#Regulatory-Capture
Events indexed under #Regulatory-Capture — 618 entries in the record.
| Date | Event | Lanes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-07-30 | White House Releases Comprehensive Crypto Policy Roadmap
3 src Donald Trump · Scott Bessent · David Sacks · U.S. Treasury Department · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-07-29 | EPA Proposes Rescinding Endangerment Finding at Indiana Truck Dealership: Zeldin Calls It 'Largest Deregulatory Action in History'
6 src Lee Zeldin · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2025-07-28 | SEC chair attended Don Jr.'s party before SEC granted Don Jr.-backed gun company approval to go public
4 src Donald Trump Jr. · Paul Atkins · Trump Administration · Securities and Exchange Commission | confirmed | |
| 2025-07-26 | Trump Appoints Nicholas Kent, For-Profit College Insider, as Education Under Secretary
4 src Donald Trump · Nicholas Kent · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-07-24 | UnitedHealth Confirms DOJ Criminal and Civil Investigation for Medicare Advantage Upcoding Fraud
3 src UnitedHealth Group · UnitedHealthcare · Department of Justice · Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services | confirmed | |
| 2025-07-23 | Columbia agrees to $200 million fine to settle fight with Trump
6 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-07-21 | Trump Media buys $2 billion in bitcoin for crypto Treasury plan
6 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-07-14 | Defense Department Awards $200M Contract to Elon Musk's xAI for Grok AI
3 src Elon Musk · xAI · U.S. Department of Defense · Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office | confirmed | |
| 2025-07-14 | Pam Bondi ousts DOJ ethics director Joseph Tirrell amid mass prosecutor dismissal
3 src Pam Bondi · Joseph Tirrell · Donald Trump · Jack Smith · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-07-10 | Trump Foreign Aid Policy Sparks Global Lobbying Surge
3 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Marco Rubio · US Lobbying Firms | confirmed | |
| 2025-07-10 | Trump's Inaugural Fund Received $19M from Fossil Fuel Industry
4 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Chevron · ExxonMobil · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-07-01 | DOGE Pushes SEC to Loosen Wall Street Regulations on SPACs and Reporting
3 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Department of Government Efficiency · Securities and Exchange Commission | confirmed | |
| 2025-06-30 | Kristi Noem Secretly Took $80,000 from Dark Money Group Without Disclosure
4 src Kristi Noem · Trevor Stanley · American Resolve Policy Fund | confirmed | |
| 2025-06-24 | Trump Fires Nuclear Regulatory Commissioner, Raising Concerns About Regulatory Capture
3 src Donald Trump · Christopher Hanson · Trent Morse · Nuclear Regulatory Commission | confirmed | |
| 2025-06-21 | Trump systematically dismantles post-Watergate institutional safeguards
3 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration · U.S. Supreme Court · U.S. Congress · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-06-20 | Texas Gov. Abbott signs SB 6 — large-load (≥75 MW) interconnection reform; mandatory remote-disconnect / curtailment for entrants post Dec 31 2025; bellwether state model for the federal FERC ANOPR
6 src Greg Abbott · Public Utility Commission of Texas · ERCOT · Texas Legislature | confirmed | |
| 2025-06-16 | Trump Media seeks SEC approval for bitcoin and ethereum ETF
3 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Crypto.com · Yorkville America Digital | confirmed | |
| 2025-06-12 | Ex-Congressman Billy Long Confirmed as IRS Commissioner Despite Controversy
3 src Donald Trump · Billy Long · Ron Wyden · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-06-10 | CFPB Enforcement Chief Resigns, Condemns Trump Administration's Agency Deconstruction
3 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Cara Petersen · Russell Vought · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-06-10 | Justice Dept. Issues Narrow Guidelines for Prosecuting Corporate Bribery Abroad
3 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Todd Blanche · Matthew R. Galeotti | confirmed | |
| 2025-06-05 | This is how much Trump has made from crypto—so far
5 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-06-03 | Some of Trump’s biggest inaugural donors benefit from early government actions
6 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-06-02 | Trump Organization Launches 21 International Projects During Second Presidential Term
3 src Donald Trump · Trump Organization · Eric Trump · Jared Kushner | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-29 | Paramount Settles Trump's $20 Billion '60 Minutes' Lawsuit for $16 Million
3 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Paramount Global · CBS News · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-29 | SEC dismisses lawsuit against Binance
6 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-28 | Trump Administration Axes Biden-Era Barrier for Crypto in 401(k) Plans
4 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration · U.S. Department of Labor | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-28 | Trump Pardons Criminals with MAGA Credentials or Big Money
3 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Ed Martin · Michele Fiore · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-28 | Who won a seat at Trump's crypto dinner?
3 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Justin Sun · Foreign Cryptocurrency Investors | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-27 | Donald Trump’s media conglomerate is becoming a bitcoin reserve
5 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-22 | FTC probes Media Matters over Musk's X boycott claims, document shows
5 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-22 | Trump Hosts Controversial $TRUMP Memecoin Crypto Dinner
4 src Donald Trump · Justin Sun · Rep. Sean Casten · Rep. Adam Smith · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-21 | Chinese Firms Use Trump's Memecoin to Avoid Nasdaq Delisting
3 src Donald Trump · GD Culture Group · Addentax Group · Nasdaq | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-19 | Sean Duffy Sold Stocks Before Trump's Tariff Announcement, Revealing Potential Insider Trading
4 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Sean Duffy · Transportation Department | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-14 | Musk adviser may make as much as $1 million a year while helping to dismantle agency that regulates Tesla and X
4 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Chris Young · Elon Musk · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-14 | Trump Commerce Secretary's Crypto Firm Ties to El Salvador Reveal Complex Business Networks
4 src Donald Trump · Howard Lutnick · Brandon Lutnick · Bo Hines | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-13 | GD Culture Group Announces $300M Cryptocurrency Investment in Bitcoin and Trump Coin
3 src Donald Trump · GD Culture Group · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-11 | Trump Administration Systematically Drops Regulatory Cases Against Elon Musk
3 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Elon Musk · Securities and Exchange Commission | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-09 | SEC Reaches Controversial Settlement with Ripple Labs
4 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Bradley Garlinghouse · Christian Larsen · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-09 | Trump to sign order discouraging criminal enforcement of regulatory offenses
5 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-07 | U.S. Pushes Nations Facing Tariffs to Approve Musk's Starlink
3 src Donald Trump · Elon Musk · Marco Rubio · State Department Officials | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-06 | SpaceX gets FAA permission for fivefold increase in Starship launches from Texas
3 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Elon Musk · SpaceX · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-06 | US SEC's new chief says 15% of staff have left, contract cuts to come
4 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration · SEC Chairman | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-02 | Trump Justice Dept. to settle Babbitt family lawsuit in fatal Jan. 6 shooting
4 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Michael Byrd · Tom Manger · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-01 | Trump Administration Monetizes Political Access Through Exclusive Business Networks
3 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Business Leaders · Donald Trump Jr. · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-30 | FEC Loses Policymaking Quorum After Commissioner Resignation
3 src Federal Election Commission · Commissioner Allen Dickerson (resigned) · Commissioner Ellen Weintraub (fired by Trump) · Commissioner Sean Cooksey (resigned) · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-29 | DOGE Aide Dismantling CFPB Owns Substantial Stock in Regulated Companies During Mass Layoffs
4 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Gavin Kliger · Department of Government Efficiency | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-29 | It was supposed to be a tax and border bill. It could also hand Trump vast new executive powers
3 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Elon Musk · House Judiciary Committee | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-29 | Tether Gains Political Influence Amid Trump Administration's Crypto Expansion
3 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Bo Hines · Howard Lutnick · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-29 | Trump Orders DOJ Investigation into ActBlue Fundraising Platform
3 src Donald Trump · Elon Musk · Pam Bondi · ActBlue | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-29 | Trump's World Liberty Financial Reveals Major Foreign Crypto Investments
3 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Justin Sun · Tahnoun bin Zayed Al Nahyan | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-28 | Tesla May Dodge Over $1 Billion in Regulatory Fines Due to Trump Administration Influence
4 src Donald Trump · Elon Musk · Richard Blumenthal · Edward Markey | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-25 | Pentagon Prepared and Then Canceled Classified Briefing for Musk on China War Plans
3 src Donald Trump · Elon Musk · Pete Hegseth · Admiral Samuel Paparo | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-22 | Crypto ally Paul Atkins sworn in to replace Gary Gensler atop U.S. SEC
3 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Paul Atkins · Gary Gensler · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-22 | Politically Connected Firms Exploit Trump Tariff Exemptions Through Opaque Process
3 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Reyes Holdings · Ballard Partners | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-22 | Trump-linked Lobbying Firms Dramatically Increase Q1 2025 Revenues
4 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Brian Ballard · Susie Wiles · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-17 | Judge Rules Google Operates Illegal Ad Tech Monopoly, Orders Divestiture of Ad Business
3 src Judge Leonie Brinkema · Department of Justice · Google · Sundar Pichai · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-17 | Mass Layoffs Hit Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Judicial Intervention Emerges
3 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Amy Berman Jackson · Gavin Kliger · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-17 | Trump Team Targets Politically Connected Startup Ramp for $700B Government Payments Overhaul
3 src Donald Trump · Peter Thiel · Elon Musk · J.D. Vance · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-16 | Trump Fires Democratic Board Members of the NCUA
4 src Donald Trump · Todd Harper · Tanya Otsuka · Kyle Hauptman · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-16 | Under Trump, consumer watchdog to slash industry supervision
5 src Donald Trump · Elon Musk · Russell Vought · National Treasury Employees Union · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-14 | Pulte Appoints 1789 Capital's Omeed Malik to Fannie Mae Board; Nominating/Governance Committee Seat Paired with FHFA Director as Chair
15 src Omeed Malik · Bill Pulte · Donald Trump Jr. · 1789 Capital · +5 | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-14 | Trump Administration Restructures White-Collar Crime Enforcement Strategy
3 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Matthew Galeotti · James McHenry III | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-11 | Binance seeks to curb U.S. oversight while in deal talks with Trump’s crypto company
5 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-11 | CFPB Dismisses Lawsuit Against Comerica Bank Over Federal Benefits Card Program
3 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Rohit Chopra · Comerica Bank · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-11 | Meta adds former Trump advisor Dina Powell McCormick to its board
3 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Dina Powell McCormick · Mark Zuckerberg | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-11 | The US is turning a blind eye to crypto crimes
3 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-11 | Trump Directs Agencies to Quietly Repeal Regulations Without Public Notice
3 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Lee Zeldin · Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-10 | Fired US Federal Trade Commissioners Sound Alarm on Potential Data Access Misuse
3 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Elon Musk · Rebecca Slaughter · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-10 | Labor leaders fear Elon Musk and DOGE could gain access to whistleblower files
3 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Elon Musk · AFL-CIO · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-10 | Trump Signs Bill Nullifying Expanded IRS Crypto Broker Rule
4 src Donald Trump · Mike Carey · Ways and Means Committee · U.S. Congress | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-09 | US DOGE Service Agreement with Department of Labor Reveals $1.3 Million Fee
3 src Elon Musk · Donald Trump · U.S. Department of Labor · US Digital Service (USDS) | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-08 | Justice Department Disbands National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team
3 src Donald Trump · Todd Blanche · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-03 | FCC Chair Carr Proposes Section 230 Reinterpretation at DOJ "Big-Tech Censorship" Forum
6 src Brendan Carr · Federal Communications Commission · Department of Justice Antitrust Division · Federal Trade Commission | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-02 | SEC Restructures Enforcement Division Under Trump Administration
3 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Paul Atkins · Samuel Waldon · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-02 | Shares in Trump social media company sink following concerns about insider selloff
5 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-02 | Top Anti-Corruption Officials Depart SEC Following Enforcement Pause
4 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Charles Cain · Tracy Price | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-02 | U.S. lifts sanctions on wife of Putin’s childhood friend Boris Rotenberg
5 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-02 | Zuckerberg lobbies Trump to avoid Meta antitrust trial
5 src Mark Zuckerberg · Meta · Donald Trump · Trump Administration · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-01 | EPA reverses bans on TCE, asbestos, and ethylene oxide under industry executives
3 src Nancy Beck · Lynn Dekleva · Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) · American Chemistry Council | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-01 | Multiple Pulitzer Prizes Awarded for Exposing Systematic Kleptocratic Corruption
3 src Reuters · Wall Street Journal · Boston Globe · Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-01 | State Department plans $400 million payment to Tesla after regulatory firings
5 src State Department · Tesla · Elon Musk · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-28 | SEC Launches Crypto Task Force with Significant Staffing Changes
3 src Paul Atkins · Mark T. Uyeda · Hester Peirce · SEC Crypto Task Force | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-28 | Trump pardons four founders of BitMEX cryptocurrency exchange convicted of money laundering
5 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-28 | Trump pardons Nikola founder Trevor Milton in securities fraud case
3 src Donald Trump · Trevor Milton · Nikola Corporation | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-27 | Trump EPA Creates Email Portal for Clean Air Act Exemption Requests
4 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-26 | How Elon Musk's SpaceX Secretly Allows Investment From China
3 src Elon Musk · SpaceX Executives · Iqbaljit Kahlon | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-25 | Trump SEC pick discloses family fortune of more than $328 million
5 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-20 | Commerce Secretary Lutnick Urges Public to Buy Tesla Stock, Violating Ethics Rules
3 src Howard Lutnick · Elon Musk · Donald Trump · Trump Administration · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-19 | SEC Drops Landmark Lawsuit Against Ripple Labs After Political Shifts
3 src Brad Garlinghouse · Donald Trump · Mark Uyeda · SEC Chair · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-18 | DOGE Audit Controversy: Inflated Savings Claims and Potential Conflicts of Interest
3 src Elon Musk · U.S. Treasury Department · Democratic Senators | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-18 | Fired FTC Democrats fear Trump will urge regulator to go easy on his Big Tech donors
5 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-18 | Starlink Installed at White House, Raising Major Security Concerns
3 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Elon Musk · SpaceX DOGE Team · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-17 | Pulte Purges 14 Directors from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Boards, Installs Himself as Chairman of Both GSEs
8 src Bill Pulte · FHFA · Fannie Mae · Freddie Mac · +19 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-17 | Trump's World Liberty Financial Raises $550 Million in Crypto Token Sales
5 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration · World Liberty Financial · Justin Sun | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-16 | Top broadband official exits Commerce Department with sharp Musk warning
5 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-15 | Trump Administration Used Diplomatic Pressure to Advance Starlink in Gambia
4 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Sharon Cromer · Lamin Jabbi · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-13 | Top Trump official's crypto ties raise red flags as the administration touts digital assets
4 src Donald Trump · Howard Lutnick · Elizabeth Warren · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-12 | EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin Announces Historic Rollback of 31 Pollution Rules
5 src Lee Zeldin · Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · Donald Trump · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-12 | Justice Department Significantly Downsizes Public Corruption Investigation Unit
3 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Pam Bondi · Eric Adams · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-11 | DHS Awards $200 Million Ad Contract to Republican Firms Without Full Competitive Bidding
3 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Kristi Noem · Jay Connaughton · +1 | confirmed |