#Regulatory-Capture
Events indexed under #Regulatory-Capture — 668 entries in the record.
| Date | Event | Lanes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 Leonie Brinkema · Department of Justice · Google · Sundar Pichai | 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 | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-16 | Trump Fires Democratic Board Members of the NCUA
4 src Donald Trump · Karoline Leavitt | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-16 | Under Trump, consumer watchdog to slash industry supervision
5 src Donald Trump · Elon Musk · Russell Vought · National Treasury Employees Union · +2 | 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 Bill Pulte · Donald Trump Jr. · 1789 Capital · Fannie Mae · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-14 | Trump Administration Restructures White-Collar Crime Enforcement Strategy
3 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration | 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 | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-11 | Meta adds former Trump advisor Dina Powell McCormick to its board
3 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration · 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 | 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 · 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 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 · Elon Musk · +1 | 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 | 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 | 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 Donald Trump · Mark Uyeda | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-18 | DOGE Audit Controversy: Inflated Savings Claims and Potential Conflicts of Interest
3 src Elon Musk · U.S. Treasury Department | 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 · Gerry Connolly | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-18 | VP Vance at Andreessen Horowitz American Dynamism Summit — AI Deregulation 'Tech-Populist Synthesis'; 'We Shouldn't Be Afraid of AI, We Should Seek to Dominate It'
4 src J.D. Vance · Andreessen Horowitz | 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 | 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 · Elon Musk · Marco Rubio | 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 · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-12 | Justice Department Significantly Downsizes Public Corruption Investigation Unit
3 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Pam Bondi · Eric Adams | 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 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-11 | SEC Revokes Staff's Investigative Authority, Requiring Direct Commissioner Approval
3 src Donald Trump · Mark Uyeda | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-10 | Amazon pays $40 million for Melania documentary in apparent quid pro quo arrangement
3 src Amazon · Jeff Bezos · Melania Trump · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-10 | It's 'shoot first and ask questions later' as DOGE tries to dismantle CFPB: Official
7 src Department of Government Efficiency · Consumer Financial Protection Bureau · Donald Trump · Trump Administration · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-09 | Chinese Investors Secretly Invest Millions in Elon Musk's Private Companies
3 src Elon Musk · SpaceX | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-08 | Trump's Justice Department fires head of organized crime drug task force
3 src Donald Trump · Todd Blanche | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-07 | Crypto giant Tether CEO on cooperating with Trump administration: ‘We’ve never been shady’
5 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-07 | FCC Grants Starlink Controversial Direct-to-Cell Service Approval at Higher Power Levels
3 src Elon Musk · Donald Trump · Trump Administration · T-Mobile | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-05 | Trump issues ethics waiver allowing crypto czar David Sacks to retain investments
4 src David Sacks · White House · Elizabeth Warren · Craft Ventures · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-04 | DAEO Ethics Waiver Abrogates Patel's One-Year Qatar Recusal 12 Days After FBI Confirmation
6 src Kash Patel · Department of Justice · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Office of Government Ethics · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-03 | Consumer watchdog payouts in limbo as agency is defanged by Trump administration
4 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Russell Vought | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-03 | DOGE Demands $4 Million from OPM for Workforce Reduction Planning
3 src Elon Musk · Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Office of Personnel Management | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-01 | Commerce Department changes broadband policies benefiting Starlink up to $20B
4 src Howard Lutnick · U.S. Department of Commerce · Elon Musk · Starlink | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-01 | FAA approves 4,000 Starlink terminals worth $400 million
4 src Federal Aviation Administration · Starlink · Tesla · State Department · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-01 | SEC offers $50,000 buyouts to staff investigating Elon Musk
4 src Securities and Exchange Commission · Elon Musk | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-28 | Trump Misses Transition Donor Disclosure Deadline, Declines Federal Funding
4 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Susie Wiles · General Services Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-27 | CFPB Drops Major Lawsuits Against Capital One and Other Financial Firms
3 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Russell Vought | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-27 | SEC Declares Meme Coins Not Subject to Securities Regulations
3 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Securities and Exchange Commission | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-27 | US SEC, Tron founder Justin Sun explore resolution of civil fraud case
3 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Justin Sun · Securities and Exchange Commission | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-26 | Musk's DOGE leads systematic CFPB shutdown, raising regulatory conflict concerns
4 src Donald Trump · Elon Musk · Russell Vought · Elizabeth Warren · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-25 | Trump Administration Introduces Expansive Special Government Employee Status for Private Sector Leaders
4 src Donald Trump · Elon Musk · Department of Government Efficiency | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-24 | SEC Closes Investigation into Robinhood Crypto Division Without Enforcement Action
3 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-21 | CFPB Drops Lawsuit Against Solo Funds, Signaling Regulatory Capture
3 src Donald Trump · Russell Vought | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-21 | Coinbase says SEC intends to drop lawsuit against crypto exchange
3 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Securities and Exchange Commission | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-21 | DOGE put him in the Treasury Department. His company has federal contracts worth millions
5 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-21 | DOJ drops immigration discrimination case against SpaceX
4 src Department of Justice · Elon Musk · SpaceX · Tesla | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-20 | Consensys SEC case dropped after $100,000 inauguration donation
5 src Donald Trump · Securities and Exchange Commission | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-19 | SpaceX Engineers Onboarded to FAA During Mass Staff Firings
3 src Donald Trump · Elon Musk · Sean Duffy | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-18 | Trump Administration Terminates Critical Privacy Officials at OPM, Blocking Public Information Access
3 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Elon Musk · Department of Government Efficiency | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-15 | Capital One CFPB case dropped after $1 million inauguration donation
6 src Donald Trump · Consumer Financial Protection Bureau | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-15 | CFPB ordered to close offices and cease all work
3 src Russell Vought · Consumer Financial Protection Bureau · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-15 | Trump systematically fires federal officials investigating Elon Musk's companies
3 src Donald Trump · Elon Musk | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-14 | DOE Resumes LNG Export Approvals: Commonwealth LNG First Permit, Five Major Facilities Approved by September
7 src Chris Wright · Department of Energy | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-14 | How Trump's Justice Department has Gutted the Government's Ability to Chase Public Corruption
4 src Donald Trump · Pam Bondi · Todd Blanche · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-13 | How the Trumps Turned Social Media Platform Litigation into a Profitable Strategy
3 src Donald Trump · Google · YouTube · Elon Musk · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-12 | DOJ Moves to Undermine Independence of Regulatory Agencies
4 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-11 | Trump Administration Explores Consolidating Banking Regulators
3 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Office of the Comptroller of the Currency · Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-11 | Trump Administration Halts CFPB Operations, Freezing Consumer Protection Investigations
3 src Donald Trump · Russell Vought · Elizabeth Warren | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-11 | Trump Administration Systematically Halts Regulatory Investigations into Musk's Business Empire
3 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Elon Musk | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-11 | VP Vance at Paris AI Action Summit Rejects 'AI Safety' for 'AI Opportunity'; Warns 'Excessive Regulation Could Kill' the Industry; Lays Out Four-Pillar AI-Dominance Agenda
3 src J.D. Vance · Donald Trump · European Union · Emmanuel Macron | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-11 | White House will not release visitor logs during Trump's second term
4 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-10 | EPA Administrator Zeldin Plans 65% Workforce Cut While Terminating $20 Billion Climate Grants
3 src Lee Zeldin · Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-07 | Trump Air Force nominee arranged satellite contract in manner that favored Musk's SpaceX
4 src Elon Musk · SpaceX · National Reconnaissance Office · Donald Trump · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-06 | Attorney General Bondi Dramatically Narrows FARA Prosecutorial Scope
3 src Pam Bondi · Donald Trump · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-05 | Attorney General Bondi Narrows FCPA Focus to Cartels While Pausing Corporate Bribery Cases
3 src Pamela Bondi · Donald Trump · Department of Justice · U.S. corporations | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-05 | McMahon OGE Form 278e (Nominee) Certified, Disclosing TMTG Independent-Director Employment Agreements — 25,946 DJT RSUs, $55,200 Cash Retainer, $18,400/Quarter Forward
9 src Linda McMahon · Office of Government Ethics · Trump Media & Technology Group · America First Policy Institute | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-05 | Musk Proposes Rapid FAA Air Traffic Control System Safety Upgrades
4 src Elon Musk · Donald Trump · Sean Duffy · Ed Markey | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-04 | Trump implements massive tariffs as concerns mount over market manipulation
4 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Senate Democrats · Chuck Schumer · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-01 | Commerce Secretary Lutnick faces 106 conflicts of interest requiring recusal
3 src Howard Lutnick · U.S. Department of Commerce · Cantor Fitzgerald | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-01 | DOJ and FBI gut public corruption enforcement teams
5 src Pam Bondi · Kash Patel · Department of Justice · Federal Bureau of Investigation | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-01 | Energy Secretary Wright owns $54 million in fracking company stock
3 src Chris Wright · Department of Energy | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-01 | Trump fires the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
3 src Donald Trump · Rohit Chopra · Scott Bessent | confirmed | |
| 2025-01-31 | Federal Prosecutors Withdraw from Andy Ogles Criminal Investigation
4 src Department of Justice | confirmed |