Capture lane

Regulatory Capture

The Regulatory Capture capture lane traces 1573 verified events documenting this mechanism of institutional capture.

1573 events From Jan 1, 1819 To Jun 10, 2026 Open in filter view →
Top 10 actors in this lane 10 actors · 1819–2026
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DateEventLanesStatus
2025-12-04Bondi Directive Weaponizes Tax Enforcement Against Groups Labeled "Antifa" 5 src
Pam Bondi · U.S. Department of Justice · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Internal Revenue Service · +5
reported
2025-12-04Bondi Orders FBI to Compile "Domestic Terrorism" List Targeting Political Beliefs 4 src
Pam Bondi · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Donald Trump · Kash Patel
reported
2025-12-04Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche Warns DOJ Tracks Lawyers' Public Criticism of Prosecutions 6 src
Todd Blanche · Department of Justice · American Bar Association
reported
2025-12-04FDA Vaccine Chief Vinay Prasad Circulates Unsubstantiated Memo Claiming COVID Vaccines Killed At Least Ten Children 7 src
Vinay Prasad · Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
confirmed
2025-12-04GAO Opens Investigation Into FHFA Director Bill Pulte for Weaponized Criminal Referrals Targeting Trump Critics 7 src
Government Accountability Office (GAO) · Bill Pulte · Federal Housing Finance Agency · Letitia James · +3
confirmed
2025-12-04Grand Jury Rejects DOJ's Weaponized Prosecution of NY Attorney General Letitia James 6 src
Letitia James · U.S. Department of Justice · Cameron McGowan Currie · Lindsey Halligan · +5
reported
2025-12-04Trump Administration Releases National Security Strategy Denouncing Democratic Allies, Embracing Authoritarian Partnerships 6 src
Donald Trump · National Security Council · Jason Crow
reported
2025-12-03Treasury Secretary Proposes White House Veto Power Over Federal Reserve Regional Bank Presidents 7 src
Scott Bessent · Department of the Treasury · Federal Reserve · Jerome Powell · +1
confirmed
2025-12-02FDA Cancer Drug Chief Dr. Richard Pazdur Resigns After Three Weeks Under Political Pressure 5 src
Marty Makary · Robert F. Kennedy Jr. · Food and Drug Administration · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services · +2
reported
2025-12-02USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins Threatens to Cut SNAP Funding to 21 Democratic-Led States Over Refusal to Provide Recipient Data, Defying Court Injunction 4 src
Brooke Rollins · USDA · Donald Trump · California · +1
reported
2025-12-01Trump Administration Drops 100+ Corporate Enforcement Actions, Penalties Fall 97 Percent 9 src
Trump Administration · Department of Justice · Securities and Exchange Commission · Federal Trade Commission
confirmed
2025-11-26National Guard Members Shot Near White House: Beckstrom Killed, Wolfe Critically Wounded 4 src
Rahmanullah Lakanwal · Donald Trump · Kash Patel · John Ratcliffe · +1
reported
2025-11-25House Judiciary Democrats Release Report Exposing Trump Family's $800 Million Cryptocurrency Empire Built on Foreign Influence and Self-Dealing 4 src
Jamie Raskin · Donald Trump · Trump Organization · Trump Family · +17
reported
2025-11-24Federal Judge Dismisses Indictments Against Letitia James and Comey, Ruling Halligan's Appointment Unlawful 4 src
Cameron McGowan Currie · Letitia James · James Comey · Lindsey Halligan · +6
reported
2025-11-19DOJ Admits Grand Jury Never Saw Final Comey Indictment; Trump's Former Personal Attorney Leading Prosecution 3 src
James Comey · Lindsey Halligan · Donald Trump · Department of Justice · +1
reported
2025-11-19Interior Department Proposes Opening 1.27 Billion Acres to Offshore Drilling, Largest OCS Program in History 6 src
Doug Burgum · Department of the Interior
confirmed
2025-11-18Meta Wins FTC Antitrust Case as Judge Rules No Monopoly Despite Instagram/WhatsApp Acquisitions 3 src
James Boasberg · Meta · Mark Zuckerberg · Federal Trade Commission · +1
confirmed
2025-11-17Judge Finds Halligan Misrepresented Law and Used Tainted Evidence in Comey Grand Jury 3 src
William Fitzpatrick · Lindsey Halligan · James Comey · Department of Justice · +2
reported
2025-11-14ProPublica Investigation Exposes Hidden Corruption in Noem's $220M DHS Ad Campaign 4 src
Kristi Noem · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · Tricia McLaughlin · Madison Sheahan · +2
confirmed
2025-11-14Trump Orders DOJ via Truth Social to Investigate Political Opponents Over Epstein Ties 4 src
Donald Trump · Pamela Bondi · Bill Clinton · Larry Summers · +3
reported
2025-11-10First Circuit Court Unanimously Rules Trump Administration Must Pay Full SNAP Benefits, Citing 'Immense Harm' to 40 Million Recipients 3 src
Trump Administration · USDA
reported
2025-11-07Letitia James Files Vindictive Prosecution Motion to Dismiss Federal Charges 3 src
Letitia James · Donald Trump · Pam Bondi · Lindsey Halligan
confirmed
2025-11-06Supreme Court Issues Emergency Stay Allowing Trump Administration to Withhold $4 Billion in SNAP Food Benefits 3 src
U.S. Supreme Court · Ketanji Brown Jackson · John McConnell · USDA
reported
2025-11-06Trump Announces Weight Loss Drug Price Deals With Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk 2 src
Donald Trump · Eli Lilly · Novo Nordisk · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
reported
2025-11-04DOJ Escalates Investigation of 66-Year-Old Activist for Distributing Stephen Miller Protest Fliers 3 src
U.S. Department of Justice · Federal Bureau of Investigation · U.S. Secret Service · Stephen Miller
reported
2025-11-03Trump Administration Announces Partial SNAP Benefits After Court Orders 2 src
Trump · USDA
reported
2025-10-30DOJ Launches Criminal Investigation Into Black Lives Matter Foundation for Alleged Donor Fraud 3 src
Department of Justice · Trump Administration
reported
2025-10-29Binance.US Lists Trump's USD1 Stablecoin Days After Presidential Pardon of Binance Founder 4 src
Binance · Changpeng Zhao · Donald Trump · Chris Murphy · +2
confirmed
2025-10-29DOJ Indicts Democratic Congressional Candidate Kat Abughazaleh for ICE Facility Protest 3 src
Kat Abughazaleh · Department of Justice · U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement · Trump Administration
reported
2025-10-27DHS Posts Halo Video Game Image Comparing Immigrants to Parasitic Aliens Requiring Extermination 4 src
U.S. Department of Homeland Security · Kaelan Dorr · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · White House
confirmed
2025-10-27Senate Confirms Multiple Alabama District Court Judges in Late October 3 src
Donald Trump · U.S. Senate
reported
2025-10-25Federal Grand Jury Convened to Investigate 'Conspiracy Against Trump' 2 src
Jack Smith · Lisa Monaco · Merrick Garland · Pam Bondi · +1
confirmed
2025-10-24Comey and James File Consolidated Challenge to Halligan's Authority Under 120-Day Rule 4 src
James Comey · Letitia James · Lindsey Halligan · Cameron McGowan Currie · +2
confirmed
2025-10-23Energy Secretary Wright invokes rare DOE-over-FERC directive authority to compel ANOPR on large-load interconnection — Docket RM26-4-000 — final action ordered by April 30 2026 6 src
Chris Wright · Department of Energy
confirmed
2025-10-23Trump Pardons Convicted Binance Founder After $2 Billion Deal With Trump Family Crypto Venture and $450,000 Lobbying Campaign 5 src
Donald Trump · Changpeng Zhao · Binance · World Liberty Financial · +4
confirmed
2025-10-23White House Releases List of 37 Corporate Donors for Trump's $300M Ballroom Project 3 src
Trump · Google · Amazon · Meta · +6
reported
2025-10-20FTC Deletes Consumer Protection Guidance on AI Fraud and Surveillance 2 src
Federal Trade Commission · Lina Khan · Trump Appointees · Tech companies
confirmed
2025-10-20Secret Interagency Working Group Coordinates Trump Retaliation Against Political Opponents 2 src
Pam Bondi · Tulsi Gabbard · Trump Administration · U.S. Department of Justice · +2
confirmed
2025-10-20Trump Hosts $250 Million White House Ballroom Fundraiser with Defense and Tech Executives 2 src
Donald Trump · Google · Amazon · Meta · +2
confirmed
2025-10-18Federal Prosecutor Fired for Refusing Trump Demand to Indict Letitia James 2 src
Elizabeth Yusi · Donald Trump · Letitia James · Lindsey Halligan · +1
confirmed
2025-10-18Senate Confirms Industry Lobbyist to Lead EPA Chemical Safety Division 2 src
United States Senate · Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
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2025-10-17Two Federal Prosecutors Fired After Refusing to Bring Charges Against Letitia James 4 src
Elizabeth Yusi · Erik Siebert · Letitia James · Donald Trump · +4
reported
2025-10-15OCC Conditionally Approves Erebor Bank Charter in Record Four Months 6 src
Palmer Luckey · Joe Lonsdale · Peter Thiel · Founders Fund · +4
confirmed
2025-10-15Trump Administration Plans IRS Overhaul to Target Liberal Donors and Nonprofits 3 src
Donald Trump · Scott Bessent · Internal Revenue Service · George Soros
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2025-10-14Florida Officials Concealed $608 Million Federal Funding for Immigration Detention Facility 2 src
Federal Courts · Trump Administration
confirmed
2025-10-11Crypto Super PAC Fairshake Amasses $141M War Chest to Shape 2026 Elections After Defeating Sherrod Brown 3 src
Coinbase · Sherrod Brown
reported
2025-10-10Analysis Finds 40+ Trump Administration Appointees With Fossil Fuel Industry Ties 2 src
Chris Wright · Doug Burgum · Trump Administration · Public Citizen
reported
2025-10-10DOJ-Cited Report on Soros Shows No Evidence of Terrorism Funding 2 src
George Soros · U.S. Department of Justice
reported
2025-10-10John Bolton Faces Imminent Federal Indictment on Classified Materials Charges 3 src
John Bolton · Federal Bureau of Investigation · U.S. Department of Justice · Trump Administration
reported
2025-10-10Musk's Boring Company Accused of 800 Environmental Violations in Las Vegas 2 src
Elon Musk
reported
2025-10-10Trump Administration Systematically Uses Mortgage Fraud Charges Against Political Adversaries 3 src
Letitia James · Lisa Cook · Adam Schiff · William Pulte · +2
reported
2025-10-10Trump's Pharmaceutical Sales Overhaul Benefits Son's Company and Cabinet Member 3 src
Donald Trump Jr. · Howard Lutnick · Cantor Fitzgerald · Trump Administration
reported
2025-10-09DOJ Indicts New York AG Letitia James on Bank Fraud Charges After Trump Pressure Campaign 3 src
Letitia James · Department of Justice · Donald Trump · Pam Bondi · +2
reported
2025-10-09NY Attorney General Letitia James Indicted on Questionable Mortgage Fraud Charges 2 src
Letitia James · Lindsey Halligan · Trump Administration · U.S. Department of Justice
confirmed
2025-10-09Trump Authorizes Foreign Construction of Arctic Security Cutters via Presidential Memorandum 2 src
Donald Trump · White House · U.S. Coast Guard · U.S. Department of Homeland Security
reported
2025-10-08Trump's Accidental Truth Social Post Exposes Direct DOJ Control 3 src
Donald Trump · Pam Bondi · U.S. Department of Justice
reported
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
reported
2025-10-07DOJ Reassigns North Carolina Prosecutors to Lead Comey Political Prosecution 2 src
Lindsey Halligan · James Comey · U.S. Department of Justice
reported
2025-10-07Palantir Senior Advisor Jacob Helberg Confirmed as Under Secretary of State (51-47) 5 src
Jacob Helberg · Alex Karp · Palantir Technologies · Peter Thiel · +4
confirmed
2025-10-07White House Provides 'Concierge Service' to Fossil Fuel Industry 2 src
Fossil Fuel Industry · White House
reported
2025-10-07White House Withdraws CFTC Nominee Brian Quintenz After Winklevoss Conflict 2 src
White House · CFTC
reported
2025-10-06Tether Loan to Lutnick Children Revealed via UCC Filing
Brandon Lutnick · Howard Lutnick · Cantor Fitzgerald
confirmed
2025-10-05RFK Jr.'s Legal Associate Aaron Siri Advances Anti-Vaccine Lawsuits While Influencing HHS 2 src
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
reported
2025-10-05Trump Family's USD1 Stablecoin Fails to Publish Attestation Reports, Raising Transparency Concerns 4 src
World Liberty Financial · Trump Family
confirmed
2025-10-04Two Senior Virginia Prosecutors Purged After Resisting Political Prosecutions 3 src
Lindsey Halligan · James Comey · Letitia James
reported
2025-10-01DOJ Fires Top National Security Prosecutor Michael Ben'Ary Based on False Social Media Post 3 src
Department of Justice · U.S. Attorney's Office Eastern District of Virginia · Trump Administration
reported
2025-09-26Gabbard Terminates Global Trends Intelligence Report and Unit Over Climate Change Analysis 2 src
Tulsi Gabbard
reported
2025-09-26Grover Norquist and 35 Conservative Groups Urge Trump to Let ACA Tax Credits Expire While Opposing Corporate Tax Credit Expirations 4 src
Grover Norquist · Americans for Tax Reform · Americans for Prosperity · David McIntosh · +1
confirmed
2025-09-26White House Solicits Input on Dismantling AI Regulations to Boost Industry 2 src
White House
reported
2025-09-25DOJ Orders Federal Prosecutors to Investigate George Soros' Open Society Foundations for Alleged Terrorism Ties 3 src
Department of Justice · George Soros · Todd Blanche · Donald Trump · +1
reported
2025-09-25Federal Grand Jury Indicts Former FBI Director James Comey for Disclosure of Sensitive Information 2 src
James Comey · Pam Bondi · Kash Patel · Trump Administration
confirmed
2025-09-25National Archives Releases Unredacted Military Records of Trump Opponent to GOP Operative 2 src
National Archives · Mikie Sherrill · Hakeem Jeffries
reported
2025-09-25Trump's Hand-Picked Prosecutor Indicts James Comey Days After Trump Demands DOJ Act 'Now' 2 src
James Comey · Lindsey Halligan · Donald Trump · Pam Bondi · +1
confirmed
2025-09-23Meta Launches Super PAC to Fight AI Regulation at State Level 2 src
Meta · Mark Zuckerberg
reported
2025-09-23Senator Markey Alleges Energy Secretary Wright Using Position to Benefit Former Nuclear Firm Oklo 2 src
Chris Wright · Ed Markey · Department of Energy
reported
2025-09-22DOJ Eliminates Consumer Protection Branch, Guts Civil Rights Division Enforcement 4 src
Pam Bondi · Donald Trump
confirmed
2025-09-22Lindsey Halligan, Trump's Personal Attorney With No Prosecutorial Experience, Appointed Acting U.S. Attorney EDVA to Pursue Political Prosecutions 5 src
Lindsey Halligan · Pam Bondi · Donald Trump · James Comey · +2
confirmed
2025-09-22Supreme Court Agrees to Reconsider Humphrey's Executor, Review Trump's Power to Fire Agency Heads 2 src
U.S. Supreme Court · Donald Trump · Rebecca Slaughter · Federal Trade Commission · +1
reported
2025-09-22Supreme Court Allows Trump to Fire FTC Commissioner Slaughter, Threatens Independent Agencies 2 src
U.S. Supreme Court · Donald Trump · Rebecca Slaughter · Federal Trade Commission
reported
2025-09-22Trump Installs Personal Lawyer Lindsey Halligan as U.S. Attorney After Prosecutor Refuses Political Indictments 2 src
Lindsey Halligan · Donald Trump · Erik Siebert · Department of Justice
reported
2025-09-20Eastern District of Virginia US Attorney Erik Siebert Resigns Under Trump Pressure to Charge Letitia James 2 src
Erik Siebert · Donald Trump · Department of Justice · Letitia James · +1
reported
2025-09-19SEC Drops Fraud Cases Against Trump Clemency Recipients, Abandoning Victims 2 src
Paul Atkins · Devon Archer · Trevor Milton · Securities and Exchange Commission · +1
reported
2025-09-18Analysis Reveals Proposed FY2026 Budget Would Cut CDC by 53%, Eliminate 61+ Programs 5 src
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · Department of Health and Human Services · Robert F. Kennedy Jr. · Office of Management and Budget
confirmed
2025-09-17DOJ and FTC Identify 125+ Federal Regulations for Elimination as "Anticompetitive" 4 src
Department of Justice · Federal Trade Commission · Trump Administration
confirmed
2025-09-17FCC Chair Brendan Carr Threatens ABC License Revocation, Disney Suspends Kimmel 'Indefinitely' 2 src
Brendan Carr · Disney · Federal Communications Commission · Donald Trump
reported
2025-09-16Former Special Counsel Jack Smith Warns Rule of Law 'Under Attack Like Never Before' 2 src
Jack Smith · Department of Justice · Trump Administration
reported
2025-09-15NYT Reveals UAE $2B Crypto Investment Tied to AI Chip Deal Approval 2 src
Donald Trump · Steve Witkoff · David Sacks · Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan · +3
reported
2025-09-15Trump Installs Economic Adviser on Federal Reserve Board in Unprecedented Dual Role 2 src
Stephen Miran · Donald Trump · Federal Reserve · Council of Economic Advisers
reported
2025-09-12SEC Drops Fraud Case Against Pardoned Nikola Founder Trevor Milton 2 src
Trevor Milton · Securities and Exchange Commission · Donald Trump · Nikola Corporation
confirmed
2025-09-12Trump Threatens Racketeering Investigation Against George Soros for Funding Protests 3 src
Donald Trump · George Soros · Department of Justice
reported
2025-09-11FTC Launches Investigation into AI Companion Chatbots' Impact on Children 2 src
Federal Trade Commission · Alphabet · Meta · OpenAI · +2
reported
2025-09-10Commerce Secretary Lutnick Forces Corporations to Provide Government Equity Stakes 2 src
Howard Lutnick · U.S. Department of Commerce · Intel · Lockheed Martin · +1
reported
2025-09-10Treasury Secretary Bessent Eliminates Climate Risk Assessment Panels 3 src
Scott Bessent · U.S. Treasury Department
reported
2025-09-09Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Warns of Job Cuts After Congress Halves Funding Cap 3 src
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau · U.S. Congress · Donald Trump · Rohit Chopra
reported
2025-09-09Trump Signs Anti-Debanking Order While Gutting Agency That Could Investigate It 2 src
Donald Trump · Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
reported
2025-09-09Trump Spending Legislation Creates $40 Billion in New Fossil Fuel Subsidies 2 src
Donald Trump · Fossil Fuel Industry
confirmed
2025-09-08CBS Appoints Trump Ally Kenneth Weinstein as Network Ombudsman Following Merger Pressure 3 src
Donald Trump · CBS News · Paramount
confirmed
2025-09-08FCC Chairman Brendan Carr Threatens to Revoke Broadcast Licenses Over News Coverage 3 src
Brendan Carr · Federal Communications Commission · Donald Trump · NBC
confirmed
2025-09-05FTC Reverses Nationwide Noncompete Ban, Leaving 30 Million Workers Bound by Restrictive Contracts 2 src
Andrew Ferguson · Federal Trade Commission · Donald Trump
confirmed
2025-09-05Transportation Department Drops Rule Requiring Airlines to Compensate Passengers for Delays 3 src
Sean Duffy · Department of Transportation · Donald Trump
reported