Capture lane

Fiscal Capture

The Fiscal Capture capture lane traces 12 verified events documenting this mechanism of institutional capture.

12 events From Jan 27, 2025 To Apr 3, 2026 Open in filter view →
Top 10 actors in this lane 10 actors · 1819–2026
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DateEventLanesStatus
2026-04-03Trump Requests Record $1.5 Trillion Defense Budget for FY2027, Largest Year-Over-Year Increase Since WWII 6 src
Donald Trump · Pete Hegseth · U.S. Congress
confirmed
2026-04-02Trump Imposes 100% Tariffs on Branded Pharmaceutical Imports via Section 232 Executive Order 6 src
Donald Trump · Department of Health and Human Services · Department of Commerce
confirmed
2025-09-15Federal Reserve Study Confirms Americans Bear 94% of Tariff Costs, Low-Income Households Hit Hardest as Food and Consumer Prices Surge 4 src
Federal Reserve Bank of New York · Harvard Business School Pricing Lab · Yale Budget Lab
confirmed
2025-05-12US-China Geneva Deal: Both Sides Slash Tariffs by 115 Percentage Points for 90 Days After Weekend Negotiations 7 src
Scott Bessent · Jamieson Greer · He Lifeng · Donald Trump · +2
confirmed
2025-05-02Trump Budget Proposes 40% Cut to Section 8 Housing Vouchers, Block-Granting Rental Aid to States and Imposing Two-Year Time Limits 4 src
Donald Trump · Department of Housing and Urban Development · Congress
confirmed
2025-04-09Trump Reverses Course with 90-Day Tariff Pause After Bond Market Crisis; China Excluded, Tariffs Escalate to 145% 8 src
Donald Trump · Scott Bessent · Howard Lutnick · Trump Administration
confirmed
2025-04-09US-China Tariff Escalation Reaches 145% as Tit-for-Tat Retaliation Nears Total Decoupling 7 src
Donald Trump · Xi Jinping · Scott Bessent · Howard Lutnick
confirmed
2025-04-03Liberation Day Market Crash: S&P 500 Drops 10.5% in Two Days, $6.6 Trillion Wiped Out in Largest Two-Day Loss in History 7 src
Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Federal Reserve · Wall Street
confirmed
2025-04-02Liberation Day Tariffs Cost Average Household $1,000 in 2025, Imported Goods Prices Rise 4% as Americans Bear 94% of Tariff Cost 4 src
Donald Trump · Office of the U.S. Trade Representative · Tax Foundation · Yale Budget Lab · +1
confirmed
2025-03-12Trump Raises Steel and Aluminum Tariffs to 25% on All Countries, Eliminating All Exemptions; EU and Canada Retaliate 5 src
Donald Trump · European Commission · Justin Trudeau · Trump Administration
confirmed
2025-02-01Trump Announces 25% Tariffs on Canada and Mexico, Opening Salvo of Trade War; Canada Retaliates; 30-Day Pause After 3 Days 6 src
Donald Trump · Justin Trudeau · Claudia Sheinbaum · Trump Administration
confirmed
2025-01-27OMB Issues Memo M-25-13 Freezing All Federal Financial Assistance, Triggering Constitutional Crisis Over Congressional Spending Power 4 src
Office of Management and Budget · Donald Trump · Judge John McConnell · Letitia James · +2
confirmed