Capture lane

Legislative Capture

The Legislative Capture capture lane traces 672 verified events documenting this mechanism of institutional capture.

672 events From Mar 3, 1819 To May 7, 2026 Open in filter view →
Top 10 actors in this lane 10 actors · 1787–2026
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DateEventLanesStatus
2026-05-07CoreCivic Q1 2026 Earnings Confirm Operational Ramp ($614.7M Revenue, ICE Doubled to $261.3M) but Disclose Temporary ICE Population Decline; No Mention of Warren-Raskin Letter, Mullin Pause, or In-Custody Death Litigation
CoreCivic · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · Department of Homeland Security · Markwayne Mullin
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2026-05-06GEO Group Reports Q1 2026 Revenue $705M, Raises Full-Year Guidance to $2.95-$3.10B on ICE Reactivations; No Mention of Warren-Raskin Letter 3 src
GEO Group · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
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2026-04-20WYPR Exposes WEXMAC Contracting Method Used for $102.4M Williamsport MD Warehouse Purchase With $113M Retrofit and Up to $650M in Potential Add-On Work 1 src
Todd Lyons · Elizabeth Warren · Jeanne Shaheen · Anthony Brown · +2
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2026-04-13Pentagon Misses Warren-Shaheen WEXMAC Deadline — No Public Response to 13 Armed Services Questions on Navy Detention Contracting 4 src
Elizabeth Warren · Jeanne Shaheen · Pete Hegseth · Department of Defense · +1
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2026-03-22Warren and Shaheen Demand Hegseth End DoD WEXMAC-TITUS Agreement With DHS, Citing $65 Billion Ceiling Growth and Diversion of Navy Resources to Domestic ICE Detention 5 src
Elizabeth Warren · Jeanne Shaheen · Pete Hegseth · U.S. Navy · +5
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2026-03-19Booker War Powers Resolution Fails 47-53 — Only Paul Crosses Party Lines for Yes, Fetterman for No 4 src
Cory Booker · Rand Paul · John Fetterman
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2026-03-17Senate Six Democrats Prepare to Grind Chamber to Halt Over Iran War Oversight 2 src
Adam Schiff · Cory Booker · Tim Kaine · Chris Murphy · +2
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2026-03-16Republican Leadership Actively Avoids Public Hearings on Iran War 3 src
John Thune · Senate Republicans
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2026-03-12AI Industry Super PACs Pour $125 Million Into 2026 Midterms to Block Regulation, Targeting Candidates With Hidden Influence Campaign 7 src
OpenAI · Anthropic · Andreessen Horowitz · Marc Andreessen · +4
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2026-03-11Mullin DHS Confirmation Hearing Formally Scheduled for March 18 Amid Rand Paul Friction 4 src
Markwayne Mullin · Rand Paul · U.S. Department of Homeland Security
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2026-03-10Senate Democrats Demand Public Hearings on Iran War After Closed Briefing Raises Alarms 3 src
Chuck Schumer · Elizabeth Warren · Pete Hegseth · Marco Rubio · +1
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2026-03-10Senate Stablecoin Bill Stalls as Democrats Cite Trump Crypto Conflicts of Interest 4 src
Donald Trump · U.S. Senate · Elizabeth Warren · Jeff Merkley · +2
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2026-03-09Rand Paul Schedules Mullin DHS Confirmation Hearing for March 18, Signals Tough Questioning 3 src
Markwayne Mullin · Rand Paul · U.S. Department of Homeland Security
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2026-03-09Senate Democrats Demand Hegseth and Rubio Testify on Iran War, Threaten Repeated War Powers Votes 5 src
Pete Hegseth · Marco Rubio · Tim Kaine · Chris Murphy · +8
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2026-03-08Trump Threatens Legislative Blockade Until Congress Passes SAVE America Voter ID Act 4 src
Donald Trump · U.S. Congress · Senate Republicans · Senate Democrats
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2026-03-05House Judiciary Committee Passes Shut Down Sanctuary Policies Act, Threatening Federal Funding Cuts 4 src
House Judiciary Committee · U.S. House of Representatives · U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
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2026-03-04House Rejects Iran War Powers Resolution 212-219, Completing Congress's Abdication of War Authority 7 src
Mike Johnson · Thomas Massie · Donald Trump · House Republicans · +1
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2026-03-04Senate Formally Defeats Iran War Powers Resolution 47-53, Ceding War Authority to Trump 7 src
Tim Kaine · Chuck Schumer · Adam Schiff · Rand Paul · +4
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2026-03-03AI Industry Super PAC Backed by OpenAI Insiders and Palantir Pours Millions Into Blocking AI-Regulation Candidate Alex Bores 5 src
OpenAI · Palantir Technologies · Greg Brockman · Joe Lonsdale · +3
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2026-03-03Senate Republicans Block Four Democratic Resolutions Condemning Trump Foreign Emoluments and Crypto Conflicts 4 src
U.S. Senate · Richard Blumenthal · Donald Trump · World Liberty Financial
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2026-03-03Senate War Powers Resolution on Iran Fails as Republicans Defend Trump's Unauthorized War 8 src
Tim Kaine · Chuck Schumer · Adam Schiff · Rand Paul · +4
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2026-02-26Hillary Clinton Gives Epstein Deposition as Boebert Leaks Classified Photo, Democrats Warn Trump Will Be Next 5 src
Hillary Clinton · James Comer · Robert Garcia · Lauren Boebert · +1
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2026-02-25Bipartisan House Oversight Investigation Launched into DOJ Withholding of Trump-Related Epstein Files 3 src
James Comer · Robert Garcia · Pam Bondi · Department of Justice · +1
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2026-02-25Senate Fails Second DHS Funding Vote 50-45, Shutdown Continues as Congress Leaves for Recess 3 src
Chuck Schumer · Kristi Noem · United States Senate
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2026-02-24New York Demands $13.5 Billion Tariff Refund After Supreme Court Ruling 3 src
Kathy Hochul · Donald Trump
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2026-02-24NPR Investigation Reveals DOJ Secretly Withheld Epstein Files Containing Abuse Accusations Against Trump 5 src
Pam Bondi · Todd Blanche · Department of Justice · Robert Garcia · +2
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2026-02-24Trump State of the Union Calls for Second Reconciliation, Celebrates Venezuela as "New Friend" 3 src
Donald Trump
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2026-02-19Analysis Shows Congress Rejected Nearly All DOGE Spending Cuts in FY2026 Budget 4 src
Department of Government Efficiency · Russell Vought · Office of Management and Budget · U.S. Congress · +1
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2026-02-14Bondi Claims All Epstein Files Released, Sends Six-Page Justification Letter to Congress 4 src
Pam Bondi · Todd Blanche · Department of Justice · Robert Garcia
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2026-02-14DHS Shutdown Begins as Congress Fails to Reach Immigration Reform Deal 3 src
United States Senate · U.S. House of Representatives · John Thune · Chris Murphy · +1
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2026-02-13House Democrats Launch Investigation into DOJ Congressional Surveillance 4 src
Jamie Raskin · Pramila Jayapal · Robert Garcia · Pam Bondi · +1
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2026-02-13Senate Fails to Advance DHS Funding Bill in 52-47 Vote 3 src
United States Senate · John Thune · Chuck Schumer · John Fetterman · +1
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2026-02-11AG Bondi Photographed with Rep. Jayapal's Epstein Files Search History 4 src
Pam Bondi · Pramila Jayapal · Department of Justice · Mike Johnson · +1
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2026-02-11Bondi House Testimony Devolves Into Personal Attacks Over Epstein Files and Political Prosecutions 3 src
Pam Bondi · Jamie Raskin · Thomas Massie · Pramila Jayapal · +1
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2026-02-11Senators Durbin and Lee Reintroduce Bipartisan SAFE Act to Reform FISA Surveillance 3 src
Dick Durbin · Mike Lee · Senate Judiciary Committee
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2026-02-09DOJ Opens Epstein Files Reading Room to Congress Under Restrictive Conditions 4 src
Department of Justice · Thomas Massie · Ro Khanna · Jamie Raskin · +1
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2026-02-05Russell Vought Tells Congress DOGE Affiliates Are "Institutionalized" as OMB In-House Consultants 3 src
Russell Vought · Office of Management and Budget · Department of Government Efficiency · Elon Musk
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2026-02-04Speaker Johnson Leads Family Research Council's National Gathering for Prayer and Repentance; Characterizes LGBTQ Rights and Environmentalism as "Sins" 3 src
Mike Johnson · Tony Perkins · Family Research Council · Freedom From Religion Foundation
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2026-02-03Clintons Agree to Epstein Investigation Depositions Under Contempt Threat 3 src
House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform · James Comer · Bill Clinton · Hillary Clinton
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2026-02-03Congress Passes Bipartisan HHS Funding Bill Blocking RFK Jr.'s Proposed 25% Budget Cuts 2 src
U.S. Congress · Donald Trump · Robert F. Kennedy Jr. · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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2026-02-03House Votes 217-214 to End Four-Day Partial Government Shutdown 3 src
U.S. House of Representatives · Mike Johnson · Nancy Mace · Hakeem Jeffries
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2026-01-30Comer Announces Walz and Ellison Will Testify on Minnesota Fraud March 4 3 src
House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform · James Comer · Tim Walz · Keith Ellison
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2026-01-30DOJ Releases 3.5 Million Pages of Epstein Files, Claims Full Compliance 4 src
Department of Justice · Todd Blanche · Pam Bondi · Ro Khanna · +1
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2026-01-30Senate Passes Spending Package with Two-Week DHS Continuing Resolution 3 src
United States Senate · Chuck Schumer · John Thune · Mike Johnson
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2026-01-29Senate Intelligence Committee Holds Confirmation Hearing for NSA Nominee Rudd 3 src
Senate Select Committee on Intelligence · Ron Wyden · Roger Wicker
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2026-01-22House Passes Final FY2026 Appropriations Bills in Split Vote 3 src
U.S. House of Representatives · Mike Johnson
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2026-01-21Federal Judge Rejects Special Master Request for Epstein Files 3 src
Paul Engelmayer · Thomas Massie · Ro Khanna · Department of Justice
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2026-01-15Senate Armed Services Committee Holds NSA Nominee Confirmation Hearing 3 src
Roger Wicker · Angus King
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2026-01-14House Democrats Introduce Articles of Impeachment Against DHS Secretary Kristi Noem 2 src
Kristi Noem
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2026-01-10ACA Subsidy Extension Passes House via Discharge Petition 230-196 2 src
Brian Fitzpatrick · Mike Lawler · Mike Johnson · Donald Trump
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2026-01-08House Democrats File Impeachment Articles Against DHS Secretary Noem Over ICE Shooting 3 src
Kristi Noem
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2026-01-08House Passes ACA Subsidy Extension 230-196 with 17 Republicans Crossing Party Lines 4 src
Mike Lawler · Brian Fitzpatrick · Mike Johnson · John Thune · +1
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2026-01-08Senate Votes 52-47 to Limit Trump's Military Action in Venezuela, Five Republicans Cross Party Lines 4 src
Tim Kaine · Rand Paul · Susan Collins · Lisa Murkowski · +2
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2026-01-07House Oversight Committee Holds Minnesota Social Services Fraud Hearing 3 src
House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform · James Comer
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2026-01-06DOJ Admits Less Than 1% of Epstein Files Released, 48 Days After Law's Deadline 2 src
Department of Justice · Pam Bondi · Todd Blanche · Chuck Schumer
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2026-01-06Massie and Khanna Ask Federal Judge to Appoint Special Master Over Epstein File Release 2 src
Thomas Massie · Ro Khanna · Paul Engelmayer · Pam Bondi · +1
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2026-01-03DOJ Misses 15-Day Deadline to Explain Redactions, Provide List of Named Officials 3 src
Chuck Schumer · Thomas Massie · Department of Justice · Pam Bondi
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2025-12-2412 Bipartisan Senators Demand Inspector General Audit of DOJ Epstein Files Compliance 6 src
Richard Blumenthal · Lisa Murkowski · Jeff Merkley · Chuck Schumer · +4
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2025-12-20Marjorie Taylor Greene Explores Motion to Vacate Johnson Over ACA Dispute and Leadership Failures 6 src
Marjorie Taylor Greene · Mike Johnson · Donald Trump · Hakeem Jeffries
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2025-12-19Bipartisan Lawmakers Accuse DOJ of Violating Epstein Files Transparency Act 5 src
Ro Khanna · Thomas Massie · Chuck Schumer · Marjorie Taylor Greene · +3
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2025-12-18FY 2026 NDAA Repeals 1991 and 2002 Iraq AUMFs — First War-Authorization Repeal Since 1971 Serves as Cover for Capture-Relevant Bundle 4 src
U.S. Congress · 119th Congress · Tim Kaine · Donald Trump · +2
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2025-12-18FY 2026 NDAA Section 1085 Eliminates Congressional Notification for AUKUS Defense Trade, DDTC Final Rule Effective December 30 4 src
U.S. Congress · 119th Congress · Senate Armed Services Committee · House Armed Services Committee · +3
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2025-12-18FY 2026 NDAA Section 8335 Codifies EO 14033 Western Balkans Sanctions, Creates Regulatory Frame Around Kushner Belgrade/Sazan Architecture 12 src
U.S. Congress · 119th Congress · Senate Foreign Relations Committee · Jeanne Shaheen · +6
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2025-12-18FY 2026 NDAA Section 8366 Establishes Nuclear Export Working Group, Builds Bureaucratic Infrastructure for U.S.-Saudi Civil Nuclear Agreement 4 src
U.S. Congress · 119th Congress · Senate Armed Services Committee · House Armed Services Committee · +5
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2025-12-18FY 2026 NDAA Sections 1651-1652 Codify Trump Golden Dome Missile Defense Policy, Lock In 2,440-Vendor Ecosystem Including SpaceX $2B Satellite Constellation 4 src
U.S. Congress · 119th Congress · Senate Armed Services Committee · House Armed Services Committee · +7
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2025-12-18Johnson Sends House Home for Recess, Delays ACA Subsidy Vote Despite Democratic Demands 7 src
Mike Johnson · Hakeem Jeffries · House Republicans · House Democrats
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2025-12-17ACA Subsidies Discharge Petition Reaches 218 Signatures as Four Republicans Defy Leadership 7 src
Brian Fitzpatrick · Mike Lawler · Mike Johnson · Hakeem Jeffries · +2
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2025-12-17Senate Passes $901 Billion Defense Bill with Unprecedented Oversight Provisions Targeting Hegseth 3 src
Pete Hegseth · Donald Trump · Tim Kaine · United States Senate · +2
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2025-12-16House Judiciary Subcommittee Hearing Exposes How Trump Administration Corrupted DOJ Antitrust Enforcement Through Pay-to-Play Schemes and Political Interference 3 src
Jamie Raskin · Pam Bondi · Chad Mizelle · Jim Jordan · +8
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2025-12-15Federal Workers Collective Bargaining Bill Passes via Discharge Petition 231-195 2 src
Mike Johnson · Donald Trump
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2025-12-11DHS Secretary Noem Confronted Over Veteran Deportations in Contentious Congressional Hearing 3 src
Kristi Noem
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2025-12-09Heritage Foundation promotes 'Heritage 2.0' 2026 policy priorities (document released March 2025) — no personnel pillar; Project 2025 four-pillar architecture not continued 3 src
Heritage Foundation · Kevin Roberts
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2025-12-07Trump Criticizes Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar for Not Switching Parties After Pardon 3 src
Donald Trump · U.S. Department of Justice
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2025-12-04Admiral Reveals Boat Strike Survivors Were Waving Before Execution; Hegseth Refuses to Release Video Evidence 6 src
Admiral Frank Bradley · Pete Hegseth · Jack Reed · Adam Smith · +1
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2025-12-02Trump Pardons Former Honduran President Convicted of Drug Trafficking 3 src
Donald Trump · Juan Orlando Hernández · Tim Kaine · Dick Durbin · +1
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2025-11-28Washington Post reveals Hegseth gave "kill everybody" order in Caribbean boat strikes, killing shipwrecked survivors 5 src
Pete Hegseth · Admiral Frank Bradley · Donald Trump · Karoline Leavitt · +2
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2025-11-18Epstein Files Transparency Act Passes House 427-1 After Discharge Petition 2 src
Thomas Massie · Ro Khanna · Marjorie Taylor Greene · Lauren Boebert · +3
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2025-11-18House Votes 427-1 to Force Release of Epstein Files, Rebuking Trump's Opposition 3 src
U.S. House of Representatives · United States Senate · Mike Johnson · Donald Trump · +5
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2025-11-18Six Democratic Congress Members Release Video Reminding Military of Constitutional Duty to Refuse Illegal Orders 2 src
Elissa Slotkin · Mark Kelly · Jason Crow · Chris DeLuzio · +7
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2025-11-15Bondi Announces New Epstein Investigation Days Before House Vote, Creating Cover for Redactions 5 src
Pam Bondi · Jay Clayton · Donald Trump · Thomas Massie · +4
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2025-11-14Trump Publicly Turns on Marjorie Taylor Greene, Calls Her RINO Over Epstein Files Support 5 src
Donald Trump · Marjorie Taylor Greene
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2025-11-13Epstein Files Discharge Petition Ripens at 218 Signatures Despite Intense Trump Pressure Campaign 5 src
Thomas Massie · Ro Khanna · Lauren Boebert · Marjorie Taylor Greene · +3
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2025-11-12Government Shutdown Ends After 43 Days: Longest in U.S. History 3 src
Donald Trump · U.S. House of Representatives · United States Senate
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2025-11-12Rep. Adelita Grijalva Sworn In as 218th Signature on Epstein Files Discharge Petition, Forces Mandatory Vote 4 src
Thomas Massie · Ro Khanna · Mike Johnson · House Democrats
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2025-11-12Rep. Lauren Boebert Summoned to White House Situation Room Over Epstein Files Petition 4 src
Lauren Boebert · Donald Trump · Pamela Bondi · Kash Patel · +2
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2025-11-10Trump Issues Proclamation for Marine Corps 250th Anniversary Emphasizing Military Spending Increase 3 src
Donald Trump · J.D. Vance
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2025-11-09Trump Promises $2,000 'Tariff Dividend' Payments Despite Insufficient Revenue and Treasury Secretary Skepticism 3 src
Donald Trump · Scott Bessent
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2025-11-07Supreme Court Temporarily Blocks Full SNAP Payments to 42 Million Americans 3 src
U.S. Supreme Court · Ketanji Brown Jackson · U.S. Department of Agriculture · Trump Administration
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2025-11-03Trump Administration Announces 2027 Medicaid Work Requirements Affecting Nearly 5 Million 2 src
CMS · Trump · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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2025-10-25Binance Paid $450K to Trump Jr. Ally for Zhao Pardon Lobbying 2 src
Binance · Changpeng Zhao · Donald Trump Jr. · Trump · +1
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2025-10-25MAGA-Aligned Lobbying Firms Quadruple Revenue Selling Trump Access 2 src
Brian Ballard · Pam Bondi · Susie Wiles · Trump Administration
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2025-10-22DHS Uses Multi-Year Reconciliation Funding to Pay 70,000 Immigration Enforcement Officers During Shutdown While 700,000 Federal Workers Go Unpaid 3 src
Kristi Noem · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement · U.S. Customs and Border Protection · +2
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2025-10-17OMB Director Russell Vought Consolidates Authoritarian Control Over Federal Government 2 src
Russell Vought · Donald Trump · Elon Musk · Office of Management and Budget
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2025-10-15Pentagon Chief Hegseth Blocks Military Officials From Contacting Congress Without Approval 3 src
Pete Hegseth · Steve Feinberg · Pentagon
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2025-10-13Budget Chief Russell Vought Seizes Congressional Spending Authority 2 src
Russell Vought · Office of Management and Budget · U.S. Congress
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2025-10-07Attorney General Bondi Testifies Before Senate Amid Accusations of DOJ Weaponization 3 src
Pam Bondi · Senate Judiciary Committee · Department of Justice · Dick Durbin · +2
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2025-10-07OMB Removes Legal References to Federal Worker Back Pay Guarantees 2 src
Office of Management and Budget · Donald Trump · Chris Van Hollen · Tim Kaine
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2025-10-05Trump Administration Freezes $88 Million for Human Trafficking Survivors 2 src
Trump Administration · U.S. Congress
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2025-10-03OMB Director Russ Vought Uses Shutdown to Execute Mass Federal Purges 3 src
Russ Vought · Office of Management and Budget · Trump Administration · U.S. Congress
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2025-10-01Trump Notifies Congress of 'Non-International Armed Conflict' with 'Unlawful Combatants' in Caribbean 2 src
Donald Trump · U.S. Congress · Jack Reed
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