#Regulatory-Capture
Events indexed under #Regulatory-Capture — 641 entries in the record.
| Date | Event | Lanes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
6 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 | |
| 2025-01-29 | DOJ moves to drop charges against former GOP lawmaker in case criticized by Trump
3 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-01-27 | Palantir Veteran Gregory Barbaccia Named Federal CIO, Controls $100B+ IT Budget
5 src Palantir Technologies · Peter Thiel · Office of Management and Budget · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-01-20 | Commerce Secretary Lutnick Maintains $600 Million Tether Stake Despite DOJ Investigation and Senate Scrutiny
5 src Howard Lutnick · Cantor Fitzgerald · Department of Justice · U.S. Department of Commerce · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-01-20 | HHS Secretary RFK Jr. Confirmed with Ongoing Vaccine Litigation Referral Fees
6 src Robert F. Kennedy Jr. · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services · National Institutes of Health (NIH) · Merck · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-01-20 | Justin Sun Becomes First White House Crypto Dinner Guest After $75 Million Investment
3 src Justin Sun · Donald Trump · Trump Family · Securities and Exchange Commission · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-01-20 | Justin Sun's $75 Million Crypto Investment Signals Complex Trump Financial Network
4 src Justin Sun · World Liberty Financial · Securities and Exchange Commission · Donald Trump · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-01-20 | Project 2025: Trump Administration Launches Massive Federal Civil Service Restructuring
3 src Donald Trump · Heritage Foundation · Kevin Roberts · Paul Dans | confirmed | |
| 2025-01-20 | Systematic Coordination Emerges in Federal Worker Purge and Civil Service Dismantling
4 src Trump Administration · Heritage Foundation · Office of Personnel Management · Paul Dans · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-01-20 | Trump eliminates ethics requirements and lobbying restrictions
3 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Office of Government Ethics · Public Citizen · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-01-20 | Trump Signs 'Unleashing American Energy' EO on Day One: Lifts LNG Export Pause, Opens Federal Lands, Targets EV Mandates
5 src Donald Trump · Chris Wright · Doug Burgum | confirmed | |
| 2025-01-17 | Crypto firms pour $18 million into Trump inauguration
3 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Coinbase · Ripple | confirmed | |
| 2025-01-15 | Patrizia Cavazzoni's FDA to Pfizer Move Epitomizes Regulatory Capture
3 src Food and Drug Administration · Pfizer · Robert F. Kennedy Jr. | confirmed | |
| 2024-12-31 | Healthcare Industry Spends Record $744 Million on Federal Lobbying in 2024, Pharmaceutical Sector Leads at $384 Million
4 src PhRMA · American Medical Association · American Hospital Association · Health insurance industry · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2024-12-19 | SEC Charges Cantor Fitzgerald $6.75 Million for Misleading SPAC Disclosures
3 src Securities and Exchange Commission · Cantor Fitzgerald · Howard Lutnick | confirmed | |
| 2024-11-15 | Anthropic Secures Comprehensive FedRAMP High Certification for Government AI Deployment
3 src Anthropic · Palantir · General Services Administration · AWS | confirmed | |
| 2024-11-14 | Crypto Industry Advances Self-Regulatory Framework Amid Global Compliance Push
3 src Securities and Exchange Commission · CFTC | confirmed | |
| 2024-11-04 | Meta Provides Llama AI Models to US Government and Military Contractors
3 src Meta · Mark Zuckerberg · Lockheed Martin · Palantir · +6 | confirmed | |
| 2024-10-31 | HHS Watchdog Finds Health Risk Assessments Drove $7.5 Billion in Medicare Advantage Overpayments Without Additional Patient Care
2 src Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services | confirmed | |
| 2024-10-31 | ICE detention chief Daniel Bible joins GEO Group days before election
4 src GEO Group · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) | confirmed | |
| 2024-09-20 | FDA Commissioner Califf's Pharmaceutical Industry Revolving Door Scrutinized
3 src Food and Drug Administration · Joe Manchin · Bernie Sanders | confirmed | |
| 2024-08-31 | OpenAI Signs AI Safety Institute Testing Agreement
3 src Sam Altman · OpenAI | confirmed | |
| 2024-08-05 | Federal Judge Rules Google is Illegal Monopolist in Landmark Search Antitrust Decision
3 src Judge Amit Mehta · Department of Justice · Google · Sundar Pichai · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2024-07-18 | DaVita Pays $34 Million to Settle Third Kickback Case in Decade, Revealing Systematic Fraud Business Model
3 src DaVita · Department of Justice | confirmed | |
| 2024-07-12 | Georgia State Election Board Passes Illegal Rules to Disrupt 2024 Election
3 src Georgia State Election Board · Janelle King · Republican National Committee | confirmed | |
| 2024-07-09 | FTC Report Reveals PBM Oligopoly: Top 3 Control 80% of Market, Extract $7.3 Billion Through Markups
3 src Federal Trade Commission · Lina Khan · CVS Caremark · Express Scripts · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2024-07-01 | Paul Pelosi Visa Stock Sale Controversy
4 src Nancy Pelosi · Rick Scott · Department of Justice · Merrick Garland | confirmed |