#Institutional-Capture
Events indexed under #Institutional-Capture — 528 entries in the record.
| Date | Event | Lanes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-13 | DHS Files Zero Privacy Impact Assessments in 2026 While Operating $1B No-Bid Palantir Surveillance Network
4 src Department of Homeland Security · Palantir Technologies · CBP · ICE · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2026-05-13 | Former GEO Group SVP David Venturella Named Acting ICE Director, Completing Revolving-Door Loop
3 src David Venturella · GEO Group · Todd Lyons · Immigration and Customs Enforcement · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-05-13 | Senate Confirms Kevin Warsh as Fed Chair 54-45; Powell Stays as Board Governor
2 src Kevin Warsh · Jerome Powell · Scott Bessent · JD Vance · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2026-05-12 | ICE Issues Memo Requiring 48-Hour Prior Approval and Named-Detainee ID for All Congressional Oversight Visits
3 src Immigration and Customs Enforcement · Todd Lyons · Department of Homeland Security · Maxwell Frost · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-05-10 | Tennessee Governor Lee Signs HB2219 Making All 95 County Sheriffs Join 287(g) — First State Mandate of Its Kind
4 src Governor Bill Lee · Tennessee General Assembly · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · Senator Jack Johnson · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2026-05-10 | USCIS Ends Automatic Deportation Protection for Child Immigrants Awaiting Visa Backlog, Policy Takes Effect May 10
4 src U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services · Department of Homeland Security · Kristi Noem | confirmed | |
| 2026-05-09 | 6+ EDVA Prosecutors Fired or Forced Out as DOJ Purges Those Who Resisted Comey Political Indictment
3 src Department of Justice · Pam Bondi · James Comey · Lindsey Halligan · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-05-09 | Tennessee HB2219 Mandating All 95 County Sheriffs Join 287(g) ICE Program Transmitted to Governor Lee
3 src Governor Bill Lee · Tennessee General Assembly · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · Senator Jack Johnson · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-05-08 | Washington Post Documents 80,000+ Voluntary Departure Orders Under Trump; March 2026 Alone Hit 9,000 as Detention Coerces Asylum Abandonment
3 src U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · U.S. Executive Office for Immigration Review · Donald Trump · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-05-07 | ICE 287(g) Funding Pipeline Reaches $137M Already Disbursed, $2B Projected for 2026 With Performance Bonuses for Immigration Arrests; 760+ Departments, 13,800-15,800 Officers Deputized
4 src U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · local police departments · county sheriffs · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-05-07 | Pentagon CDAO Quintuples Scale AI Contract to $500M Using No-Bid OTA — Eight Months After Original Award
6 src Scale AI · Pete Hegseth · Cameron Stanley · Emil Michael · +6 | confirmed | |
| 2026-05-05 | ICE Air Hits Record 1,794 Enforcement Flights in March 2026 — 122% Surge, First Removals to Moldova, Myanmar, Thailand
4 src U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement · ICE Air Operations · Human Rights First · Department of Homeland Security | confirmed | |
| 2026-05-04 | DHS SAVE Cross-Match Voter Purge Blitz in Ohio, Texas, Idaho Ahead of 2026 Midterms; 95% False-Positive Rate Documented
2 src Department of Justice · Department of Homeland Security · Election boards (Ohio) · Election boards (Texas) · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-05-04 | SCOTUS 6-3 Callais Ruling Immediately Effective, Voiding 100K Ballots; Roberts Court Completes VRA Gutting
3 src John Roberts · Clarence Thomas · Samuel Alito · Neil Gorsuch · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2026-04-09 | Human Rights Watch Documents Systematic Abuses in ICE's Expanding Warehouse Detention Network, Citing Arizona GardaWorld Contract
2 src Human Rights Watch · ICE · GardaWorld Federal Services · Department of Homeland Security | confirmed | |
| 2026-04-03 | Michael Edison Hayden Reveals SPLC Gutted Its Intelligence Project Before Trump's Return, Leaving Far-Right Monitoring Degraded
3 src Michael Edison Hayden · Southern Poverty Law Center · Kash Patel · FBI | confirmed | |
| 2026-04-03 | Washington Post Data Analysis: ICE Still Arresting Immigrants Without Criminal Records at 70%+ Rate Despite Administration Pledge to Target Criminals
2 src ICE · Department of Homeland Security · Washington Post · TRAC Immigration | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-30 | 14th ICE Detainee Dies in 2026 as Detention System on Track for Deadliest Year Since 2004 | ||
| 2026-03-27 | DOGE One-Year Assessment: 300,000 Federal Jobs Cut, $215B Savings Claim Unverified | ||
| 2026-03-24 | Markwayne Mullin Sworn In as DHS Secretary After 54-45 Senate Confirmation; Immediately Pauses WEXMAC-TITUS Warehouse Detention Buildout
8 src Markwayne Mullin · Donald Trump · Kristi Noem · John Fetterman · +6 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-23 | Federal Judge Reverses Takedown Order, Rules DOGE Deposition Videos Can Stay Online
3 src federal court · Department of Government Efficiency · Nate Cavanaugh · Justin Fox | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-22 | Trump Admin Altered SSA Inspector General Report to Hide DOGE Impact on Services
4 src SSA · SSA Inspector General · Department of Government Efficiency | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-20 | Half of National Weather Service Offices Critically Understaffed, Eight Cease Overnight Operations
3 src NOAA · National Weather Service · five former NWS directors | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-19 | Court Documents Show DOGE ChatGPT Flagged Museum HVAC Grant as DEI, Canceling $349K
4 src Nate Cavanaugh · Justin Fox · NEH · High Point Museum | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-19 | Education Dept Announces Transfer of $1.6 Trillion Student Loan Portfolio to Treasury
4 src Linda McMahon · Scott Bessent · Department of Education · Treasury Department | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-19 | Inspector General Offices Lose 16.6% of Workforce as Trump Installs Partisan Nominees
3 src Anthony D'Esposito · Thomas March Bell · Cheryl Mason | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-17 | GAO Report Warns IRS Workforce Cut 27% Under DOGE, Tax Processing Severely Degraded
3 src GAO · IRS · TIGTA | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-17 | Government Executive Investigation Reveals DOGE Staffers Fabricated White House Pressure
2 src Nate Cavanaugh · Justin Fox · Michael McDonald · Department of Government Efficiency | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-17 | Postmaster General Warns Congress USPS Could Run Out of Cash by October 2026
4 src Postmaster General David Steiner · House Oversight Committee · U.S. Postal Service | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-16 | DOGE Staffer Admits Under Oath Agency Did Not Reduce Federal Deficit
3 src Nate Cavanaugh · Justin Fox · Department of Government Efficiency | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-13 | DOGE Cuts Hobble Pentagon IT, FBI Counterintel, and VOA as War Costs Dwarf All Savings
3 src Department of Government Efficiency · Pentagon · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Kash Patel | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-13 | Judge Orders Plaintiffs to Remove Viral DOGE Deposition Videos from YouTube
3 src Judge Colleen McMahon · Nate Cavanaugh · Justin Fox · Department of Government Efficiency | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-13 | Judge Orders VA to Reinstate Union Collective Bargaining Agreement for 300,000 Employees
4 src Judge Melissa DuBose · VA Secretary Doug Collins · AFGE | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-12 | DOGE Cuts 1,029 More NOAA Employees, Threatening Weather Forecasting and Disaster Response
3 src Department of Government Efficiency · U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration · U.S. National Weather Service · Elon Musk · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-12 | DOJ Proposes Rule Giving Attorney General Veto Power Over Bar Complaints Against Government Lawyers
4 src U.S. Department of Justice · Pam Bondi · Todd Blanche · Ed Martin · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-12 | ICE Reveals $38.3 Billion Detention Expansion Plan for 92,600-Bed Mega-Center Network
5 src U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-12 | USPS Postmaster DeJoy Signs DOGE Deal to Cut 10,000 Postal Workers
3 src Louis DeJoy · Department of Government Efficiency · Elon Musk · U.S. Postal Service · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-11 | Bipartisan Senators Request GAO Audit of DOJ Handling of Epstein Files
4 src U.S. Senate · Dick Durbin · Ben Ray Lujan · Jeff Merkley · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-11 | Lead Prosecutor in DOJ Criminal Probe of Fed Chair Jerome Powell Replaced
4 src U.S. Department of Justice · Jerome Powell · Federal Reserve · Donald Trump · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-11 | Social Security Administration Inspector General Opens Formal Probe into DOGE Data Misuse
3 src U.S. Social Security Administration · Department of Government Efficiency · U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform · Robert Garcia · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-10 | DOGE Spending Cuts Leave U.S. Government Hollowed Out as Iran War Escalates
2 src Department of Government Efficiency · Elon Musk · Donald Trump · U.S. Department of State · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-10 | Public Citizen Report Finds Trump Removed More Inspectors General Than All Prior Presidents Combined
4 src Donald Trump · U.S. Office of Inspector General · Public Citizen | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-10 | Senate Democrats Demand Public Hearings on Iran War After Closed Briefing Raises Alarms
3 src Chuck Schumer · Elizabeth Warren · Jacky Rosen · Pete Hegseth · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-10 | U.S. Records Sharpest Press Freedom Drop in Americas, Falls from 4th to 11th Place
3 src Donald Trump · Inter American Press Association · Voice of America | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-10 | Washington Post Investigation Details How ICE Systematically Defied Court Orders During Minneapolis Enforcement Surge
4 src U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · U.S. Department of Justice · Patrick Schiltz · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-10 | Whistleblower Alleges Ex-DOGE Staffer Stole Social Security Database on Thumb Drive
4 src Department of Government Efficiency · U.S. Social Security Administration · Elon Musk · U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-09 | DOJ Appeals Blocked Executive Orders Targeting Law Firms, Claims Judges "Bent Over Backwards" to Rule Against Trump
4 src Donald Trump · U.S. Department of Justice · Perkins Coie · WilmerHale · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-09 | DOJ Public Integrity Section Gutted from 36 to 2 Lawyers, Stripped of Authority to File Cases
4 src U.S. Department of Justice · Pam Bondi · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-09 | DOJ Pursues Retaliatory Investigations of Democratic Officials and Federal Reserve Chair
4 src U.S. Department of Justice · Pam Bondi · Jeanine Pirro · Jerome Powell · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-09 | DOJ Releases Additional Epstein Files After NPR Investigation Exposes Withheld Trump-Related Documents
4 src U.S. Department of Justice · Pam Bondi · Jeffrey Epstein · Donald Trump · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-08 | Colorado Attorney General and Environmental Groups Sue EPA Over Illegal Rejection of State Clean Air Plan Protecting Coal
3 src Phil Weiser · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · Earthjustice · Sierra Club · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-06 | DOJ and FBI National Security Divisions Decimated by Purges as U.S. Confronts Iran War
2 src U.S. Department of Justice · U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation · Kash Patel · Donald Trump · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-06 | DOJ Public Integrity Section Collapses to Two Lawyers, Gutting Federal Anti-Corruption Enforcement
3 src U.S. Department of Justice · Pam Bondi · Donald Trump · U.S. Public Integrity Section | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-05 | DOJ Releases Previously Withheld Epstein Files Containing Sexual Assault Allegations Against Trump
5 src U.S. Department of Justice · Donald Trump · Jeffrey Epstein · Ghislaine Maxwell · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-05 | OPM Proposes Rule Making Performance Primary Factor in Federal Layoffs, Replacing Seniority
4 src OPM · AFGE · Rep. James Walkinshaw | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-05 | Trump Fires DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, Names Sen. Markwayne Mullin as Replacement
7 src Donald Trump · Kristi Noem · Markwayne Mullin · U.S. Department of Homeland Security | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-04 | House Rejects Iran War Powers Resolution 212-219, Completing Congress's Abdication of War Authority
7 src Mike Johnson · Thomas Massie · Warren Davidson · Jared Golden · +6 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-04 | OPM Data Confirms Federal Workforce Shrunk 12% Under DOGE, 386,000 Positions Eliminated
4 src Department of Government Efficiency · Elon Musk · Donald Trump · U.S. Office of Personnel Management · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-04 | Pentagon Formally Designates Anthropic a National Security Supply-Chain Risk, First US Company So Labeled
5 src Anthropic · Dario Amodei · U.S. Department of Defense · Pete Hegseth · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-04 | Senate Formally Defeats Iran War Powers Resolution 47-53, Ceding War Authority to Trump
7 src Tim Kaine · Chuck Schumer · Adam Schiff · Rand Paul · +5 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-04 | Treasury, State, and HHS Begin Phasing Out Anthropic Products Following Trump Executive Directive
4 src Donald Trump · U.S. Department of the Treasury · U.S. Department of State · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-03 | Kash Patel Fires FBI Counterintelligence Unit That Tracked Iran, Days Before U.S. Strikes
3 src Kash Patel · U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation · U.S. Department of Justice · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-03 | MRFF Documents Over 200 Complaints of Military Commanders Framing Iran War as Biblical Armageddon
8 src Pete Hegseth · Mikey Weinstein · Military Religious Freedom Foundation · CAIR · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-03 | Senate War Powers Resolution on Iran Fails as Republicans Defend Trump's Unauthorized War
8 src Tim Kaine · Chuck Schumer · Adam Schiff · Rand Paul · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-28 | Operation Epic Fury - US and Israel Launch Massive Military Strikes on Iran
7 src Donald Trump · Pete Hegseth · Marco Rubio · CENTCOM · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-27 | Chief Judge Schiltz Issues Written Order Documenting 210+ ICE Court Violations, Threatens Criminal Contempt
5 src Patrick Schiltz · Todd Lyons · Daniel Rosen · U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-27 | Trump Blacklists Anthropic, Designates AI Company a Supply Chain Risk to National Security
6 src Donald Trump · Pete Hegseth · Dario Amodei · Anthropic · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-26 | Anthropic Formally Rejects Pentagon Ultimatum, Amodei Holds Red Lines on AI Safety
5 src Dario Amodei · Anthropic · Pete Hegseth · U.S. Department of Defense | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-26 | White House Circulates Draft Emergency Order to Seize Control of Federal Elections
5 src Donald Trump · Peter Ticktin · Abigail Jackson | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-25 | Bloomberg Op-Ed Documents White Christian Nationalism Driving US Foreign Policy
3 src Donald Trump · Pete Hegseth · Bloomberg Opinion | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-25 | Fired Inspectors General Testify to Congress That Trump Administration Dismantled Federal Oversight Ecosystem
4 src Donald Trump · Department of Government Efficiency · Elon Musk · House Oversight Committee Democrats | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-24 | D.C. Circuit Upholds IRS-ICE Taxpayer Data Sharing, Weaponizing Tax Compliance Against Immigrants
3 src Harry T. Edwards · Scott Bessent · Kristi Noem · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-24 | Full DC Circuit Hears Three-Hour Arguments on CFPB Mass Layoffs; Court Grills Administration on Separation of Powers
6 src Russell Vought · Consumer Financial Protection Bureau · National Treasury Employees Union · U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-22 | Noem and Lewandowski Secretly Devise TSA PreCheck Suspension, White House Reverses Within Hours
4 src Kristi Noem · Corey Lewandowski · DHS (Department of Homeland Security) · TSA | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-20 | CIA Director Ratcliffe Orders Retraction of 19 Intelligence Products
3 src John Ratcliffe · Central Intelligence Agency | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-19 | Analysis 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 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-19 | ICE Expands to Twin Cities Suburbs Using Covert Tactics, Palantir ELITE Neighborhood Targeting
8 src U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement · Palantir Technologies · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · Kristi Noem | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-19 | Trump Issues DOGE Deregulatory Executive Order Requiring 60-Day Regulatory Review at All Agencies Including Independent Bodies
4 src Donald Trump · Russell Vought · Office of Management and Budget · Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-17 | DOJ Faces Legal Complaint After FBI Raided Washington Post Reporter's Home Without Disclosing Press Protections
4 src Pam Bondi · Department of Justice · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Hannah Natanson · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-17 | Hegseth Orders Firing of Army Public Affairs Chief in Continuing Milley-Era Purge
2 src Pete Hegseth · Dan Driscoll · Dave Butler · Mark Milley · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-14 | DHS Shutdown Begins as Congress Fails to Reach Immigration Reform Deal
3 src United States Senate · U.S. House of Representatives · John Thune · Chris Murphy · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-13 | Federal Judge Blocks $600M Health Grant Cuts to Democratic States
3 src Manish Shah · Kwame Raoul · Phil Weiser · Keith Ellison · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-13 | Senate Fails to Advance DHS Funding Bill in 52-47 Vote
3 src United States Senate · John Thune · Chuck Schumer · John Fetterman · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-12 | Bondi Admits Secret Domestic Terrorist List Exists During House Testimony
2 src Pam Bondi · Department of Justice · House Judiciary Committee | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-12 | One Year After DOGE Cuts, 322,000 Federal Workers Displaced in Largest Peacetime Workforce Reduction
3 src Department of Government Efficiency · Elon Musk · Russell Vought · Office of Personnel Management | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-11 | Bondi House Testimony Devolves Into Personal Attacks Over Epstein Files and Political Prosecutions
3 src Pam Bondi · Jamie Raskin · Thomas Massie · Pramila Jayapal · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-10 | Grand Jury Rejects DOJ Attempt to Indict Six Democratic Lawmakers Over Military Oath Video
3 src Department of Justice · Jeanine Pirro · Mark Kelly · Elissa Slotkin · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-10 | White House Convenes High-Level Meeting on FISA Section 702 Surveillance Authority Renewal
3 src John Ratcliffe · Tulsi Gabbard · Susie Wiles · Stephen Miller · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-09 | DOJ Appeals Comey and James Case Dismissals Despite Halligan Unlawful Appointment Ruling
2 src 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
3 src Interfaith Alliance · Muslims for Progressive Values · Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund · Hindus for Human Rights · +8 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-07 | IRS Admits Unlawfully Sharing Thousands of Taxpayer Records with DHS for Immigration Enforcement
3 src Internal Revenue Service · DHS (Department of Homeland Security) · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · Scott Bessent · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-06 | DOJ Admits Epstein Redaction Errors as Victim Advocates Demand Website Shutdown
2 src Department of Justice · Pam Bondi · Brad Edwards · Brittany Henderson | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-06 | Trump Executive Order Reorients Arms Sales as Domestic Industrial Policy
3 src Donald Trump · White House · U.S. Department of Defense · Department of State · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-05 | Federal Judge Orders Elon Musk Deposition Over USAID Dismantling, Rejects Apex Doctrine Claims
3 src Elon Musk · Theodore Chuang · United States Agency for International Development · Peter Marocco · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-05 | Russell 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 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-03 | Clintons Agree to Epstein Investigation Depositions Under Contempt Threat
3 src House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform · James Comer · Bill Clinton · Hillary Clinton | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-03 | House Votes 217-214 to End Four-Day Partial Government Shutdown
3 src U.S. House of Representatives · Mike Johnson · Nancy Mace · Hakeem Jeffries | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-30 | Analysis Shows DOGE Savings Claims Fall Short of $1 Trillion Target, Cost Taxpayers Billions
3 src Department of Government Efficiency · Elon Musk · Russell Vought | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-30 | Comer 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 | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-30 | DOJ Arrests Journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort Over Church Protest Coverage
3 src Don Lemon · Georgia Fort · Pam Bondi · Federal Bureau of Investigation · +1 | confirmed |