gavin Newsom · Pete Hegseth · Charles Breyer · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-20 | Trump Rescinds Executive Order After Paul Weiss Agrees to $40M Pro Bono Services Donald Trump · Paul Weiss Law Firm · Mark Pomerantz | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-19 | White House Forces Out Amtrak CEO Amid Privatization Threats Donald Trump · Stephen Gardner · Elon Musk · Sean Duffy | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-18 | Starlink Installed at White House, Raising Major Security Concerns Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Elon Musk · SpaceX DOGE Team · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-17 | Pulte Purges 14 Directors from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Boards, Installs Himself as Chairman of Both GSEs Bill Pulte · FHFA · Fannie Mae · Freddie Mac · +19 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-15 | Federal Judiciary Responds to Mounting Constitutional Threats in Emergency Closed-Door Conference Federal Judiciary Leadership · Judge Richard Sullivan · U.S. Marshals Service · Judicial Conference Leadership · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-15 | Supreme Court Conducts Unprecedented Hearing on Presidential Emoluments U.S. Supreme Court · Trump Administration · Constitutional Scholars | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-15 | Trump administration coerces law firms into $940 million of free legal work Trump Administration · Major law firms · Paul Weiss · Kirkland & Ellis · +7 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-13 | Judge Alsup Orders Reinstatement of Fired Probationary Employees, Rules OPM Mass Terminations Unlawful Judge William Alsup · AFGE · AFSCME · Office of Personnel Management · +7 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-12 | Trump Turns White House Lawn into Tesla Showroom, Purchases Model S to Support Musk Donald Trump · Elon Musk · White House Staff | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-11 | DHS Awards $200 Million Ad Contract to Republican Firms Without Full Competitive Bidding Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Kristi Noem · Jay Connaughton · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-11 | Education Department announces 50% workforce reduction Linda McMahon · U.S. Department of Education · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-11 | Trump turns the White House lawn into a Tesla showroom Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Elon Musk · Tesla | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-06 | Cabinet Meeting Explodes as Rubio and Duffy Clash with Musk Over DOGE Cuts Elon Musk · Marco Rubio · Sean Duffy · Donald Trump · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-04 | People are paying millions to dine with Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago Donald Trump · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-01 | Federal job applicants required to write MAGA loyalty essays Trump Administration · Office of Personnel Management · Federal Agencies | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-01 | Project 2025 Authors Fill Key Administration Positions Brendan Carr · Tom Homan · Linda McMahon · Karoline Leavitt · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-28 | Multiple international democracy research groups declare U.S. in democratic crisis Freedom House · V-Dem Institute · International IDEA · Varieties of Democracy Project · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-28 | Trump Misses Transition Donor Disclosure Deadline, Declines Federal Funding Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Susie Wiles · General Services Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-26 | ICE arrests increase 627% in first month under Trump vs Biden era Donald Trump · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · DHS (Department of Homeland Security) · Kristi Noem | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-26 | Trump order calls for creation of DOGE-linked agency payment-tracking systems Donald Trump · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-26 | White House Seizes Control of Press Pool, Removes Reuters and Bloomberg Alongside AP White House · Associated Press · Reuters · Bloomberg News · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-22 | Trump Fires Joint Chiefs Chairman and Navy Chief in Unprecedented Military Purge Donald Trump · Pete Hegseth · General Charles Q. Brown Jr. · Admiral Lisa Franchetti · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-21 | Acting ICE Director Vitello removed for failing to meet impossible deportation quotas Caleb Vitello · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · Donald Trump · U.S. Department of Homeland Security | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-20 | Consensys SEC case dropped after $100,000 inauguration donation Consensys · Donald Trump · Securities and Exchange Commission | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-18 | Trump Asserts Unitary Executive Control Over DOJ, Echoing Nixon's Saturday Night Massacre Donald Trump · Michael C. Dorf · Department of Justice · Heritage Foundation | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-18 | Trump Signs Order to Claim Power Over Independent Agencies Donald Trump · Federal Trade Commission · Securities and Exchange Commission · Federal Communications Commission · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-17 | Coins, watches and more: A look at Trump's crypto-related ventures, by the numbers Donald Trump · Eric Trump · Donald Trump Jr. · Barron Trump · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-17 | Trump Leverages Presidential Position in PGA-LIV Golf Merger Negotiations Donald Trump · Jay Monahan · Yasir al-Rumayyan · PGA Tour · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-15 | Capital One CFPB case dropped after $1 million inauguration donation Capital One · Donald Trump · Consumer Financial Protection Bureau | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-15 | CFPB ordered to close offices and cease all work Russell Vought · Consumer Financial Protection Bureau · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-15 | Federal Courts Grapple with Unprecedented Emoluments Enforcement Challenge U.S. Supreme Court · Federal District Courts · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-15 | Federal Judges Address Escalating Threats to Judicial Independence Chief Justice John Roberts · Chief Judge James Boasberg · Federal Judiciary · U.S. Supreme Court · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-15 | Multi-Organizational Civil Rights Litigation Coordination Summit Lawyers for Civil Rights · Brennan Center · EarthJustice · American Civil Liberties Union · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-15 | Supreme Court Confronts Unprecedented National Guard Federalization Crisis U.S. Supreme Court · Trump Administration · State Governors · Brian Schwalb · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-15 | Trump systematically fires federal officials investigating Elon Musk's companies Donald Trump · Elon Musk · FDA officials · EEOC officials · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-13 | India's Modi talks space and 'good governance' with Musk in Washington Donald Trump · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-13 | OPM Orders Mass Firing of Nearly 25,000 Probationary Federal Employees Across All Agencies Office of Personnel Management · Charles Ezell · Donald Trump · DOGE · +5 | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-11 | Trump Signs Executive Order for Large-Scale Federal Workforce Cuts Under DOGE Donald Trump · Elon Musk · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-11 | White House will not release visitor logs during Trump's second term Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Tom Blanton · National Security Archive | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-10 | CFPB offices ordered closed, staff told cannot perform work tasks Russell Vought · Consumer Financial Protection Bureau · Rohit Chopra | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-10 | Trump Executive Order Pauses Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Enforcement Donald Trump · Pamela Bondi · Department of Justice · Securities and Exchange Commission · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-10 | Trump pardons multiple financial criminals and white-collar offenders Donald Trump · Rod Blagojevich · Todd Chrisley · Julie Chrisley · +6 | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-10 | Trump signs order pausing enforcement of foreign bribery ban Donald Trump · Trump Administration · William Barr · Department of Justice | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-06 | Russell Vought implements Project 2025 chapter as OMB Director Russell Vought · Office of Management and Budget · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-05 | Attorney General Bondi Narrows FCPA Focus to Cartels While Pausing Corporate Bribery Cases Pamela Bondi · Donald Trump · Department of Justice · U.S. corporations | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-05 | Trump Administration Shuts Down KleptoCapture Task Force Pam Bondi · Donald Trump · Merrick Garland · Gary Kalman · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-04 | Trump Signs Executive Order Restoring 'Maximum Pressure' Campaign Against Iran Donald Trump · Marco Rubio · U.S. Treasury Department | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-01 | NOAA faces 27% budget cut with research office eliminated Trump Administration · NOAA · Office of Management and Budget | confirmed | |
| 2025-01-30 | Coalition of 22 State Attorneys General Secures Court Order Blocking Trump Federal Funding Freeze Letitia James · Judge John McConnell · 22 State Attorneys General · District of Columbia | confirmed | |
| 2025-01-30 | Paramount in settlement talks with Trump over ‘60 Minutes’ lawsuit Donald Trump · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-01-30 | Trump Crypto Dinner Offers Presidential Access for Top $TRUMP Coin Buyers Donald Trump · Justin Sun · Fight Fight Fight LLC · Richard Blumenthal | confirmed | |
| 2025-01-28 | Defense Secretary Revokes General Milley Security Detail in Political Retaliation Pete Hegseth · General Mark Milley · Pentagon Inspector General · Iranian Regime · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-01-28 | OPM Sends "Fork in the Road" Email Offering 2 Million Federal Employees Deferred Resignation Office of Personnel Management · Donald Trump · Elon Musk · DOGE · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-01-27 | OMB Issues Memo M-25-13 Freezing All Federal Financial Assistance, Triggering Constitutional Crisis Over Congressional Spending Power Office of Management and Budget · Donald Trump · Judge John McConnell · Letitia James · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-01-27 | Palantir Veteran Gregory Barbaccia Named Federal CIO, Controls $100B+ IT Budget Gregory Barbaccia · Palantir Technologies · Peter Thiel · Office of Management and Budget · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-01-27 | Trump DOJ Fires Jack Smith Special Counsel Team in Systematic Purge James McHenry · Jack Smith · Molly Gaston · J.P. Cooney · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-01-25 | Brendan Carr chairs FCC after writing Project 2025 FCC chapter Brendan Carr · Federal Communications Commission · Trump Administration · Heritage Foundation | confirmed | |
| 2025-01-25 | Trump pardons financial criminals including wire fraud convict and money launderers Donald Trump · Rod Blagojevich · Financial criminals · Republican donors | confirmed | |
| 2025-01-24 | Pete Hegseth confirmed as Defense Secretary in historic VP tiebreaker vote Pete Hegseth · JD Vance · U.S. Senate · Mitch McConnell · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-01-24 | Trump fires 18 Inspectors General in unprecedented purge of government watchdogs Donald Trump · Robert Storch · Michael Missal · Hannibal Ware · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-01-24 | Vance Casts Tiebreaker Confirming Hegseth as Defense Secretary: Enabling Event for Project 2025 DoD-Purge Chapter JD Vance · Pete Hegseth · U.S. Senate · Mitch McConnell · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-01-21 | MAGA commissars deployed throughout federal agencies Trump Administration · Trump loyalists · Federal Agencies | confirmed | |
| 2025-01-21 | National emergency declared at U.S. southern border Donald Trump · U.S. Department of Defense · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · Pentagon · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-01-21 | Russell Vought Becomes OMB Director - Project 2025 Chief Architect Russell Vought · Donald Trump · Office of Management and Budget · U.S. Senate · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-01-21 | Surveillance State Expansion: Constitutional Concerns and Section 702 Reauthorization Intelligence Community · National Security Agency · Federal Bureau of Investigation · White House · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2025-01-21 | Trump Fires Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Linda Fagan on Day Two — First Military Leader Removed Linda Fagan · Donald Trump · Pete Hegseth · Kristi Noem | confirmed | |
| 2025-01-20 | Chief of Staff Susie Wiles Brings 42 Corporate Lobbying Clients into White House Susie Wiles · republic-services · swisher-international · northern-dynasty-minerals · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-01-20 | Coordinated Federal Workforce Purge: Schedule F and DOJ Personnel Removal Donald Trump · Molly Gaston · J.P. Cooney · Anne McNamara · +4 | confirmed |