Regulatory Capture
The Regulatory Capture capture lane traces 1534 verified events documenting this mechanism of institutional capture.
| Date | Event | Lanes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-06 | Pre-decision baseline: OCC 120-day decision window for WLTC Holdings national trust bank charter expires May 7, 2026 with no decision announced WLTC Holdings LLC · World Liberty Financial · Office of the Comptroller of the Currency · Jonathan Gould · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2026-04-21 | Politico Reveals Keith Sonderling Was Running DOL All Along; Now Positioned as Indefinite Acting Secretary Keith Sonderling · Lori Chavez-DeRemer · Donald Trump · Courtney Walter · +6 | confirmed | |
| 2026-04-02 | Trump Imposes 100% Tariffs on Branded Pharmaceutical Imports via Section 232 Executive Order Donald Trump · Department of Health and Human Services · Department of Commerce | confirmed | |
| 2026-04-01 | OCC final rule amending 12 CFR 5.20 takes effect, replacing 'fiduciary activities' with 'operations of a trust company and activities related thereto' for national trust bank charters Office of the Comptroller of the Currency · Jonathan Gould · U.S. Department of the Treasury | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-23 | 21 State AGs Sue to Block USDA "2026 Conditions" Tying Food Assistance to Ideological Compliance AG Letitia James · 20 other AGs | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-22 | EPA Weakens National Park Haze Rule, Shields Coal Plants from Pollution Control Evaluations EPA · National Parks Conservation Association · Sierra Club · Earthjustice | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-19 | Education Dept Announces Transfer of $1.6 Trillion Student Loan Portfolio to Treasury Linda McMahon · Scott Bessent · Department of Education · Treasury Department | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-18 | 18 State AGs Demand Congress Pass Legislation Requiring Refunds of $166B in Unlawful IEEPA Tariffs AG Letitia James · AG Rob Bonta · AG Keith Ellison · 15 other AGs | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-12 | AI Industry Super PACs Pour $125 Million Into 2026 Midterms to Block Regulation, Targeting Candidates With Hidden Influence Campaign OpenAI · Anthropic · Andreessen Horowitz · Marc Andreessen · +7 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-12 | DOGE Cuts 1,029 More NOAA Employees, Threatening Weather Forecasting and Disaster Response Department of Government Efficiency · U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration · U.S. National Weather Service · Elon Musk · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-11 | Trump Administration Launches Section 301 Trade Probes to Rebuild Tariff Regime After Supreme Court Defeat Donald Trump · Scott Bessent · U.S. Office of the U.S. Trade Representative · U.S. Department of Commerce · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-08 | Colorado Attorney General and Environmental Groups Sue EPA Over Illegal Rejection of State Clean Air Plan Protecting Coal Phil Weiser · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · Earthjustice · Sierra Club · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-08 | Legal Challenges Mount Against EPA Repeal of Greenhouse Gas Endangerment Finding U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · Lee Zeldin · Donald Trump · Environmental Defense Fund · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-05 | Anthropic Reopens Pentagon Talks as Defense Experts Warn Blacklist Sets Dangerous Precedent for AI Safety Anthropic · Dario Amodei · U.S. Department of Defense · Pete Hegseth · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-04 | DHS $220 Million Self-Deportation Ad Campaign Faces Senate Scrutiny; Contracts Bypassed Competitive Bidding Kristi Noem · John Kennedy · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · Safe America Media · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-04 | Environmental Groups Press Legal Challenge Against EPA's Repeal of Greenhouse Gas Endangerment Finding Earthjustice · Clean Air Task Force · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · Lee Zeldin · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-04 | Pentagon Formally Designates Anthropic a National Security Supply-Chain Risk, First US Company So Labeled Anthropic · Dario Amodei · U.S. Department of Defense · Pete Hegseth · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-04 | Treasury, State, and HHS Begin Phasing Out Anthropic Products Following Trump Executive Directive Donald Trump · U.S. Department of the Treasury · U.S. Department of State · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-04 | Trump Publicly Champions Crypto Industry in Stablecoin Battle While Family Firm Profits from Same Rules Donald Trump · Eric Trump · World Liberty Financial · U.S. Congress · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-02 | Texas School Prayer Law SB 11 Deadline Passes; Most Districts Decline to Adopt Daily Prayer Periods Texas Legislature · Greg Abbott · Texas school districts · ACLU of Texas · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-26 | Warren Grills OCC Comptroller Gould on WLFI UAE Ownership Disclosure at Senate Banking Hearing Elizabeth Warren · Jonathan Gould · Office of the Comptroller of the Currency · World Liberty Financial · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-24 | Full DC Circuit Hears Three-Hour Arguments on CFPB Mass Layoffs; Court Grills Administration on Separation of Powers Russell Vought · Consumer Financial Protection Bureau · National Treasury Employees Union · U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-23 | Legal Scholars Assess State Climate Authority After Endangerment Repeal; California Formally Sues EPA California Attorney General Rob Bonta · Massachusetts Attorney General · Connecticut Attorney General · Legal Planet · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-21 | Independent Analysis Projects 58,000 Additional Deaths and $4.7 Trillion in Costs from EPA Endangerment Repeal U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · Lee Zeldin · Donald Trump · Inside Climate News · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-21 | Post-SCOTUS Tariff Pivot: Trump Invokes Section 122 Global Tariff and Launches Section 301 Investigations as Legal Workaround Donald Trump · Scott Bessent · Jamieson Greer · U.S. Office of the U.S. Trade Representative · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-21 | Trump Invokes Section 122 to Impose New Tariffs Within 24 Hours of Supreme Court Ruling Donald Trump · Scott Bessent · Department of the Treasury | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-19 | Trump Issues DOGE Deregulatory Executive Order Requiring 60-Day Regulatory Review at All Agencies Including Independent Bodies Donald Trump · Russell Vought · Office of Management and Budget · Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-18 | EPA Endangerment Finding Repeal Published in Federal Register; Coalition Lawsuits Filed Same Day U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · Lee Zeldin · Earthjustice · Natural Resources Defense Council · +5 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-18 | FDA Commissioner Makary and Deputy Prasad Announce End of Two-Trial Drug Approval Standard in NEJM — Most Significant FDA Safety Change Since 1962 Food and Drug Administration · Marty Makary · Vinay Prasad · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-18 | Trump Invokes Defense Production Act for Bayer/Monsanto Glyphosate, Potentially Shielding Corporation from 100,000+ Cancer Lawsuits Donald Trump · Bayer AG · Brooke Rollins · Robert F. Kennedy Jr. | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-13 | Jim O'Neill and Mike Stuart Depart HHS in Leadership Shakeup Ahead of Midterms Jim O'Neill · Mike Stuart · Robert F. Kennedy Jr. · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-12 | EPA Repeals 2009 Endangerment Finding on Greenhouse Gases U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · Lee Zeldin · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-12 | Trust in Federal Health Agencies Plummets Under RFK Jr. Despite Restoration Promises Robert F. Kennedy Jr. · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-11 | Bondi House Testimony Devolves Into Personal Attacks Over Epstein Files and Political Prosecutions Pam Bondi · Jamie Raskin · Thomas Massie · Pramila Jayapal · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-11 | SEC Chair Atkins Grilled by Congress Over 60% Crypto Enforcement Decline Paul Atkins · Securities and Exchange Commission · Maxine Waters · House Financial Services Committee · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-11 | Trump Orders Pentagon to Purchase Coal-Fired Electricity Donald Trump · U.S. Department of Defense · Department of Energy · Peabody Energy | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-10 | Grand Jury Rejects DOJ Attempt to Indict Six Democratic Lawmakers Over Military Oath Video Department of Justice · Jeanine Pirro · Mark Kelly · Elissa Slotkin · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-09 | DOJ Appeals Comey and James Case Dismissals Despite Halligan Unlawful Appointment Ruling Department of Justice · Pam Bondi · Lindsey Halligan · James Comey · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-09 | Multifaith Coalition Sues Trump's Religious Liberty Commission for Excluding Muslims, Hindus, Sikhs, and Non-Christians Interfaith Alliance · Muslims for Progressive Values · Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund · Hindus for Human Rights · +8 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-09 | NCRC and AFREF File OCC Comment Letters Opposing WLTC Trust Bank Charter National Community Reinvestment Coalition · Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund · Office of the Comptroller of the Currency · World Liberty Financial · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-08 | EPA Advances Rollback of Four PFAS Drinking Water Standards U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · Lee Zeldin | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-07 | SEC Denies All Whistleblower Award Claims in First Quarter of FY2026 Securities and Exchange Commission · Paul Atkins | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-05 | Trump Education Department Issues Guidance Allowing Teachers to Pray Visibly With Students During School Day Linda McMahon · U.S. Department of Education · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-03 | Congress Passes Bipartisan HHS Funding Bill Blocking RFK Jr.'s Proposed 25% Budget Cuts U.S. Congress · Donald Trump · Robert F. Kennedy Jr. · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-02 | GAO Report Reveals Education Department Paid $38M to Idled Civil Rights Staff U.S. Government Accountability Office · U.S. Department of Education · Linda McMahon · Bernie Sanders · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-01 | SEC Cuts PCAOB Budget 9.4%, Slashes Board Compensation by Half Securities and Exchange Commission · Public Company Accounting Oversight Board · Paul Atkins | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-31 | SEC Chair Atkins Appoints Trump Loyalists to PCAOB Accounting Oversight Board Paul Atkins · Securities and Exchange Commission · Public Company Accounting Oversight Board · Demetrios Logothetis · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-29 | Ten Tech Vendors Offer $600 Million in Discounts to Implement Medicaid Work Requirements U.S. Department of Health and Human Services · Donald Trump · Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-28 | Federal Reserve Refuses to Comply with DOJ Grand Jury Subpoenas Against Powell Jerome Powell · Federal Reserve · Department of Justice · Jeanine Pirro · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-27 | Trump Executive Order Authorizes Federal Preemption of California Rebuilding Regulations Donald Trump · White House · Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) · Small Business Administration | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-23 | OCC Comptroller Gould Refuses Warren Demand to Pause WLFI Charter Review Jonathan Gould · Office of the Comptroller of the Currency · Elizabeth Warren · World Liberty Financial · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-21 | Lindsey Halligan Forced Out of DOJ After Unlawful Appointment Ruling Lindsey Halligan · Pam Bondi · Department of Justice · Eastern District of Virginia | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-20 | Trump Executive Order Directs Restrictions on Institutional Investor Home Purchases Donald Trump · White House · Department of the Treasury · U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-18 | EPA WOTUS Rollback Moves Forward After Public Comment Period U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · Lee Zeldin · U.S. Army Corps of Engineers | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-17 | DOGE Claims $881M in Education Research Contract Cancellations Department of Government Efficiency · U.S. Department of Education · Institute of Education Sciences · Linda McMahon | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-15 | Public Citizen Report Documents 159 Cancelled Corporate Enforcement Actions Worth $3.1 Billion Public Citizen · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-15 | Trump Unveils 'Great Healthcare Plan' - One-Page Framework with No Specifics, Fails to Address ACA Premium Crisis Donald Trump · Mehmet Oz · CMS | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-14 | Trump Imposes 25% Tariff on Advanced AI Semiconductors Under Section 232 Donald Trump · White House · U.S. Department of Commerce | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-13 | RFK Jr Reshapes CDC Vaccine Panel with Anti-Vaccine Appointees: 'I Was Not Anti-Vaccine. I Am Now.' Robert F. Kennedy Jr. · Kimberly Biss · Adam Urato · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-13 | Warren Presses OCC to Halt WLFI Bank Charter Review Until Trump Divests Elizabeth Warren · Jonathan Gould · Office of the Comptroller of the Currency · World Liberty Financial · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-10 | ACA Subsidy Extension Passes House via Discharge Petition 230-196 Brian Fitzpatrick · Mike Lawler · Marc Molinaro · David Valadao · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-08 | Vance Announces DOJ Anti-Fraud Position to Be 'Run Out of the White House' JD Vance · Donald Trump · Department of Justice · Tim Walz | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-07 | DHS Secretary Noem Announces 500 Miles of Rio Grande Buoy Barriers Kristi Noem · DHS (Department of Homeland Security) | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-07 | RFK Jr Releases New Dietary Guidelines: 'Most Significant Reset of Federal Nutrition Policy in History' Robert F. Kennedy Jr. · Brooke Rollins · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services · USDA | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-07 | World Liberty Financial Applies for OCC Bank Charter World Liberty Financial · Trump Organization · Office of the Comptroller of the Currency · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-05 | CDC Slashes Childhood Vaccine Schedule from 17 to 11 Diseases, Bypassing Advisory Committee Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · Jim O'Neill · Donald Trump · Robert F. Kennedy Jr. | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-01 | ACA Enhanced Subsidies Expire, Premiums Double for 22 Million Americans Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services · U.S. Congress · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-01 | Medicaid Expansion Funding Cuts Take Effect, Threatening 1.3 Million Donald Trump · Congressional Republicans | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-28 | ICE Agents Enter Minneapolis Hospital Without Warrant, Handcuff Patient to Bed for 24 Hours Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · Hennepin County Medical Center | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-20 | Defense Secretary Hegseth Orders 'Operation Hawkeye Strike': Massive Retaliatory Strikes Against ISIS in Syria Pete Hegseth · Donald Trump · Edgar Brian Torres-Tovar · William Nathaniel Howard · +2 | reported | |
| 2025-12-19 | DHS Secretary Noem Suspends Diversity Visa Lottery Program Following Brown University Mass Shooting Kristi Noem · Donald Trump · Marco Rubio · Claudio Manuel Neves Valente | reported | |
| 2025-12-16 | California Governor Newsom Launches Official State Website Tracking Trump's "Top 10 Criminal Cronies" as Direct Political Confrontation Escalates Gavin Newsom · Donald Trump · Changpeng Zhao · Ross Ulbricht · +7 | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-16 | House Judiciary Subcommittee Hearing Exposes How Trump Administration Corrupted DOJ Antitrust Enforcement Through Pay-to-Play Schemes and Political Interference Jamie Raskin · Roger P. Alford · Pam Bondi · Chad Mizelle · +15 | reported | |
| 2025-12-13 | VA Plans to Eliminate 35,000 Healthcare Positions Despite Record Veteran Enrollment Department of Veterans Affairs · Richard Blumenthal | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-10 | Trump Intervenes in Netflix-Warner Bros Antitrust Review, Favoring Politically Connected Paramount Donald Trump · Netflix · Warner Bros. Discovery · Paramount · +3 | reported | |
| 2025-12-09 | FBI Director Kash Patel Signs Qatar Security Agreements Despite Recent Lobbying History and Ethics Waiver Controversy Kash Patel · Qatar government · Craig Holman · Public Citizen · +1 | reported | |
| 2025-12-09 | Third Federal Judge Calls for Lindsey Halligan's Resignation as Unlawfully Appointed U.S. Attorney Leonie Brinkema · Lindsey Halligan · Alina Habba · James Comey · +3 | reported | |
| 2025-12-08 | Alina Habba Resigns as U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Following Appeals Court Ruling Alina Habba · Pam Bondi · Donald Trump · Desiree Grace · +1 | reported | |
| 2025-12-08 | Paramount Skydance Launches $108.4 Billion Hostile Takeover Bid for Warner Bros. Discovery with Saudi, Qatari, and UAE Backing David Ellison · Larry Ellison · Saudi Public Investment Fund · Qatar Investment Authority · +12 | reported | |
| 2025-12-08 | Supreme Court Signals Intent to Overturn 90-Year Precedent Protecting Independent Agency Leaders from Presidential Firing, Expanding Executive Power U.S. Supreme Court · Donald Trump · Rebecca Slaughter · John Roberts · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-07 | Judge Blocks DOJ from Using Evidence Seized from Comey's Attorney in Fourth Amendment Ruling Colleen Kollar-Kotelly · Daniel Richman · James Comey · Department of Justice · +4 | reported | |
| 2025-12-06 | Trump DOT waives $11 million Southwest Airlines fine, dismantling corporate accountability Trump Administration · Sean Duffy · Department of Transportation · Southwest Airlines · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-06 | Trump Issues Memo Ordering Comprehensive Review of Childhood Vaccine Schedule, Elevating Political Control Over Medical Science Donald Trump · Robert F. Kennedy Jr. · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-06 | Trump Pardons Sports Executive Tim Leiweke After Golf Conversation With Trey Gowdy Donald Trump · Tim Leiweke · Trey Gowdy · Oak View Group · +1 | reported | |
| 2025-12-05 | ACIP Chair Admits Vaccine Panel Members Feel Like "Puppets on a String," Exposing Political Manipulation Dr. Kirk Milhoan · Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices · Robert F. Kennedy Jr. · Dr. Cody Meissner · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-05 | CDC Panel Ends Universal Hepatitis B Vaccination for Newborns After RFK Jr. Reconstitutes Committee Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · Robert F. Kennedy Jr. · Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices · American Academy of Pediatrics · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-05 | RFK Jr.'s Reconstituted CDC Panel Votes to Roll Back Newborn Hepatitis B Vaccine Recommendation Robert F. Kennedy Jr. · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices · Donald Trump · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-04 | Bondi Directive Weaponizes Tax Enforcement Against Groups Labeled "Antifa" Pam Bondi · U.S. Department of Justice · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Internal Revenue Service · +6 | reported | |
| 2025-12-04 | Bondi Orders FBI to Compile "Domestic Terrorism" List Targeting Political Beliefs Pam Bondi · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Donald Trump · Kash Patel · +1 | reported | |
| 2025-12-04 | Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche Warns DOJ Tracks Lawyers' Public Criticism of Prosecutions Todd Blanche · Department of Justice · White-collar defense lawyers · American Conference Institute · +4 | reported | |
| 2025-12-04 | FDA Vaccine Chief Vinay Prasad Circulates Unsubstantiated Memo Claiming COVID Vaccines Killed At Least Ten Children Dr. Vinay Prasad · FDA Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) · Robert F. Kennedy Jr. · FDA Commissioner Martin Makary · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-04 | GAO Opens Investigation Into FHFA Director Bill Pulte for Weaponized Criminal Referrals Targeting Trump Critics Government Accountability Office (GAO) · Bill Pulte · Federal Housing Finance Agency · Letitia James · +5 | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-04 | Grand Jury Rejects DOJ's Weaponized Prosecution of NY Attorney General Letitia James Letitia James · U.S. Department of Justice · Norfolk Virginia Grand Jury · Judge Cameron McGowan Currie · +8 | reported | |
| 2025-12-04 | Trump Administration Releases National Security Strategy Denouncing Democratic Allies, Embracing Authoritarian Partnerships Donald Trump · National Security Council · Antonio Costa · Carl Bildt · +8 | reported | |
| 2025-12-03 | Treasury Secretary Proposes White House Veto Power Over Federal Reserve Regional Bank Presidents Scott Bessent · Department of the Treasury · Federal Reserve · Jerome Powell · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-02 | FDA Cancer Drug Chief Dr. Richard Pazdur Resigns After Three Weeks Under Political Pressure Dr. Richard Pazdur · Marty Makary · Robert F. Kennedy Jr. · Food and Drug Administration · +8 | reported | |
| 2025-12-02 | USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins Threatens to Cut SNAP Funding to 21 Democratic-Led States Over Refusal to Provide Recipient Data, Defying Court Injunction Brooke Rollins · USDA · Donald Trump · Judge Maxine Chesney · +3 | reported | |
| 2025-12-01 | Trump Administration Drops 100+ Corporate Enforcement Actions, Penalties Fall 97 Percent Trump Administration · Department of Justice · Securities and Exchange Commission · Federal Trade Commission | confirmed | |
| 2025-11-26 | National Guard Members Shot Near White House: Beckstrom Killed, Wolfe Critically Wounded Sarah Beckstrom · Andrew Wolfe · Rahmanullah Lakanwal · Donald Trump · +4 | reported | |
| 2025-11-25 | House Judiciary Democrats Release Report Exposing Trump Family's $800 Million Cryptocurrency Empire Built on Foreign Influence and Self-Dealing Jamie Raskin · Donald Trump · Trump Organization · Trump Family · +22 | reported |