Capture lane

Executive Power Expansion

The Executive Power Expansion capture lane traces 819 verified events documenting this mechanism of institutional capture.

819 events From Nov 29, 1864 To May 16, 2026 Open in filter view →
Top 10 actors in this lane 10 actors · 1864–2026
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DateEventLanesStatus
2025-05-21Stephen Miller demands 3,000 daily ICE arrests, triggers leadership purge 3 src
Stephen Miller · Kristi Noem · Corey Lewandowski · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
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2025-05-21U.S. Accepts Qatar's $400 Million Boeing 747 Jet, Raising Emoluments Concerns 3 src
Donald Trump · U.S. Department of Defense · Jamie Raskin
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2025-05-19DOJ Settles Ashli Babbitt Lawsuit for $5 Million, Sparking Law Enforcement Controversy 3 src
Donald Trump · Trump Administration
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2025-05-19Sean Duffy Sold Stocks Before Trump's Tariff Announcement, Revealing Potential Insider Trading 4 src
Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Sean Duffy
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2025-05-18Supreme Court Hearing Challenges Presidential National Guard Federalization Powers 3 src
U.S. Supreme Court · State Governors · U.S. Department of Defense · New York Attorney General Letitia James · +1
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2025-05-154.3 million workers could lose overtime protections 4 src
Trump Administration · U.S. Department of Labor
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2025-05-15Donald Trump Jr.'s transformation into Washington power broker 4 src
Donald Trump · Donald Trump Jr. · Eric Trump · Zach Witkoff
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2025-05-15Political committees have spent $675K at Trump properties since Trump's reelection 3 src
Donald Trump · Republican National Committee
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2025-05-14Chief Magistrate Judge Gregory B. Wormuth (D.N.M.) Begins Dismissing Federal Military-Trespass Charges at Probable-Cause Stage; 98-Case Mass Dismissal on May 15 Exposes Knowledge-Standard Flaw in NDA Architecture 7 src
Pam Bondi
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2025-05-14Gabbard Fires Two Career Intelligence Officials Whose Venezuela Assessment Contradicted White House 4 src
Tulsi Gabbard · Donald Trump
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2025-05-14U.S. AG Pam Bondi Sells Over $1 Million in Trump Media Shares Amid Tariff Announcement 3 src
Donald Trump · Pam Bondi · Trump Administration
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2025-05-12Eric Trump's American Bitcoin going public in latest crypto move by president's family 4 src
Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Eric Trump
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2025-05-11Qatar gifts Trump $400 million airplane as replacement for Air Force One 5 src
Donald Trump · Qatar · Pam Bondi
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2025-05-11Trump administration in talks with Qatar over plane gift 5 src
Donald Trump · Trump Administration
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2025-05-10Legal Scholars Warn of Erosion in Judicial Review Mechanisms 3 src
Federal Judiciary · Executive Branch
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2025-05-09Large investors increased stake in Trump Media by hundreds of millions 5 src
Donald Trump · Trump Administration
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2025-05-09SEC Reaches Controversial Settlement with Ripple Labs 4 src
Donald Trump · Trump Administration
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2025-05-09Trump to sign order discouraging criminal enforcement of regulatory offenses 5 src
Donald Trump · Trump Administration
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2025-05-07Supreme Court Confronts Systemic Emoluments Violations 3 src
U.S. Supreme Court · Department of Justice · Executive Branch
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2025-05-06SCOTUS 6-3 shadow-docket stay in United States v. Shilling lifts injunction on Trump transgender military ban 3 src confirmed
2025-05-05Hegseth Orders 20% Cut to Four-Star General and Admiral Positions 4 src
Pete Hegseth · Jack Reed
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2025-05-05Trump Generates $350M Through Memecoin, Offering White House Access to Top Investors 4 src
Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Justin Sun · Sean Casten · +1
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2025-05-05Trump sons’ deals on three continents directly benefit the president 5 src
Donald Trump · Trump Administration
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2025-05-02Freight Technologies Commits to Buy Up to $20M in Trump Crypto to Lobby Against Tariffs 4 src
Donald Trump
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2025-05-02Trump family's net worth has increased by $2.9 billion thanks to crypto investments, new report says 5 src
Donald Trump · Trump Administration
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2025-05-02Trump Justice Dept. to settle Babbitt family lawsuit in fatal Jan. 6 shooting 4 src
Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Jamie Raskin
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2025-04-30ICE arrests 65,000 in first 100 days including 2,288 gang members 3 src
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · Donald Trump · DHS (Department of Homeland Security) · Kristi Noem
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2025-04-29It was supposed to be a tax and border bill. It could also hand Trump vast new executive powers 3 src
Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Elon Musk · House Judiciary Committee
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2025-04-29Trump's World Liberty Financial Reveals Major Foreign Crypto Investments 3 src
Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Justin Sun · Tahnoun bin Zayed Al Nahyan
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2025-04-28Donald Trump Jr. Visits Romania Ahead of Contentious Presidential Election 3 src
Donald Trump Jr. · Trump Administration · J.D. Vance · Elon Musk
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2025-04-25Trump pardons executive whose family sought to publicize Ashley Biden's diary 3 src
Donald Trump
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2025-04-22Coordinated Constitutional Challenge Filed 3 src
American Civil Liberties Union · Protect Democracy · League of Women Voters
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2025-04-22Federal Appeals Court Establishes Precedent on National Guard Federalization 4 src
Gavin Newsom · U.S. Department of Defense · Charles Breyer · Donald Trump
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2025-04-22Federal Courts Reach Impasse on Presidential Emoluments Enforcement 3 src
Department of Justice · U.S. Congress
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2025-04-22Trump Media Finalizes Crypto ETF Deal with Crypto.com and Yorkville Digital 4 src
Donald Trump · Devin Nunes · Trump Media & Technology Group · Crypto.com
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2025-04-19Amazon and Meta are among the corporate sponsors of the White House Easter Egg Roll 4 src
Donald Trump · Melania Trump · Amazon · Meta · +2
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2025-04-14Pulte Appoints 1789 Capital's Omeed Malik to Fannie Mae Board; Nominating/Governance Committee Seat Paired with FHFA Director as Chair 15 src
Bill Pulte · Donald Trump Jr. · 1789 Capital · Fannie Mae · +1
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2025-04-14Wolff Reports Trump Team's Media Leverage Attempt with Warner Bros. Discovery 3 src
Donald Trump · Donald Trump Jr. · Michael Wolff
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2025-04-11Binance seeks to curb U.S. oversight while in deal talks with Trump’s crypto company 5 src
Donald Trump · Trump Administration
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2025-04-11Trump megadonor drags of easy access to White House 5 src
Donald Trump · Trump Administration
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2025-04-11Trump Signs NSPM-4 Transferring Roosevelt Reservation to DoD as First 'National Defense Area' at Southern Border; 170-Mile NM Strip Becomes Military Installation Without Congressional Approval 6 src
Donald Trump · U.S. Department of Defense · U.S. Army · Department of Homeland Security · +1
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2025-04-10Federal Judges Establish Precedent for Presidential Accountability 4 src
Federal Judiciary · U.S. Supreme Court · Department of Justice · Rebecca Slaughter · +3
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2025-04-10Judicial System Struggles with Presidential Accountability Mechanisms 3 src
Department of Justice
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2025-04-10Mass Judicial Removal Attempt Triggers Constitutional Emergency 3 src
Trump Administration · Federal Judiciary · Department of Justice
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2025-04-10Trump White House Brokers Pro Bono Deals with Elite Law Firms 3 src
Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Latham & Watkins · Kirkland & Ellis · +1
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2025-04-08SCOTUS shadow-docket stay in OPM v. AFGE lifts district-court order reinstating 16,000 probationary federal employees 3 src confirmed
2025-04-07Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft Pressured into $100M Pro Bono Deal by Trump White House 4 src
Donald Trump · Sheldon Whitehouse · Todd Blanche
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2025-04-07SCOTUS 5-4 shadow-docket stay in Trump v. J.G.G. vacates TROs blocking Alien Enemies Act removals of Venezuelan nationals 3 src confirmed
2025-04-04SCOTUS 5-4 shadow-docket stay in Department of Education v. California clears termination of DEI-flagged teacher-training grants 3 src confirmed
2025-04-04Vice Adm. Shoshana Chatfield Fired as U.S. Military Representative to NATO — 'Loss of Confidence' 2 src
Pete Hegseth
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2025-04-03Department of Education Issues "Dear Colleague Letter" Requiring Universities to Certify No DEI Programs or Lose Federal Funding 5 src
Department of Education · Office for Civil Rights · General Services Administration · Donald Trump
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2025-04-03Law firm Kirkland & Ellis in talks with White House to avoid executive order 4 src
Donald Trump · Trump Administration
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2025-04-02Judge Dale Ho Dismisses Eric Adams Corruption Case With Prejudice, Citing Apparent Quid Pro Quo With Trump DOJ 4 src
Dale Ho · Eric Adams · Donald Trump · Danielle Sassoon · +2
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2025-04-02Trump Administration Pressures Law Firms into Pro Bono Settlements 3 src
Donald Trump · Trump Administration
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2025-04-02Two more law firms reach deals with Trump to avoid executive orders: 'they're all bending' 3 src
Donald Trump · Trump Administration
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2025-04-02Zuckerberg lobbies Trump to avoid Meta antitrust trial 5 src
Mark Zuckerberg · Meta · Donald Trump · Trump Administration · +1
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2025-04-01Trump announces deal with law firm that employs Doug Emhoff 4 src
Donald Trump · Trump Administration
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2025-03-28Trump gets $100M deal with Skadden law firm amid pressure campaign 3 src
Donald Trump
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2025-03-27Executive Order on Federal Collective Bargaining Exclusions 4 src
Donald Trump · White House · Office of Personnel Management
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2025-03-27Trump EPA Creates Email Portal for Clean Air Act Exemption Requests 4 src
Donald Trump · Trump Administration · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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2025-03-25Foreign Policy Analysis Warns of American Kleptocracy Under Trump Administration 3 src
Donald Trump · Pam Bondi · Joe Biden · Bernie Sanders
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2025-03-25Thiel Capital Chief of Staff Michael Kratsios Confirmed as OSTP Director (74-25) 5 src
Peter Thiel · Thiel Capital · Scale AI · Trump Administration · +1
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2025-03-25Trump Signs EO 'Preserving and Protecting the Integrity of American Elections' — Proof of Citizenship, Mail Ballot Restrictions 6 src
Donald Trump · Department of Homeland Security · Department of Justice · U.S. Postal Service · +3
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2025-03-23Trump White House Sells Corporate Sponsorships for Easter Egg Roll, Marking New Level of Institutional Capture 3 src
Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Meta · YouTube · +3
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2025-03-22First Major Court Battle Over National Guard Deployment Authority 6 src
U.S. Department of Defense · State Governors · Donald Trump · Charles Breyer · +1
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2025-03-22Trump's National Guard Federalization Triggers Constitutional Crisis in California 3 src
Donald Trump · Gavin Newsom · Pete Hegseth · Charles Breyer · +3
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2025-03-20Trump Rescinds Executive Order After Paul Weiss Agrees to $40M Pro Bono Services 3 src
Donald Trump
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2025-03-19White House Forces Out Amtrak CEO Amid Privatization Threats 3 src
Donald Trump · Elon Musk · Sean Duffy
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2025-03-18Starlink Installed at White House, Raising Major Security Concerns 3 src
Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Elon Musk · Gerry Connolly
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2025-03-17Pulte Purges 14 Directors from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Boards, Installs Himself as Chairman of Both GSEs 8 src
Bill Pulte · FHFA · Fannie Mae · Freddie Mac
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2025-03-15Federal Judiciary Responds to Mounting Constitutional Threats in Emergency Closed-Door Conference 3 src
U.S. Marshals Service · Supreme Court Justices
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2025-03-15Supreme Court Conducts Unprecedented Hearing on Presidential Emoluments 3 src
U.S. Supreme Court · Trump Administration
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2025-03-15Trump administration coerces law firms into $940 million of free legal work 5 src
Trump Administration · Paul Weiss · Kirkland & Ellis · Latham & Watkins · +1
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2025-03-14Trump Signs Proclamation 10903 Invoking 1798 Alien Enemies Act Against Tren de Aragua, First Use Outside Declared War Since World War II
Donald Trump · Stephen Miller · Marco Rubio · James Boasberg · +1
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2025-03-13Judge Alsup Orders Reinstatement of Fired Probationary Employees, Rules OPM Mass Terminations Unlawful 4 src
AFGE · AFSCME · Office of Personnel Management · Department of Veterans Affairs · +4
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2025-03-12Trump Turns White House Lawn into Tesla Showroom, Purchases Model S to Support Musk 3 src
Donald Trump · Elon Musk · White House Staff
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2025-03-11DHS Awards $200 Million Ad Contract to Republican Firms Without Full Competitive Bidding 3 src
Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Kristi Noem
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2025-03-11Education Department announces 50% workforce reduction 4 src
Linda McMahon · U.S. Department of Education · Trump Administration
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2025-03-11Trump turns the White House lawn into a Tesla showroom 3 src
Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Elon Musk · Tesla
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2025-03-06Cabinet Meeting Explodes as Rubio and Duffy Clash with Musk Over DOGE Cuts 3 src
Elon Musk · Marco Rubio · Sean Duffy · Donald Trump · +1
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2025-03-04People are paying millions to dine with Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago 4 src
Donald Trump · Trump Administration
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2025-03-02Trump's Truth Social Posts Name XRP in Crypto Reserve; Ripple-Linked Lobbyist Drafted Text Without Disclosing Client Conflict 8 src
Donald Trump · Brian Ballard
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2025-03-01Federal job applicants required to write MAGA loyalty essays 4 src
Trump Administration · Office of Personnel Management · Federal Agencies
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2025-03-01Project 2025 Authors Fill Key Administration Positions 3 src
Brendan Carr · Tom Homan · Linda McMahon · Karoline Leavitt · +2
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2025-02-28Multiple international democracy research groups declare U.S. in democratic crisis 4 src
Freedom House · V-Dem Institute · United States
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2025-02-28Trump Misses Transition Donor Disclosure Deadline, Declines Federal Funding 4 src
Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Susie Wiles · General Services Administration
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2025-02-26ICE arrests increase 627% in first month under Trump vs Biden era 5 src
Donald Trump · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · DHS (Department of Homeland Security) · Kristi Noem
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2025-02-26Trump order calls for creation of DOGE-linked agency payment-tracking systems 3 src
Donald Trump · Trump Administration
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2025-02-26White House Seizes Control of Press Pool, Removes Reuters and Bloomberg Alongside AP 5 src
White House · Associated Press · Reuters · Bloomberg News · +1
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2025-02-22Trump Fires Joint Chiefs Chairman and Navy Chief in Unprecedented Military Purge 4 src
Donald Trump · Pete Hegseth · Jack Reed
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2025-02-21Acting ICE Director Vitello removed for failing to meet impossible deportation quotas 3 src
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · Donald Trump · U.S. Department of Homeland Security
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2025-02-20Consensys SEC case dropped after $100,000 inauguration donation 5 src
Donald Trump · Securities and Exchange Commission
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2025-02-18Trump Asserts Unitary Executive Control Over DOJ, Echoing Nixon's Saturday Night Massacre 3 src
Donald Trump · Department of Justice · Heritage Foundation
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2025-02-18Trump Signs Order to Claim Power Over Independent Agencies 4 src
Donald Trump · Federal Trade Commission · Securities and Exchange Commission · Federal Communications Commission · +2
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2025-02-17Coins, watches and more: A look at Trump's crypto-related ventures, by the numbers 3 src
Donald Trump · Eric Trump · Donald Trump Jr. · Barron Trump · +1
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2025-02-17Trump Leverages Presidential Position in PGA-LIV Golf Merger Negotiations 3 src
Donald Trump
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2025-02-15Capital One CFPB case dropped after $1 million inauguration donation 6 src
Donald Trump · Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
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2025-02-15CFPB ordered to close offices and cease all work 3 src
Russell Vought · Consumer Financial Protection Bureau · Trump Administration
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2025-02-15Federal Courts Grapple with Unprecedented Emoluments Enforcement Challenge 3 src
U.S. Supreme Court · Trump Administration
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2025-02-15Federal Judges Address Escalating Threats to Judicial Independence 3 src
John Roberts · Federal Judiciary · U.S. Supreme Court · U.S. Marshals Service
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