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#Authoritarianism

Events indexed under #Authoritarianism — 71 entries in the record.

71 events From Dec 31, 1999 To Feb 14, 2026 Open in filter view →
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DateEventLanesStatus
2026-02-14Trump Threatens Executive Order on Voter ID Despite Prior Court Defeats
Donald Trump · White House · Chuck Schumer
confirmed
2026-02-08Hegseth Skips NATO Defense Ministers Meeting in Brussels
Pete Hegseth · Pentagon · North Atlantic Treaty Organization · Elbridge Colby · +1
confirmed
2026-02-06Trump Executive Order Authorizes Tariffs on All Iranian Trading Partners
Donald Trump · White House · U.S. Department of Commerce · Department of State
confirmed
2026-01-29Trump Declares Cuba National Emergency, Threatens Tariffs on Oil Trading Partners
Donald Trump · White House · U.S. Department of Commerce · Department of State
confirmed
2026-01-28Rubio Testifies to Senate on Venezuela Policy, Pledges No Further Military Action
Marco Rubio · State Department · Senate Foreign Relations Committee · Venezuela · +3
confirmed
2026-01-27Trump Executive Order Authorizes Federal Preemption of California Rebuilding Regulations
Donald Trump · White House · Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) · Small Business Administration
confirmed
2026-01-21Trump Announces Greenland "Framework," Backs Off Tariffs at Davos
Donald Trump · Mark Rutte · North Atlantic Treaty Organization · Denmark · +1
confirmed
2026-01-21Trump Threatens Tariffs on Eight NATO Allies at Davos Over Greenland, Blasts Europe as 'Not Recognizable'
Donald Trump · Mark Rutte · Emmanuel Macron · Mark Carney · +1
confirmed
2026-01-20DOJ Serves Grand Jury Subpoenas to Governor Walz, Mayor Frey, and AG Ellison Over Immigration Enforcement
Tim Walz · Jacob Frey · Keith Ellison · Pam Bondi · +2
confirmed
2026-01-17Trump Announces 10% Tariffs on Eight NATO Allies Over Greenland
Donald Trump · Denmark · Norway · Sweden · +6
confirmed
2026-01-16SSA Reveals DOGE Staffers Misused Social Security Data, Signed Secret Voter Roll Agreement While Under Court Order
Department of Government Efficiency · Elon Musk · Steve Davis · Social Security Administration · +1
confirmed
2026-01-15Trump Threatens to Invoke Insurrection Act in Minneapolis, Calls Protesters 'Highly Paid Professionals'
Donald Trump · Keith Ellison · Tim Walz
confirmed
2026-01-10DOJ Serves Fed Chair Powell with Grand Jury Subpoena in Unprecedented Criminal Investigation
Jerome Powell · Donald Trump · Department of Justice · Bill Pulte · +1
confirmed
2026-01-09Trump Threatens to Take Greenland 'The Hard Way' as Greenlandic Parties Unite in Opposition
Donald Trump · Mute Egede · Greenland Political Parties
confirmed
2026-01-08Iranian Security Forces Massacre Thousands of Protesters in Largest Killing Since 1979 Revolution
Ali Khamenei · Ali Larijani · Donald Trump
confirmed
2026-01-08Vance Announces DOJ Anti-Fraud Position to Be 'Run Out of the White House'
JD Vance · Donald Trump · Department of Justice · Tim Walz
confirmed
2026-01-07Stephen Miller Articulates 'Might Makes Right' Foreign Policy Doctrine on Venezuela and Greenland
Stephen Miller · Thom Tillis · CNN
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2026-01-07Vice President Vance Announces ICE Will Go 'Door to Door' for Mass Deportations
JD Vance · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · Fox News
confirmed
2026-01-06DHS Deploys 2,000 Federal Agents to Minneapolis in 'Largest Immigration Operation Ever'
Kristi Noem · Stephen Miller · Todd Lyons · DHS (Department of Homeland Security) · +2
confirmed
2026-01-06White House Declares Military Force 'Always an Option' to Acquire Greenland
Donald Trump · Stephen Miller · Karoline Leavitt · Mette Frederiksen · +3
confirmed
2026-01-05Danish PM Frederiksen Warns US Attack on Greenland Would Mean 'End of Everything'
Mette Frederiksen · Donald Trump · North Atlantic Treaty Organization
confirmed
2026-01-05Defense Secretary Hegseth Moves to Cut Senator Mark Kelly's Military Rank and Retirement Pay
Pete Hegseth · Mark Kelly · U.S. Department of Defense
confirmed
2026-01-01Trump Administration Sets Quota to Strip Citizenship from Over 1,000 Naturalized Americans in 2026
Stephen Miller · U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services · Ilhan Omar · Zohran Mamdani
confirmed
2025-12-24Trump Declares Support for Rate Cuts 'Litmus Test' for Fed Chair Nominees
Donald Trump · Jerome Powell · Kevin Hassett · Kevin Warsh
confirmed
2025-12-12DOJ Expands Voter Data Seizure Campaign to 18 States, Demanding Social Security Numbers and Driver's Licenses
Department of Justice · Harmeet Dhillon · Jena Griswold · Bill Galvin · +5
reported
2025-12-10Danish Intelligence Labels United States a Potential Security Threat for First Time
Danish Defense Intelligence Service · Donald Trump
confirmed
2025-12-04Bondi Orders FBI to Compile "Domestic Terrorism" List Targeting Political Beliefs
Pam Bondi · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Donald Trump · Kash Patel · +1
reported
2025-12-04Trump Administration Releases National Security Strategy Denouncing Democratic Allies, Embracing Authoritarian Partnerships
Donald Trump · National Security Council · Antonio Costa · Carl Bildt · +8
reported
2025-12-03U.S. Institute of Peace Rebranded as 'Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace' After Armed Takeover
Donald Trump · State Department · U.S. Institute of Peace · Federal Judiciary
reported
2025-12-03White House Launches 'Media Bias Portal' Denunciation System Targeting Journalists and News Outlets
Donald Trump · White House Press Office · Andrew Feinberg · Eric Garcia · +3
reported
2025-12-02Voice of America Bureau Closures Surrender Strategic Information Space to Russia and China
Donald Trump · Kari Lake · Voice of America · Federal Judiciary · +1
reported
2025-10-27Trump Suggests Running as VP to Circumvent Constitutional Term Limits
Donald Trump · Steve Bannon
confirmed
2025-10-22Pentagon Replaces Mainstream Media with MAGA Propaganda Outlets in Press Corps
Pete Hegseth · Pentagon · mainstream media outlets · far-right media
confirmed
2025-10-22Trump Installs Election Deniers in DHS Election Security Positions
Donald Trump · Heather Honey · Marci McCarthy · DHS (Department of Homeland Security)
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2025-10-20ICE Weapons Budget Surges 700% Including Guided Missiles and Explosives
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · Trump Administration
confirmed
2025-10-20Secret Interagency Working Group Coordinates Trump Retaliation Against Political Opponents
Pam Bondi · Tulsi Gabbard · Trump Administration · U.S. Department of Justice · +3
confirmed
2025-10-17OMB Director Russell Vought Consolidates Authoritarian Control Over Federal Government
Russell Vought · Donald Trump · Elon Musk · Office of Management and Budget
confirmed
2025-10-16Pentagon Strips Press Credentials After Hegseth Imposes Rules Labeling Journalists as Security Risks
Pete Hegseth · Department of Defense · New York Times · Associated Press · +3
confirmed
2025-10-15Trump Requires Political Loyalty Tests for All Federal Hiring
Donald Trump · Political Appointees · Federal Agencies
confirmed
2025-10-13Trump Accelerates Authoritarian Agenda With Mass Purges and Political Prosecutions
Donald Trump · New York Attorney General · Federal Workforce · Business Leaders
reported
2025-09-29HHS Refers Harvard for Federal Funding Debarment After Court Blocks Illegal Funding Freeze
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services · Harvard University · Donald Trump · Allison D. Burroughs
reported
2025-09-29ProPublica Reveals Russell Vought as 'Shadow President' Orchestrating Government Dismantling
Russell Vought · Donald Trump · Office of Management and Budget · Project 2025
reported
2025-09-26FBI Director Patel Fires 15-20 Agents Photographed Kneeling at 2020 George Floyd Protests
Kash Patel · Federal Bureau of Investigation · FBI Agents Association · Christopher Wray
reported
2025-09-25DOJ Sues Six States to Seize Voter Data Including Social Security Numbers and Driver's Licenses
Department of Justice · Civil Rights Division · California · Michigan · +4
reported
2025-09-25Trump Signs NSPM-7 Labeling Anti-Capitalism, Anti-Christianity, and 'Anti-Americanism' as Domestic Terrorism Indicators
Donald Trump · Pam Bondi · Federal Bureau of Investigation · JTTF · +2
confirmed
2025-09-25Trump's Hand-Picked Prosecutor Indicts James Comey Days After Trump Demands DOJ Act 'Now'
James Comey · Lindsey Halligan · Donald Trump · Pam Bondi · +1
confirmed
2025-09-22Supreme Court Allows Trump to Fire FTC Commissioner Slaughter, Threatens Independent Agencies
U.S. Supreme Court · Donald Trump · Rebecca Slaughter · Alvaro Bedoya · +1
reported
2025-09-22Trump Installs Personal Lawyer Lindsey Halligan as U.S. Attorney After Prosecutor Refuses Political Indictments
Lindsey Halligan · Donald Trump · Erik Siebert · Department of Justice
reported
2025-09-17FCC Chair Brendan Carr Threatens ABC License Revocation, Disney Suspends Kimmel 'Indefinitely'
Brendan Carr · Jimmy Kimmel · ABC · Disney · +2
reported
2025-09-09DOJ Demands Detailed Voter Roll Data From 30+ States to Build Centralized National Database
Department of Justice · Donald Trump · State election officials
confirmed
2025-08-25Trump Attempts First-Ever Firing of Federal Reserve Governor, Lisa Cook Sues
Donald Trump · Lisa Cook · Bill Pulte · Federal Reserve
confirmed
2025-08-06Trump announces federal takeover of DC police citing Coristine attack
Donald Trump · DC Police Department · National Guard · Edward Coristine
confirmed
2025-08-04Ex-DOGE worker Coristine attacked, Trump threatens federal DC takeover
Edward Coristine · Donald Trump · DC Metropolitan Police · National Guard
confirmed
2025-08-01Far-Right Activist Laura Loomer Orchestrates Mass Loyalty Purges Across Trump Administration
Laura Loomer · Donald Trump · National Security Agency · Department of Justice · +2
confirmed
2025-05-21Stephen Miller demands 3,000 daily ICE arrests, triggers leadership purge
Stephen Miller · Kristi Noem · Corey Lewandowski · Kenneth Genalo · +2
confirmed
2025-02-27EIU Democracy Index 2024 Reports Historic Low in Global Democracy Score
Economist Intelligence Unit · Global Democracy Researchers · International Political Analysts
confirmed
2025-01-14Defense Secretary Nominee Hegseth Declines to Rule Out Military Force Against Greenland and Panama
Pete Hegseth · Mazie Hirono
confirmed
2023-12-11Vance Endorses Claremont Institute's 'Up from Conservatism' at Capitol Hill Event
J.D. Vance · Michael Anton · Jeremy Carl · Arthur Milikh · +1
confirmed
2023-12-01Vance Endorses Claremont Institute Authoritarian Policy Document
J.D. Vance · Claremont Institute
confirmed
2021-03-18Cellebrite Halts Sales to Russia and Belarus After Human Rights Abuse Revelations
Cellebrite · Eitay Mack
confirmed
2021-01-20Freedom House Downgrades US Democracy Score to 83/100
Freedom House · United States · Donald Trump · Republican Party
confirmed
2019-02-01Erik Prince's Frontier Services Group Announces Xinjiang Training Facility Amid Uyghur Detention Campaign
Erik Prince · Frontier Services Group · Chang Zhenming · CITIC Group
confirmed
2017-04-25DarkMatter Signs Strategic Surveillance Technology Agreement with Huawei, Facilitated by Erik Prince Network
DarkMatter · Huawei · Erik Prince · Pegasus · +1
confirmed
2017-03-06Trump Signs Travel Ban 2.0 (Executive Order 13780) - Revised Muslim Ban After Courts Block Original
Donald Trump · Derrick Watson · Doug Chin · Rudy Giuliani
confirmed
2017-03-04Trump Falsely Accuses Obama of Wiretapping Trump Tower Based on "A Little Bit of a Hunch"
Donald Trump · Barack Obama · James Clapper · James Comey
confirmed
2017-01-30Trump Fires Acting Attorney General Sally Yates for Refusing to Defend Muslim Ban
Donald Trump · Sally Yates · Dana Boente · Jeff Sessions · +1
confirmed
2017-01-27Trump Signs Muslim Ban (Executive Order 13769) Causing Airport Chaos and Mass Visa Revocations
Donald Trump · Rudy Giuliani · Jim Mattis · State Department
confirmed
2011-01-01Erik Prince Receives $529M Contract to Build Secret Mercenary Army for UAE Crown Prince
Erik Prince · Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan · Reflex Responses · United Arab Emirates
confirmed
2006-12-07Bush Administration Fires 9 U.S. Attorneys for Political Reasons
Alberto Gonzales · Karl Rove · David Iglesias · Carol Lam · +2
confirmed
2005-12-16New York Times Exposes NSA Warrantless Surveillance Program
James Risen · Eric Lichtblau · New York Times · George W. Bush · +1
confirmed
1999-12-31Yeltsin Resigns, Oligarchs Elevate Putin to President: KGB Officer Chosen to Protect 'The Family' Transforms Russia into Kleptocracy
Boris Yeltsin · Vladimir Putin · Boris Berezovsky · Vladimir Gusinsky · +3
confirmed