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#Institutional-Capture

Events indexed under #Institutional-Capture — 528 entries in the record.

528 events From Feb 25, 1791 To May 13, 2026 Open in filter view →
DateEventLanesStatus
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
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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 · +2
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2025-09-19SEC Drops Fraud Cases Against Trump Clemency Recipients, Abandoning Victims 2 src
Paul Atkins · Devon Archer · Trevor Milton · Carlos Watson · +2
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2025-09-19Trump Appointee George Cook Named Acting Census Director in Unprecedented Triple Role 2 src
George Cook · U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Department of Commerce · Donald Trump
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2025-09-19Trump's $200M White House Ballroom Funded by Government Contractors Seeking Access 2 src
Donald Trump · Lockheed Martin · Google · Palantir · +4
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2025-09-18Education Department Inspector General Probes DOGE's Illegal Access to Student Loan Data 2 src
Elon Musk · Department of Government Efficiency · Education Department · Inspector General
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2025-09-16Former Special Counsel Jack Smith Warns Rule of Law 'Under Attack Like Never Before' 2 src
Jack Smith · Department of Justice · George Mason University · Trump Administration
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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
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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
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2025-09-11Kennedy Center Fires Jazz Director in Continued Cultural Institution Purge 2 src
Richard Grenell · Kevin Struthers · Jason Moran · Kennedy Center
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2025-09-11Senate Republicans Change Rules to Confirm Trump Nominees in Batches Without Individual Scrutiny 3 src
John Thune · Senate Republicans · Donald Trump
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2025-09-11State Department Adds 'Fidelity' Criterion, Retaliates Against Diplomats for Honest Analysis 3 src
State Department · American Foreign Service Association · Donald Trump · Career Diplomats
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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
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2025-09-10Federal Judge Allows Trump to Eliminate 1,600 NSF Grants Worth $1 Billion 2 src
Donald Trump · Department of Government Efficiency · National Science Foundation · Federal Judiciary
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2025-09-10Labor Department Inspector General Opens Investigation Into Jobs Data Manipulation 3 src
Labor Department Inspector General · Erika McEntarfer · Donald Trump · Bureau of Labor Statistics
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2025-09-09Director of National Intelligence Gabbard Orders NSA Report Retraction to Shield Trump Officials 2 src
Tulsi Gabbard · Richard Grenell · National Security Agency · Marco Rubio
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2025-09-09DOJ Demands Detailed Voter Roll Data From 30+ States to Build Centralized National Database 3 src
Department of Justice · Donald Trump · State election officials
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2025-09-09Heritage Foundation Publishes 800-Page Constitutional Guide as Trump's Judicial Roadmap 3 src
Heritage Foundation · Justice Samuel Alito · Donald Trump · U.S. Supreme Court
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2025-09-08Missouri GOP Passes Mid-Decade Gerrymander to Eliminate Democratic Congressional Seat 3 src
Missouri GOP legislature · Representative Emmanuel Cleaver · Trump Administration
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2025-09-06Trump Administration Explores Federal Takeover of 9/11 Memorial and Museum 3 src
Trump · Michael Bloomberg · Kathy Hochul · Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
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2025-09-05Trump Signs Executive Order Renaming Pentagon as 'Department of War' 3 src
Trump · Pete Hegseth · U.S. Department of Defense
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2025-09-04DOJ Opens Criminal Investigation Into Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook for Alleged Mortgage Fraud 3 src
Department of Justice · Lisa Cook · Pam Bondi · Bill Pulte · +3
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2025-09-04Federal Reserve Nominee Plans Unprecedented Dual Role With White House 3 src
Stephen Miran · Donald Trump · Federal Reserve Board · White House
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2025-09-04Trump Fires Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner After Unfavorable Jobs Report 2 src
Donald Trump · Erika McEntarfer · EJ Antoni · Bureau of Labor Statistics · +1
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2025-09-03Treasury Department Refuses to Release $1.5 Billion in Epstein Financial Records 2 src
Ron Wyden · Scott Bessent · U.S. Treasury Department · U.S. Senate Finance Committee · +1
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2025-09-02Supreme Court Allows Trump to Remove FTC Commissioner, Gutting Agency Independence 2 src
Chief Justice John Roberts · Donald Trump · Rebecca Slaughter · U.S. Supreme Court · +1
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2025-08-29DHS Secretary Noem Fires 23 FEMA Employees, Demands Public Trump Praise, Announces IT Breach 2 src
Kristi Noem · Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) · DHS (Department of Homeland Security) · Trump
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2025-08-29DOJ Loosens Requirements to Deploy ~600 Military JAG Officers as Immigration Judges 3 src
Department of Justice · Trump · U.S. Military
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2025-08-29EPA Fires At Least 8 Employees Who Signed Letter Criticizing Trump's Environmental Rollbacks 3 src
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) · Lee Zeldin · Trump
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2025-08-29SSA whistleblower Charles Borges forced to resign after exposing data breach 3 src
Charles Borges · Social Security Administration · Department of Government Efficiency · Aram Moghaddassi
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2025-08-28RFK Jr. Fires CDC Director Susan Monarez After She Refuses to Approve Unscientific Vaccine Directives 3 src
RFK Jr. · Susan Monarez · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · Trump
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2025-08-28Trump Executive Order Mandates Classical Architecture for Federal Buildings 2 src
Donald Trump · White House · General Services Administration
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2025-08-28White House Fires Surface Transportation Board Member Via Email Without Cause 3 src
Trump · White House · Surface Transportation Board · Robert E. Primus
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2025-08-26DOJ Launches Probe Into FBI/CIA Officials Over Russia Investigation Records Under Kash Patel and Dan Bongino 2 src
Kash Patel · Dan Bongino · Department of Justice · James Comey · +1
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2025-08-26Trump Demands '$500 Million' From Harvard to Restore Frozen Federal Research Funding 3 src
Trump · Harvard University · U.S. Department of Education · Alan Garber
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2025-08-26Whistleblower Reveals Unprecedented Social Security Database Security Breach 6 src
Charles Borges · John Solly · Michael Russo · Aram Moghaddassi · +3
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2025-08-22U.S. Government Takes 10% Equity Stake in Intel Through CHIPS Act Conversion 3 src
Howard Lutnick · Trump · U.S. Department of Commerce · Intel
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2025-08-21Federal Judge Rules Alina Habba Unlawfully Serving as U.S. Attorney for New Jersey 3 src
Trump · Alina Habba · Department of Justice · Federal Judiciary
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2025-08-20Gabbard Revokes Security Clearances of 37 Intelligence Officials Without Evidence 3 src
Tulsi Gabbard · Donald Trump · Intelligence Community · Maher Bitar
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2025-08-19Fired DOJ Antitrust Official Accuses Bondi Leadership of Corruption in $14B Merger 3 src
Roger Alford · Pam Bondi · Chad Mizelle · Hewlett Packard Enterprise · +2
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2025-08-19OMB Director Vought Blocks Billions in Congressional Appropriations, Claims Unilateral Spending Power 3 src
Russell Vought · Office of Management and Budget · Donald Trump
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2025-08-19State Department Revokes 6,000+ Student Visas, Targeting Palestinian Activists 3 src
State Department · Marco Rubio · U.S. Department of Homeland Security
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2025-08-19Trump Converts CHIPS Act Grants to Government Equity Stake in Intel 3 src
Howard Lutnick · Intel Corporation · SoftBank · U.S. Department of Commerce
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2025-08-19Trump Installs Unconfirmed Loyalists as US Attorneys, Bypassing Senate 3 src
Donald Trump · Alina Habba · Pam Bondi · Department of Justice
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2025-08-19Trump-Appointed US Attorney Investigates DC Police for 'Fake' Crime Data 3 src
Jeanine Pirro · Donald Trump · DC Metropolitan Police · Department of Justice
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2025-08-18Trump Appoints Missouri AG to Unprecedented FBI Co-Deputy Director Role 3 src
Andrew Bailey · Donald Trump · Dan Bongino · Kash Patel · +1
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2025-08-18Trump Pledges Executive Order to Ban Mail-In Voting After Putin Meeting 3 src
Donald Trump · Vladimir Putin · White House
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2025-08-13Treasury Secretary Bessent Violates Ethics Agreement, Retains Millions in Conflicted Assets 2 src
Scott Bessent · Office of Government Ethics · Department of the Treasury
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2025-08-11Trump Demands Intel CEO Resignation, Then Reverses After Meeting 3 src
Donald Trump · Lip-Bu Tan · Intel Corporation
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2025-08-11Trump Federalizes DC Police and Deploys 800 National Guard Troops Despite Declining Crime 3 src
Donald Trump · Pam Bondi · Terry Cole · DC Metropolitan Police · +1
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2025-08-11Trump Nominates Partisan Heritage Foundation Economist to Lead Bureau of Labor Statistics 3 src
E.J. Antoni · Donald Trump · Bureau of Labor Statistics · Heritage Foundation · +1
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2025-08-07Trump Executive Order Places Federal Grants Under Political Appointee Control 3 src
Donald Trump · White House · Office of Management and Budget
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2025-08-07Trump Signs Executive Order Prohibiting 'Debanking' Based on Political Views 2 src
Donald Trump · White House · Federal Reserve · FDIC · +1
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2025-08-05DOJ Launches Mortgage Fraud Investigation Targeting Senator Adam Schiff 3 src
Department of Justice · Adam Schiff · U.S. Attorney's Office (Maryland) · Federal Housing Finance Agency · +1
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2025-08-04DOJ Inspector General 'Lost' Whistleblower Complaint Against Trump Judicial Nominee for Three Months 3 src
DOJ Office of Inspector General · Whistleblower Aid · Emil Bove · Department of Justice · +1
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2025-08-02Senate Confirms Jeanine Pirro as U.S. Attorney for Washington D.C. 3 src
Jeanine Pirro · Trump · U.S. Senate · Department of Justice
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2025-08-01Columbia University Agrees to Monitor Foreign Students for Trump Administration in $221 Million Settlement 3 src
Columbia University · U.S. Department of Education · White House · Bart Schwartz · +1
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2025-08-01DOJ Uses Legal Loopholes to Install Trump Loyalists as Acting U.S. Attorneys Without Senate Confirmation 3 src
Department of Justice · Pam Bondi · U.S. Senate · Federal Judiciary · +3
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2025-08-01Far-Right Activist Laura Loomer Orchestrates Mass Loyalty Purges Across Trump Administration 3 src
Laura Loomer · Donald Trump · National Security Agency · Department of Justice · +2
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2025-08-01Federal Reserve Governor Adriana Kugler Resigns Early, Opening Seat for Trump Appointee 3 src
Adriana Kugler · Federal Reserve · Donald Trump · Jerome Powell
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2025-08-01Smithsonian Removes Trump Impeachment References from National Museum of American History 3 src
Smithsonian Institution · National Museum of American History · White House · Donald Trump
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2025-08-01Trump Fires Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Hours After Unfavorable Jobs Report 3 src
Donald Trump · Erika McEntarfer · Bureau of Labor Statistics · U.S. Department of Labor
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2025-08-01Trump Orders States to Hand Over Medicaid, Food Assistance, and Voter Roll Data for Federal Surveillance 3 src
U.S. Department of Homeland Security · USDA · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services · Department of Government Efficiency · +1
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2025-08-01U.S. Army Awards Palantir $10 Billion AI-Driven Software Contract 3 src
U.S. Army · Palantir Technologies · U.S. Department of Defense · Donald Trump
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2025-07-31Elon Musk Continues $277 Million Donation Spree Supporting Trump and Republican Candidates 3 src
Elon Musk · Donald Trump · Trump Administration · MAGA Inc. · +1
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2025-07-14Pam Bondi ousts DOJ ethics director Joseph Tirrell amid mass prosecutor dismissal 3 src
Pam Bondi · Joseph Tirrell · Donald Trump · Jack Smith · +1
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2025-07-12Bondi Fires 20 Justice Department Employees Tied to Trump Prosecutions 3 src
Pam Bondi · Department of Justice · Trump Prosecutors · January 6 Prosecutors · +2
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2025-07-10DOGE 2.0: Institutional Capture Continues After Musk's Direct Involvement 4 src
Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Elon Musk · DOGE Operatives
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2025-07-08Navy Activates WEXMAC 2.2 TITUS as Domestic Detention Procurement Vehicle With $10B Ceiling, Repurposing Afghanistan Logistics Contract for ICE 4 src
US Navy · Naval Supply Systems Command · Department of Homeland Security · ICE · +2
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2025-07-07Ghana Launches Democracy Capture Index Revealing Widespread Institutional Capture in Africa 3 src
Ghana Centre for Democratic Development · CDD-Ghana researchers · African presidents · Government agencies across 10 African countries
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2025-07-02CDC Deactivates H5N1 Emergency Response Despite Ongoing Outbreak 3 src
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services · Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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2025-06-10CFPB Enforcement Chief Resigns, Condemns Trump Administration's Agency Deconstruction 3 src
Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Cara Petersen · Russell Vought · +1
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2025-06-09RFK Jr. Fires All 17 ACIP Members, Wholesale Replacement of Vaccine Advisory Committee 5 src
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. · CDC · HHS · Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices · +1
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2025-06-09RFK Jr. Fires All 17 Members of CDC Vaccine Advisory Committee 3 src
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices
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2025-06-03Mass DOJ Firings Reshape Federal Law Enforcement Landscape 3 src
Donald Trump · Kash Patel · Pam Bondi · FBI Agents Association
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2025-06-01Over 275,000 federal layoffs announced with 128,709 workers targeted 4 src
Trump Administration · Elon Musk · Department of Government Efficiency · Federal Workforce · +2
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2025-05-29CMS Rescinds EMTALA Guidance Requiring Emergency Abortion Care 3 src
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services · HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. · Department of Justice · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services · +1
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2025-05-28HHS Cancels $766 Million Moderna Contract for H5N1 Pandemic Flu Vaccines 3 src
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services · Moderna · BARDA
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2025-05-19DOJ Civil Rights Division Mass Exodus: ~400 Employees Depart as Dhillon Rewrites Mission to Target Trans Rights, Promote 'Anti-Christian Bias' Agenda 6 src
Harmeet Dhillon · DOJ Civil Rights Division · Pam Bondi · Donald Trump
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2025-05-15FBI Disbands Washington Public Corruption Squad Amid Broader Investigative Reorganization 3 src
Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Kash Patel · Chuck Grassley · +2
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2025-04-25Trump Administration Dramatically Weakens Independent Hatch Act Enforcement 4 src
Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Hampton Dellinger · Paul Ingrassia · +3
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2025-04-20Schedule F Implementation Deadline: Systematic Federal Workforce Reclassification 3 src
Office of Personnel Management · Federal Agencies · Trump Administration · Federal Workforce
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2025-04-07Dhillon Guts DOJ Voting Section: Reassigns Managers, Suspends Cases, Rewrites Mission to 'Voter Fraud' 6 src
Harmeet Dhillon · DOJ Civil Rights Division · DOJ Voting Section · Pam Bondi · +1
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2025-04-02Trump Invokes Emergency Powers Act (IEEPA) to Impose Unprecedented Reciprocal Tariffs 3 src
Donald Trump · U.S. Supreme Court
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2025-04-01Multiple Pulitzer Prizes Awarded for Exposing Systematic Kleptocratic Corruption 3 src
Reuters · Wall Street Journal · Boston Globe · Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project · +2
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2025-03-28Peter Marks Forced Out as FDA Vaccine Chief, Accuses RFK Jr. of 'Misinformation and Lies' 4 src
Peter Marks · Robert F. Kennedy Jr. · FDA · HHS
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2025-03-25Foreign Policy Analysis Warns of American Kleptocracy Under Trump Administration 3 src
Donald Trump · Pam Bondi · Joe Biden · Bernie Sanders · +1
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2025-03-25Senate Confirms Marty Makary as FDA Commissioner in 56-44 Vote, Architect of Deregulation Agenda 4 src
Marty Makary · Donald Trump · Robert F. Kennedy Jr. · Jay Bhattacharya · +3
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2025-03-23Trump White House Sells Corporate Sponsorships for Easter Egg Roll, Marking New Level of Institutional Capture 3 src
Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Meta · YouTube · +3
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2025-03-20Trump Rescinds Executive Order After Paul Weiss Agrees to $40M Pro Bono Services 3 src
Donald Trump · Paul Weiss Law Firm · Mark Pomerantz
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2025-03-12Johnson says Congress will investigate attacks against Tesla owners, vehicles 3 src
Mike Johnson · Elon Musk · Marjorie Taylor Greene · Donald Trump
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2025-03-12Justice Department Significantly Downsizes Public Corruption Investigation Unit 3 src
Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Pam Bondi · Eric Adams · +1
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2025-03-01Federal Agencies Fire 62,530 Workers in Two Months - 41,311% Increase Over 2024 3 src
Trump Administration · Office of Personnel Management · Department of Interior · forest-service · +2
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2025-02-18Trump Asserts Unitary Executive Control Over DOJ, Echoing Nixon's Saturday Night Massacre 3 src
Donald Trump · Michael C. Dorf · Department of Justice · Heritage Foundation
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2025-02-15Attorney General Bondi Establishes 'Weaponization Working Group' to Target Prosecutors 3 src
Pam Bondi · Weaponization Working Group · Department of Justice · Trump Administration
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2025-02-15DOJ Kleptocracy Initiative Shuttered: Major Setback for Anti-Corruption Enforcement 3 src
Pam Bondi · Department of Justice · Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Initiative · KleptoCapture Task Force · +1
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2025-02-14DOJ Public Corruption Division Systematic Dismantling Coordinated Across Agencies 5 src
Emil Bove · Danielle Sassoon · Hagan Scotten (Assistant US Attorney) · Eric Adams · +1
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2025-02-14DOJ Public Integrity Section Gutted After Mass Resignations Over Adams Case 3 src
Department of Justice · Emil Bove · Eric Adams · Danielle Sassoon · +2
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2025-02-11Trump Signs Executive Order for Large-Scale Federal Workforce Cuts Under DOGE 3 src
Donald Trump · Elon Musk · Trump Administration
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2025-02-07Trump Purges Inspectors General Investigating Musk's Businesses 4 src
Donald Trump · Elon Musk · Robert Storch · Phyllis Fong · +5
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