#Regulatory-Capture
Events indexed under #Regulatory-Capture — 668 entries in the record.
| Date | Event | Lanes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-25 | House 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 | |
| 2025-11-19 | Interior Department Proposes Opening 1.27 Billion Acres to Offshore Drilling, Largest OCS Program in History
6 src Doug Burgum · Department of the Interior | confirmed | |
| 2025-11-18 | Meta 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 | |
| 2025-11-14 | ProPublica 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 | |
| 2025-10-29 | Binance.US Lists Trump's USD1 Stablecoin Days After Presidential Pardon of Binance Founder
4 src Binance · Changpeng Zhao · Donald Trump · Chris Murphy · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-23 | Energy 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 · Federal Energy Regulatory Commission · Department of Energy | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-23 | Trump 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 | |
| 2025-10-23 | White House Releases List of 37 Corporate Donors for Trump's $300M Ballroom Project
3 src Trump · Google · Amazon · Meta · +6 | reported | |
| 2025-10-20 | FTC Deletes Consumer Protection Guidance on AI Fraud and Surveillance
2 src Federal Trade Commission · Lina Khan · Trump Appointees · Tech companies | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-18 | Senate Confirms Industry Lobbyist to Lead EPA Chemical Safety Division
2 src United States Senate · Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-15 | OCC Conditionally Approves Erebor Bank Charter in Record Four Months
7 src Palmer Luckey · Joe Lonsdale · Peter Thiel · Founders Fund · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-11 | Crypto Super PAC Fairshake Amasses $141M War Chest to Shape 2026 Elections After Defeating Sherrod Brown
3 src Coinbase · Sherrod Brown | reported | |
| 2025-10-10 | Analysis Finds 40+ Trump Administration Appointees With Fossil Fuel Industry Ties
2 src Chris Wright · Doug Burgum · Trump Administration · Public Citizen | reported | |
| 2025-10-10 | Musk's Boring Company Accused of 800 Environmental Violations in Las Vegas
2 src Elon Musk | reported | |
| 2025-10-07 | White House Provides 'Concierge Service' to Fossil Fuel Industry
2 src Fossil Fuel Industry · White House | reported | |
| 2025-10-07 | White House Withdraws CFTC Nominee Brian Quintenz After Winklevoss Conflict
2 src White House · CFTC | reported | |
| 2025-10-05 | RFK 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 | |
| 2025-09-26 | Grover 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 | |
| 2025-09-26 | White House Solicits Input on Dismantling AI Regulations to Boost Industry
2 src White House | reported | |
| 2025-09-23 | Meta Launches Super PAC to Fight AI Regulation at State Level
2 src Meta · Mark Zuckerberg | reported | |
| 2025-09-23 | Senator Markey Alleges Energy Secretary Wright Using Position to Benefit Former Nuclear Firm Oklo
2 src Chris Wright · Ed Markey · Department of Energy | reported | |
| 2025-09-22 | DOJ Eliminates Consumer Protection Branch, Guts Civil Rights Division Enforcement
4 src Pam Bondi · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2025-09-22 | Supreme 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 | |
| 2025-09-22 | Supreme 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 | |
| 2025-09-19 | SEC Drops Fraud Cases Against Trump Clemency Recipients, Abandoning Victims
2 src Paul Atkins · Devon Archer · Trevor Milton · Securities and Exchange Commission · +1 | reported | |
| 2025-09-17 | DOJ and FTC Identify 125+ Federal Regulations for Elimination as "Anticompetitive"
4 src Department of Justice · Federal Trade Commission · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-09-17 | FCC Chair Brendan Carr Threatens ABC License Revocation, Disney Suspends Kimmel 'Indefinitely'
2 src Brendan Carr · Disney · Federal Communications Commission · Donald Trump | reported | |
| 2025-09-15 | Trump Installs Economic Adviser on Federal Reserve Board in Unprecedented Dual Role
2 src Stephen Miran · Donald Trump · Federal Reserve · Council of Economic Advisers | reported | |
| 2025-09-12 | SEC Drops Fraud Case Against Pardoned Nikola Founder Trevor Milton
2 src Trevor Milton · Securities and Exchange Commission · Donald Trump · Nikola Corporation | confirmed | |
| 2025-09-10 | Treasury Secretary Bessent Eliminates Climate Risk Assessment Panels
3 src Scott Bessent · U.S. Treasury Department | reported | |
| 2025-09-09 | Consumer 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 | |
| 2025-09-09 | Trump Signs Anti-Debanking Order While Gutting Agency That Could Investigate It
2 src Donald Trump · Consumer Financial Protection Bureau | reported | |
| 2025-09-09 | Trump Spending Legislation Creates $40 Billion in New Fossil Fuel Subsidies
2 src Donald Trump · Fossil Fuel Industry | confirmed | |
| 2025-09-08 | FCC Chairman Brendan Carr Threatens to Revoke Broadcast Licenses Over News Coverage
3 src Brendan Carr · Federal Communications Commission · Donald Trump · NBC | confirmed | |
| 2025-09-05 | FTC Reverses Nationwide Noncompete Ban, Leaving 30 Million Workers Bound by Restrictive Contracts
2 src Andrew Ferguson · Federal Trade Commission · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2025-09-05 | Transportation Department Drops Rule Requiring Airlines to Compensate Passengers for Delays
3 src Sean Duffy · Department of Transportation · Donald Trump | reported | |
| 2025-09-04 | Federal Reserve Nominee Plans Unprecedented Dual Role With White House
3 src Stephen Miran · Donald Trump · Federal Reserve Board · White House | reported | |
| 2025-09-02 | Supreme Court Allows Trump to Remove FTC Commissioner, Gutting Agency Independence
2 src John Roberts · Donald Trump · Rebecca Slaughter · U.S. Supreme Court · +1 | reported | |
| 2025-09-01 | Saline Township Board Votes 4-1 to Deny Oracle/OpenAI Data Center Rezoning; Developer Sues, Township Settles
5 src Oracle · OpenAI | reported | |
| 2025-08-28 | White House Fires Surface Transportation Board Member Via Email Without Cause
3 src Trump · White House | reported | |
| 2025-08-27 | Silicon Valley Launches $200 Million Super PAC to Block AI Regulations Ahead of Midterms
3 src Meta · Andreessen Horowitz · Greg Brockman · OpenAI | reported | |
| 2025-08-18 | GSA Seeks to Outsource $110 Billion Federal Procurement to AI Systems
3 src General Services Administration · Tech companies · Defense contractors | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-15 | FHFA Director Pulte Uses Mortgage Data to Target Fed Governor Lisa Cook
3 src William Pulte · Lisa Cook · Federal Reserve · FHFA · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-14 | Trump Eliminates SpaceX Environmental Safeguards via Executive Order
3 src Donald Trump · Elon Musk · SpaceX · Department of Transportation · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-13 | Trump Revokes Executive Order on Competition
5 src Donald Trump · Department of Justice Antitrust Division · Federal Trade Commission | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-11 | Trump Opens $12.5 Trillion in Retirement Savings to Cryptocurrency and Private Equity Risk
3 src Donald Trump · U.S. Department of Labor · Private Equity Industry | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-07 | Skydance-Paramount deal closes with contentious FCC regulatory conditions
4 src Paramount Global · Federal Communications Commission | confirmed | |
| 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 · 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 | confirmed | |
| 2025-07-14 | Pam Bondi ousts DOJ ethics director Joseph Tirrell amid mass prosecutor dismissal
3 src Pam Bondi · Donald Trump · Jack Smith · Todd Blanche | confirmed | |
| 2025-07-10 | Trump Foreign Aid Policy Sparks Global Lobbying Surge
3 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Marco Rubio | confirmed | |
| 2025-07-10 | Trump's Inaugural Fund Received $19M from Fossil Fuel Industry
4 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Chevron · ExxonMobil · +1 | 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 | confirmed | |
| 2025-06-24 | Trump Fires Nuclear Regulatory Commissioner, Raising Concerns About Regulatory Capture
3 src Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2025-06-21 | Trump systematically dismantles post-Watergate institutional safeguards
3 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration · U.S. Supreme Court · U.S. Congress | 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 | confirmed | |
| 2025-06-12 | Ex-Congressman Billy Long Confirmed as IRS Commissioner Despite Controversy
3 src Donald Trump · Ron Wyden · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-06-10 | CFPB Enforcement Chief Resigns, Condemns Trump Administration's Agency Deconstruction
3 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Russell Vought · Mark Paoletta | confirmed | |
| 2025-06-10 | Justice Dept. Issues Narrow Guidelines for Prosecuting Corporate Bribery Abroad
3 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Todd Blanche | 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 · +1 | 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 | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-28 | Who won a seat at Trump's crypto dinner?
3 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Justin Sun | 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 · Sean Casten · Adam Smith · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-21 | Chinese Firms Use Trump's Memecoin to Avoid Nasdaq Delisting
3 src Donald Trump · GD Culture 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 | 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 · Elon Musk · Russell Vought | 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 | 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 | 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 | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-02 | Trump Justice Dept. to settle Babbitt family lawsuit in fatal Jan. 6 shooting
4 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Jamie Raskin | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-01 | Trump Administration Monetizes Political Access Through Exclusive Business Networks
3 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Donald Trump Jr. · Tim Cook · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-30 | FEC Loses Policymaking Quorum After Commissioner Resignation
3 src Federal Election Commission · Donald Trump | 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 | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-29 | Trump Orders DOJ Investigation into ActBlue Fundraising Platform
3 src Donald Trump · Elon Musk · Pam Bondi | 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 | 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 | 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 · Mark Uyeda | confirmed |