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<description>A documentary archive of 4,288 verified events tracing the systematic capture of American democratic institutions from 1142 to today. Court records, government filings, investigative reporting — sourced and indexed.</description>
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<title>HSI Agents Search Rep. Ilhan Omar's D.C.-Area Home on a DOJ-Secured Warrant 22 Days Before the Midterms; No Charges Filed</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-12--hsi-searches-rep-ilhan-omar-dc-home-doj-warrant-22-days-before-midterms/</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-10-12</dc:date><description>Homeland Security Investigations agents searched the Washington, D.C.-area residence of Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar early Monday morning. A Department of Justice spokesperson said HSI "executed a judicially authorized search warrant secured by the Department of Justice" as part of</description><category>Homeland Security Investigations</category><category>U.S. Department of Justice</category><category>Tom Homan</category><category domain="tag">electoral-manipulation</category><category domain="tag">election-2026</category><category domain="tag">hsi</category><category domain="tag">doj</category><category domain="tag">political-targeting</category><category domain="tag">democratic-erosion</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Homeland Security Investigations agents searched the Washington, D.C.-area residence of Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar early Monday morning. A Department of Justice spokesperson said HSI "executed a judicially authorized search warrant secured by the Department of Justice" as part of</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Homeland Security Investigations, U.S. Department of Justice, Tom Homan</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-12--hsi-searches-rep-ilhan-omar-dc-home-doj-warrant-22-days-before-midterms/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>ICE Agent Strikes Miguel Parra-Hernandez With a Vehicle in Houston Pursuit; Sheriff and ICE Give Different Accounts</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-10--ice-agent-strikes-miguel-parra-hernandez-with-vehicle-houston-pursuit/</link>
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<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-10-10</dc:date><description>On Saturday a man was struck by a vehicle driven by an ICE agent who was allegedly pursuing him and another man, Texas law enforcement officials and ICE said (ABC News). Harris County Sheriff's Office Major Anthony McConnell said the man was 48 years old and was in ICE custody, a</description><category>Immigration and Customs Enforcement</category><category domain="tag">ice-enforcement</category><category domain="tag">use-of-force</category><category domain="tag">texas</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>On Saturday a man was struck by a vehicle driven by an ICE agent who was allegedly pursuing him and another man, Texas law enforcement officials and ICE said (ABC News). Harris County Sheriff's Office Major Anthony McConnell said the man was 48 years old and was in ICE custody, a</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Immigration and Customs Enforcement</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-10--ice-agent-strikes-miguel-parra-hernandez-with-vehicle-houston-pursuit/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Judge AliKhan Contemplates Consolidating the LULAC, NAACP and DSCC Polling-Place Suits; LULAC Amends Its Complaint to Add DOJ and the FBI</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-09--alikhan-contemplates-consolidating-lulac-naacp-dscc-polling-place-suits-lulac-amends-to-add-doj-fbi/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-10-09</dc:date><description>In a minute order signed 10/09/2026, Judge Loren L. AliKhan wrote that the court is contemplating consolidation, under Rule 42(a), of the polling-place suits LULAC v. DHS, NAACP v. DHS and DSCC v. ICE (three cases in all), and ordered the parties in the three cases to meet and co</description><category>League of United Latin American Citizens</category><category>NAACP</category><category>Department of Homeland Security</category><category>Immigration and Customs Enforcement</category><category>Department of Justice</category><category>Federal Bureau of Investigation</category><category domain="capture-lane">Civil Rights Suppression</category><category domain="tag">election-capture</category><category domain="tag">polling-places</category><category domain="tag">dhs</category><category domain="tag">doj</category><category domain="tag">fbi</category><category domain="tag">litigation</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>In a minute order signed 10/09/2026, Judge Loren L. AliKhan wrote that the court is contemplating consolidation, under Rule 42(a), of the polling-place suits LULAC v. DHS, NAACP v. DHS and DSCC v. ICE (three cases in all), and ordered the parties in the three cases to meet and co</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> League of United Latin American Citizens, NAACP, Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Kash Patel</p><p><strong>Capture lanes:</strong> Civil Rights Suppression</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-09--alikhan-contemplates-consolidating-lulac-naacp-dscc-polling-place-suits-lulac-amends-to-add-doj-fbi/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Judge Sooknanan Vacates DOJ's Voter List Maintenance Policy in Common Cause v. DOJ: Vacatur Only, With No Order on Data Already Transferred</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-09--sooknanan-vacates-doj-voter-list-maintenance-policy/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-10-09</dc:date><description>On October 9, 2026, Judge Sparkle L. Sooknanan of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia granted summary judgment to the plaintiffs in *Common Cause v. DOJ* (1:26-cv-01352) and vacated the Justice Department's Voter List Maintenance Policy. The order (ECF 52) reads:</description><category>Department of Justice</category><category>Department of Justice Civil Rights Division</category><category>Homeland Security Investigations</category><category>Department of Homeland Security</category><category>Common Cause</category><category domain="capture-lane">Electoral Manipulation</category><category domain="capture-lane">Surveillance Infrastructure</category><category domain="tag">election-capture</category><category domain="tag">voter-rolls</category><category domain="tag">privacy-act</category><category domain="tag">hsi</category><category domain="tag">doj</category><category domain="tag">judicial-ruling</category><category domain="tag">midterms-2026</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>On October 9, 2026, Judge Sparkle L. Sooknanan of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia granted summary judgment to the plaintiffs in *Common Cause v. DOJ* (1:26-cv-01352) and vacated the Justice Department's Voter List Maintenance Policy. The order (ECF 52) reads:</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Department of Justice, Department of Justice Civil Rights Division, Homeland Security Investigations, Department of Homeland Security, Common Cause</p><p><strong>Capture lanes:</strong> Electoral Manipulation, Surveillance Infrastructure</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-09--sooknanan-vacates-doj-voter-list-maintenance-policy/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Chief Justice Roberts Stays Fourth Circuit Order Directing FCC to Rule on Party Ad Rates; Response Due Oct. 10</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-08--roberts-stays-fourth-circuit-order-fcc-political-party-ad-rates-26a476/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-10-08</dc:date><description>In No. 26A476, FCC v. Brown, Chief Justice Roberts ordered that the Fourth Circuit's October 7, 2026 judgment in case No. 26-2230 is stayed pending further order of the undersigned or of the Court, in an order dated the 8th day of October 2026, and set a response to the applicati</description><category>D. John Sauer</category><category>Federal Communications Commission</category><category>Sherrod Brown</category><category domain="tag">election-2026</category><category domain="tag">scotus</category><category domain="tag">fcc</category><category domain="tag">campaign-finance</category><category domain="tag">emergency-docket</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>In No. 26A476, FCC v. Brown, Chief Justice Roberts ordered that the Fourth Circuit's October 7, 2026 judgment in case No. 26-2230 is stayed pending further order of the undersigned or of the Court, in an order dated the 8th day of October 2026, and set a response to the applicati</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> D. John Sauer, Federal Communications Commission, Sherrod Brown</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-08--roberts-stays-fourth-circuit-order-fcc-political-party-ad-rates-26a476/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>ICE Reportedly Launches 45-Day California Enforcement Surge Starting in San Diego as Early Voting Begins</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-08--ice-45-day-operation-safe-california-surge-san-diego-reported/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-10-08</dc:date><description>Organizers in San Diego said Thursday they had already seen an increase in enforcement on the ground. The Daily Wire reports ICE has deployed officers from across the country to California in an operation expected to last 45 days, and says more than 250 ICE officers were deployed</description><category>Immigration and Customs Enforcement</category><category domain="tag">ice-enforcement</category><category domain="tag">california</category><category domain="tag">election-2026</category><category domain="tag">schools</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Organizers in San Diego said Thursday they had already seen an increase in enforcement on the ground. The Daily Wire reports ICE has deployed officers from across the country to California in an operation expected to last 45 days, and says more than 250 ICE officers were deployed</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Immigration and Customs Enforcement</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-08--ice-45-day-operation-safe-california-surge-san-diego-reported/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Judge Kelly Extends TRO Against White House Press Ban Through Tuesday After PI Hearing, Presses DOJ on Rationale</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-08--judge-kelly-extends-tro-press-ban-pi-hearing-cnn-ms-now-politico/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-10-08</dc:date><description>At a preliminary-injunction hearing Thursday, U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly said his temporary restraining order, which was set to expire Thursday, will remain in place through Tuesday (CBS News). The judge said a ruling could come on Tuesday or earlier (CNN). The president's</description><category>Judge Timothy J. Kelly</category><category>CNN</category><category>Politico</category><category>MS NOW</category><category>Donald Trump</category><category>U.S. Department of Justice</category><category domain="tag">press-freedom</category><category domain="tag">democratic-erosion</category><category domain="tag">first-amendment</category><category domain="tag">litigation</category><category domain="tag">court-order</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>At a preliminary-injunction hearing Thursday, U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly said his temporary restraining order, which was set to expire Thursday, will remain in place through Tuesday (CBS News). The judge said a ruling could come on Tuesday or earlier (CNN). The president's</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Judge Timothy J. Kelly, CNN, Politico, MS NOW, Donald Trump, U.S. Department of Justice</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-08--judge-kelly-extends-tro-press-ban-pi-hearing-cnn-ms-now-politico/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>NAACP v. DHS: Plaintiffs Seek Expedited Discovery on Armed Agents Near Polls; Judge AliKhan Sets Briefing, No Ruling</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-08--naacp-v-dhs-plaintiffs-seek-expedited-discovery-on-unlawful-voter-initiative-court-sets-response-dates/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-10-08</dc:date><description>The plaintiffs in NAACP v. DHS (D.D.C.), their suit over federal agents near polling places, filed a motion for limited expedited discovery on 10/05/26. The defendants oppose it. In a minute order signed 10/08/2026, Judge Loren L. AliKhan ordered the defendants to respond by Octo</description><category>NAACP</category><category>Department of Homeland Security</category><category>Homeland Security Investigations</category><category domain="capture-lane">Civil Rights Suppression</category><category domain="tag">election-capture</category><category domain="tag">polling-places</category><category domain="tag">dhs</category><category domain="tag">hsi</category><category domain="tag">litigation</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>The plaintiffs in NAACP v. DHS (D.D.C.), their suit over federal agents near polling places, filed a motion for limited expedited discovery on 10/05/26. The defendants oppose it. In a minute order signed 10/08/2026, Judge Loren L. AliKhan ordered the defendants to respond by Octo</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> NAACP, Department of Homeland Security, Homeland Security Investigations</p><p><strong>Capture lanes:</strong> Civil Rights Suppression</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-08--naacp-v-dhs-plaintiffs-seek-expedited-discovery-on-unlawful-voter-initiative-court-sets-response-dates/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>NPR: Neighbors Say ICE Used a Roxbury, NJ Warehouse for Detention Despite a Court Order; DHS Does Not Answer</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-08--npr-neighbors-say-ice-used-roxbury-nj-warehouse-for-detention-despite-court-order-dhs-no-answer/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-10-08</dc:date><description>In early 2026 Homeland Security bought 11 warehouses to turn into ICE detention facilities and spent about a billion dollars on them, according to NPR. In several sites, including Roxbury, the government is legally forbidden by a court order from converting them to a detention fa</description><category>Immigration and Customs Enforcement</category><category>Department of Homeland Security</category><category>NPR</category><category domain="capture-lane">Democratic Erosion</category><category domain="tag">ice-detention</category><category domain="tag">warehouse-detention</category><category domain="tag">roxbury-nj</category><category domain="tag">court-order</category><category domain="tag">dhs</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>In early 2026 Homeland Security bought 11 warehouses to turn into ICE detention facilities and spent about a billion dollars on them, according to NPR. In several sites, including Roxbury, the government is legally forbidden by a court order from converting them to a detention fa</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security, NPR</p><p><strong>Capture lanes:</strong> Democratic Erosion</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-08--npr-neighbors-say-ice-used-roxbury-nj-warehouse-for-detention-despite-court-order-dhs-no-answer/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Army Study Obtained by American Oversight Found ICE's Shock Gloves Cause Intense Pain and Fear; ICE Leaders Knew Before $16.7 Million Contract</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-07--army-study-ice-shock-gloves-intense-pain-compliance-before-16-7m-contract/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-10-07</dc:date><description>Immigration and Customs Enforcement leaders were aware of the findings of an Army study before signing a $16.7 million contract to purchase 6,000 pairs of shock gloves in August, according to records obtained by the watchdog group American Oversight and shared with The Associated</description><category>Immigration and Customs Enforcement</category><category>American Oversight</category><category domain="tag">detention-industrial-complex</category><category domain="tag">use-of-force</category><category domain="tag">foia</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Immigration and Customs Enforcement leaders were aware of the findings of an Army study before signing a $16.7 million contract to purchase 6,000 pairs of shock gloves in August, according to records obtained by the watchdog group American Oversight and shared with The Associated</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Immigration and Customs Enforcement, American Oversight</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-07--army-study-ice-shock-gloves-intense-pain-compliance-before-16-7m-contract/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Democracy Forward Publishes ICE's 166-Page FOIA Production of HSI Voter-Fraud Reports, With a Minnesota Report Listing Whipple Shield</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-07--democracy-forward-releases-ice-hsi-voter-fraud-weekly-reports-foia/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-10-07</dc:date><description>Democracy Forward published records it obtained from ICE's Homeland Security Investigations through the Freedom of Information Act: a 166-page production that it describes as containing a series of weekly reports. The requests were submitted on April 23, 2026, according to the jo</description><category>Democracy Forward</category><category>Homeland Security Investigations</category><category>Immigration and Customs Enforcement</category><category domain="tag">election-capture</category><category domain="tag">hsi</category><category domain="tag">foia</category><category domain="tag">undercover-operations</category><category domain="tag">cuc-op-keyhole</category><category domain="tag">project-whipple-shield</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Democracy Forward published records it obtained from ICE's Homeland Security Investigations through the Freedom of Information Act: a 166-page production that it describes as containing a series of weekly reports. The requests were submitted on April 23, 2026, according to the jo</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Democracy Forward, Homeland Security Investigations, Immigration and Customs Enforcement</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-07--democracy-forward-releases-ice-hsi-voter-fraud-weekly-reports-foia/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>DOJ Tells the Eighth Circuit It Intends to Resume Using SAVE After the Supreme Court's Stay, in the Minnesota Voter-Roll Appeal</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-07--doj-tells-eighth-circuit-it-intends-to-resume-using-save-after-supreme-court-stay/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-10-07</dc:date><description>In a letter of supplemental authority to the Eighth Circuit in United States v. Simon, the appeal in the Minnesota voter-roll case, DOJ's Civil Rights Division wrote on October 7, 2026 that, because the Supreme Court on September 25, 2026 granted the United States' application fo</description><category>Department of Justice Civil Rights Division</category><category>Supreme Court of the United States</category><category domain="capture-lane">Electoral Manipulation</category><category domain="tag">election-capture</category><category domain="tag">save-database</category><category domain="tag">voter-rolls</category><category domain="tag">doj</category><category domain="tag">litigation</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>In a letter of supplemental authority to the Eighth Circuit in United States v. Simon, the appeal in the Minnesota voter-roll case, DOJ's Civil Rights Division wrote on October 7, 2026 that, because the Supreme Court on September 25, 2026 granted the United States' application fo</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Department of Justice Civil Rights Division, Supreme Court of the United States</p><p><strong>Capture lanes:</strong> Electoral Manipulation</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-07--doj-tells-eighth-circuit-it-intends-to-resume-using-save-after-supreme-court-stay/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>LULAC Amended Complaint Alleges ICE Detained a Person Beside an Active Santa Maria Ballot Drop Box; Hennepin County Is a Plaintiff</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-07--lulac-amended-complaint-alleges-ice-detained-person-beside-active-santa-maria-ballot-drop-box-hennepin-county-plaintiff/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-10-07</dc:date><description>An amended complaint in LULAC v. DHS (D.D.C.), filed 10/07/26, alleges that on October 5, 2026, the first day ballot drop boxes opened in California, ICE detained an individual in a parking lot at Allan Hancock College in Santa Maria. The complaint alleges that an adjoining lot i</description><category>Immigration and Customs Enforcement</category><category>League of United Latin American Citizens</category><category>City and County of Denver</category><category domain="capture-lane">Civil Rights Suppression</category><category domain="capture-lane">Electoral Manipulation</category><category domain="tag">election-capture</category><category domain="tag">polling-places</category><category domain="tag">ice</category><category domain="tag">litigation</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>An amended complaint in LULAC v. DHS (D.D.C.), filed 10/07/26, alleges that on October 5, 2026, the first day ballot drop boxes opened in California, ICE detained an individual in a parking lot at Allan Hancock College in Santa Maria. The complaint alleges that an adjoining lot i</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Immigration and Customs Enforcement, League of United Latin American Citizens, City and County of Denver</p><p><strong>Capture lanes:</strong> Civil Rights Suppression, Electoral Manipulation</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-07--lulac-amended-complaint-alleges-ice-detained-person-beside-active-santa-maria-ballot-drop-box-hennepin-county-plaintiff/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Section 611 Filings: Alabama Complaint Affidavits and an HSI Philadelphia Arrest-Warrant Affidavit</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-07--section-611-voting-by-alien-filings-alabama-complaints-cite-state-dhs-list-hsi-philadelphia-affidavit/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-10-07</dc:date><description>An affidavit filed 10/07/26 in a criminal complaint in the Southern District of Alabama says the Alabama Secretary of State with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security "identified numerous non-U.S. citizens registered to vote in Alabama". The affidavit does not say which DHS to</description><category>Department of Homeland Security</category><category>Homeland Security Investigations</category><category domain="capture-lane">Electoral Manipulation</category><category domain="tag">election-capture</category><category domain="tag">voter-rolls</category><category domain="tag">hsi</category><category domain="tag">prosecution</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>An affidavit filed 10/07/26 in a criminal complaint in the Southern District of Alabama says the Alabama Secretary of State with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security "identified numerous non-U.S. citizens registered to vote in Alabama". The affidavit does not say which DHS to</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Department of Homeland Security, Homeland Security Investigations</p><p><strong>Capture lanes:</strong> Electoral Manipulation</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-07--section-611-voting-by-alien-filings-alabama-complaints-cite-state-dhs-list-hsi-philadelphia-affidavit/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>The Intercept: Federal Prosecutors Charge Five Over Disruptions at ICE's Vermont Targeting Center Days Before a Planned Week of Action</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-07--intercept-federal-charges-five-vermont-ncatc-ice-protesters-days-before-week-of-action/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-10-07</dc:date><description>The Intercept reported on October 7 2026 that, last week, federal prosecutors unveiled surprise charges against five people, some of whom were already being charged by Vermont Attorney General Charity Clark. The five people facing federal charges are alleged by federal authoritie</description><category domain="capture-lane">Democratic Erosion</category><category domain="tag">vermont</category><category domain="tag">protest-prosecution</category><category domain="tag">surveillance-infrastructure</category><category domain="tag">dissent</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>The Intercept reported on October 7 2026 that, last week, federal prosecutors unveiled surprise charges against five people, some of whom were already being charged by Vermont Attorney General Charity Clark. The five people facing federal charges are alleged by federal authoritie</p><p><strong>Capture lanes:</strong> Democratic Erosion</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-07--intercept-federal-charges-five-vermont-ncatc-ice-protesters-days-before-week-of-action/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Detainees at GEO-Run Folkston ICE Center in Georgia Begin Hunger Strike; Advocates Count at Least 73</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-06--folkston-ga-geo-group-ice-detainees-begin-hunger-strike-at-least-73/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-10-06</dc:date><description>Detainees at the Folkston D. Ray James ICE Processing Center in southern Georgia began a hunger strike on October 6, a campaign spokesperson told local broadcaster WSAV, per Mediazona. Advocates estimate at least 73 people have joined, according to the Guardian. The center is run</description><category>GEO Group</category><category>Immigration and Customs Enforcement</category><category domain="tag">immigration-detention</category><category domain="tag">hunger-strike</category><category domain="tag">private-prisons</category><category domain="tag">georgia</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Detainees at the Folkston D. Ray James ICE Processing Center in southern Georgia began a hunger strike on October 6, a campaign spokesperson told local broadcaster WSAV, per Mediazona. Advocates estimate at least 73 people have joined, according to the Guardian. The center is run</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> GEO Group, Immigration and Customs Enforcement</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-06--folkston-ga-geo-group-ice-detainees-begin-hunger-strike-at-least-73/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>ICE Leadership Verbally Directs Agents to Raise Arrests by 1,000 a Day, Back to a 3,000 Daily Goal, Two Sources Tell CNN</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-06--ice-leadership-verbal-directive-raise-arrests-1000-daily-3000-goal-19000-weekly/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-10-06</dc:date><description>ICE leadership told agents nationwide on Tuesday to increase immigration arrests by 1,000 more people daily, returning to a previous goal of 3,000 daily arrests, according to two sources familiar with the verbal directive (CNN). ICE had recently been taking around 2,000 people in</description><category>Immigration and Customs Enforcement</category><category>Department of Homeland Security</category><category domain="tag">ice-enforcement</category><category domain="tag">arrest-quotas</category><category domain="tag">election-2026</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>ICE leadership told agents nationwide on Tuesday to increase immigration arrests by 1,000 more people daily, returning to a previous goal of 3,000 daily arrests, according to two sources familiar with the verbal directive (CNN). ICE had recently been taking around 2,000 people in</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-06--ice-leadership-verbal-directive-raise-arrests-1000-daily-3000-goal-19000-weekly/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>ProPublica Tallies 506 U.S. Citizens Detained by Immigration Agents, Including at Least 70 Children and Teens</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-06--propublica-tally-506-us-citizens-detained-by-immigration-agents-since-january-2025/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-10-06</dc:date><description>ProPublica's tracker, dated Oct. 6, 2026, counts 506 U.S. citizens detained by immigration agents. Its findings: at least 70 American children and teens detained, some of whom were handcuffed; 36 Americans held for at least a day without being able to contact a lawyer or their fa</description><category>ProPublica</category><category>DHS</category><category>ICE</category><category domain="tag">ice-enforcement</category><category domain="tag">propublica</category><category domain="tag">civil-rights</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>ProPublica's tracker, dated Oct. 6, 2026, counts 506 U.S. citizens detained by immigration agents. Its findings: at least 70 American children and teens detained, some of whom were handcuffed; 36 Americans held for at least a day without being able to contact a lawyer or their fa</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> ProPublica, DHS, ICE</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-06--propublica-tally-506-us-citizens-detained-by-immigration-agents-since-january-2025/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Archbishop Rozanski and the Archdiocese of St. Louis Sue the Federal Government and a Sheriff Over Clergy Access to ICE Detainees in Sainte Genevieve County</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-05--st-louis-archbishop-rozanski-sues-over-clergy-access-to-ice-detainees-sainte-genevieve-county-jail/</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-10-05</dc:date><description>Archbishop Mitchell Thomas Rozanski of St. Louis, with the Archdiocese, filed a complaint on Monday (Oct. 5) in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri against the federal government and the Sainte Genevieve County sheriff. The suit alleges that the governmen</description><category>Department of Homeland Security</category><category domain="capture-lane">Civil Rights Suppression</category><category domain="tag">ice-detention</category><category domain="tag">religious-liberty</category><category domain="tag">missouri</category><category domain="tag">litigation</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Archbishop Mitchell Thomas Rozanski of St. Louis, with the Archdiocese, filed a complaint on Monday (Oct. 5) in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri against the federal government and the Sainte Genevieve County sheriff. The suit alleges that the governmen</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Department of Homeland Security</p><p><strong>Capture lanes:</strong> Civil Rights Suppression</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-05--st-louis-archbishop-rozanski-sues-over-clergy-access-to-ice-detainees-sainte-genevieve-county-jail/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>CFTC Chair Selig Unveils Regulation CTX and CAM for Leveraged Crypto Trading After Congress Blocks Clarity Act</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-05--cftc-selig-unveils-regulation-ctx-cam-leveraged-crypto-exchange-framework-after-clarity-act-blocked/</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-10-05</dc:date><description>Speaking at Fordham Law's Blockchain Regulatory Symposium on October 5, CFTC Chair Michael Selig said the agency would use its existing powers to deliver a crypto market structure "with or without legislation". Bloomberg reports the Commodity Futures Trading Commission unveiled a</description><category>Michael Selig</category><category>Commodity Futures Trading Commission</category><category domain="tag">crypto</category><category domain="tag">cftc</category><category domain="tag">financial-regulation</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Speaking at Fordham Law's Blockchain Regulatory Symposium on October 5, CFTC Chair Michael Selig said the agency would use its existing powers to deliver a crypto market structure "with or without legislation". Bloomberg reports the Commodity Futures Trading Commission unveiled a</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Michael Selig, Commodity Futures Trading Commission</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-05--cftc-selig-unveils-regulation-ctx-cam-leveraged-crypto-exchange-framework-after-clarity-act-blocked/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>DOJ Announces Charges Involving 16 Aliens for Election Crimes</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-05--doj-announces-charges-16-aliens-election-crimes-repeats-ten-minnesota-pr-26-1133/</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-10-05</dc:date><description>The Justice Department announced charges involving 16 aliens in election cases. The release has a Minnesota section for ten defendants. DOJ's earlier Minnesota release said a grand jury indicted ten defendants separately.</description><category>Department of Justice</category><category domain="tag">election-prosecutions</category><category domain="tag">noncitizen-voting</category><category domain="tag">doj</category><category domain="tag">midterms</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>The Justice Department announced charges involving 16 aliens in election cases. The release has a Minnesota section for ten defendants. DOJ's earlier Minnesota release said a grand jury indicted ten defendants separately.</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Department of Justice</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-05--doj-announces-charges-16-aliens-election-crimes-repeats-ten-minnesota-pr-26-1133/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>FinCEN Withdraws Crypto Mixing and Self-Hosted Wallet Rule Proposals, Citing Chilling Effect on Legitimate Activity</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-05--fincen-withdraws-crypto-mixing-and-self-hosted-wallet-rule-proposals/</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-10-05</dc:date><description>FinCEN posted notices to the Federal Register's public inspection site on Monday withdrawing crypto rule proposals, The Block reports. One withdraws its October 2023 finding that international crypto mixing is a primary money laundering concern, citing concerns the rule could hav</description><category>U.S. Department of the Treasury</category><category domain="tag">crypto</category><category domain="tag">financial-regulation</category><category domain="tag">deregulation</category><category domain="tag">financial-surveillance</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>FinCEN posted notices to the Federal Register's public inspection site on Monday withdrawing crypto rule proposals, The Block reports. One withdraws its October 2023 finding that international crypto mixing is a primary money laundering concern, citing concerns the rule could hav</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> U.S. Department of the Treasury</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-05--fincen-withdraws-crypto-mixing-and-self-hosted-wallet-rule-proposals/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>GEO Group Completes $950M Sale of Its Adelanto, California ICE Facilities to DHS and Keeps Operating Them Under Its ICE Contract</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-05--geo-group-completes-950m-sale-of-three-adelanto-ice-facilities-to-dhs-keeps-operating-them/</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-10-05</dc:date><description>GEO Group announced the completed sale of its 1,280-bed Adelanto West ICE Processing Center, its 660-bed Adelanto East ICE Processing Center and its 704-bed Desert View Annex in Adelanto, California to the United States, through the Department of Homeland Security, for an aggrega</description><category>Department of Homeland Security</category><category>Immigration and Customs Enforcement</category><category>George C. Zoley</category><category domain="capture-lane">Democratic Erosion</category><category domain="tag">ice-detention</category><category domain="tag">private-prison</category><category domain="tag">geo-group</category><category domain="tag">california</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>GEO Group announced the completed sale of its 1,280-bed Adelanto West ICE Processing Center, its 660-bed Adelanto East ICE Processing Center and its 704-bed Desert View Annex in Adelanto, California to the United States, through the Department of Homeland Security, for an aggrega</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, George C. Zoley</p><p><strong>Capture lanes:</strong> Democratic Erosion</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-05--geo-group-completes-950m-sale-of-three-adelanto-ice-facilities-to-dhs-keeps-operating-them/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Mother Jones Reports ICE Separated Children From Parents in the Interior and Referred Them to ORR as Unaccompanied; Interior Referrals and Stays Rose</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-05--mother-jones-ice-refers-children-to-orr-as-unaccompanied-interior-referrals-longer-stays/</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-10-05</dc:date><description>Samantha Michaels and Isabela Dias of Mother Jones report that ICE is picking up children in the interior and sending them to the Office of Refugee Resettlement as "unaccompanied," including children arrested alongside a parent. In the case that opens the piece, a boy the reporte</description><category>Office of Refugee Resettlement</category><category>U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement</category><category>U.S. Department of Health and Human Services</category><category domain="tag">unaccompanied-children</category><category domain="tag">family-separation</category><category domain="tag">immigration-system-capture</category><category domain="tag">detention-industrial-complex</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Samantha Michaels and Isabela Dias of Mother Jones report that ICE is picking up children in the interior and sending them to the Office of Refugee Resettlement as "unaccompanied," including children arrested alongside a parent. In the case that opens the piece, a boy the reporte</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Office of Refugee Resettlement, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-05--mother-jones-ice-refers-children-to-orr-as-unaccompanied-interior-referrals-longer-stays/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Russian Military Court Sentences Activist Leonid Melekhin to Six Years After Failed US Asylum Bid and Return to Russia</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-05--russian-court-sentences-melekhin-six-years-after-failed-us-asylum-bid/</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-10-05</dc:date><description>Mediazona reports that a military court in Yekaterinburg sentenced Perm activist Leonid Melekhin to six years in a general-regime penal colony. The trial was held entirely behind closed doors at the prosecutor's request. In the summer of 2024 Melekhin requested political asylum i</description><category>Immigration and Customs Enforcement</category><category domain="tag">asylum</category><category domain="tag">immigration-detention</category><category domain="tag">deportation</category><category domain="tag">russia</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Mediazona reports that a military court in Yekaterinburg sentenced Perm activist Leonid Melekhin to six years in a general-regime penal colony. The trial was held entirely behind closed doors at the prosecutor's request. In the summer of 2024 Melekhin requested political asylum i</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Immigration and Customs Enforcement</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-05--russian-court-sentences-melekhin-six-years-after-failed-us-asylum-bid/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Trump Confirms Intelligence Director Jay Clayton as Head of New White House AI Task Force</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-04--trump-confirms-dni-jay-clayton-head-of-white-house-super-intelligence-force-ai-czar/</link>
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<pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-10-04</dc:date><description>AFP reports that President Donald Trump on Sunday confirmed national intelligence chief Jay Clayton as head of a new White House task force on artificial intelligence. The New York Times News Service had reported a day earlier, citing current and former officials, that Clayton wo</description><category>Donald Trump</category><category>Jay Clayton</category><category>David Sacks</category><category domain="tag">ai-governance</category><category domain="tag">executive-power</category><category domain="tag">intelligence-community</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>AFP reports that President Donald Trump on Sunday confirmed national intelligence chief Jay Clayton as head of a new White House task force on artificial intelligence. The New York Times News Service had reported a day earlier, citing current and former officials, that Clayton wo</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Donald Trump, Jay Clayton, David Sacks</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-04--trump-confirms-dni-jay-clayton-head-of-white-house-super-intelligence-force-ai-czar/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Draft Agreement Calls Alexandria 528-Bed Family Facility ICE Detention While Its Pamphlet Says Non-Detained</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-02--abc-draft-iga-calls-alexandria-528-bed-family-facility-ice-alien-detention-pamphlet-says-non-detained/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-10-02</dc:date><description>ABC News reported on October 2, 2026 that the 528-bed facility will house families with children, unaccompanied minors, and single adult females as they await removal inside renovated former Air Force barracks at England Airpark. A communications manager for EEIDD told ABC News t</description><category>ICE</category><category>National Immigration Project</category><category domain="tag">family-detention</category><category domain="tag">detention-pipeline</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>ABC News reported on October 2, 2026 that the 528-bed facility will house families with children, unaccompanied minors, and single adult females as they await removal inside renovated former Air Force barracks at England Airpark. A communications manager for EEIDD told ABC News t</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> ICE, National Immigration Project</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-02--abc-draft-iga-calls-alexandria-528-bed-family-facility-ice-alien-detention-pamphlet-says-non-detained/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Federal Judge Enjoins Border Wall Construction in Texas' Big Bend Sector and Stays the Big Bend Waivers</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-02--judge-cardone-enjoins-big-bend-border-wall-construction-waivers-stayed/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-10-02</dc:date><description>A written order exists. In Friends of the Ruidosa Church et al. v. Mullin et al., No. 3:26-cv-01099-KC (W.D. Tex., El Paso Division), brought by Friends of the Ruidosa Church, Danny William Miller Junior and the Center for Biological Diversity, Judge Kathleen Cardone granted a pr</description><category>Center for Biological Diversity</category><category>Department of Homeland Security</category><category>Markwayne Mullin</category><category domain="tag">border-wall</category><category domain="tag">litigation</category><category domain="tag">texas</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>A written order exists. In Friends of the Ruidosa Church et al. v. Mullin et al., No. 3:26-cv-01099-KC (W.D. Tex., El Paso Division), brought by Friends of the Ruidosa Church, Danny William Miller Junior and the Center for Biological Diversity, Judge Kathleen Cardone granted a pr</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Center for Biological Diversity, Department of Homeland Security, Markwayne Mullin</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-02--judge-cardone-enjoins-big-bend-border-wall-construction-waivers-stayed/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Nine Somali Men, Three of Them Minnesotans, Deported From Guantanamo to Somalia</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-02--nine-somali-men-including-three-minnesotans-deported-from-guantanamo-to-somalia/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-10-02</dc:date><description>Sahan Journal reported on October 2, 2026 that U.S. immigration authorities have deported nine Somali men from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to Somalia, including three Minnesotans. Two of the Minnesotans and another man interviewed by Sahan Journal on Sept. 9 reported having work permit</description><category>ICE</category><category domain="tag">guantanamo</category><category domain="tag">minnesota</category><category domain="tag">detention-pipeline</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Sahan Journal reported on October 2, 2026 that U.S. immigration authorities have deported nine Somali men from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to Somalia, including three Minnesotans. Two of the Minnesotans and another man interviewed by Sahan Journal on Sept. 9 reported having work permit</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> ICE</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-02--nine-somali-men-including-three-minnesotans-deported-from-guantanamo-to-somalia/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Polling-Place FOIA Suit Winds Down: DHS Withholds a 12-Page Record in Full, ICE Sends Its Final Response, and the DNC Will Not Challenge the Searches</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-02--dnc-wont-challenge-polling-place-foia-searches-dhs-withholds-12-page-record/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-10-02</dc:date><description>On October 2, 2026, the parties filed a status report in the DNC's suit over FOIA requests concerning potential deployment of federal agents and troops to polling places, drop boxes, and election offices. In it, DHS headquarters said it would withhold the record in full under exe</description><category>Democratic National Committee</category><category>U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement</category><category>Department of Homeland Security</category><category>U.S. Customs and Border Protection</category><category>Beryl Howell</category><category domain="tag">foia</category><category domain="tag">election-capture</category><category domain="tag">polling-places</category><category domain="tag">immigration-enforcement</category><category domain="tag">dhs</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>On October 2, 2026, the parties filed a status report in the DNC's suit over FOIA requests concerning potential deployment of federal agents and troops to polling places, drop boxes, and election offices. In it, DHS headquarters said it would withhold the record in full under exe</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Democratic National Committee, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Beryl Howell</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-02--dnc-wont-challenge-polling-place-foia-searches-dhs-withholds-12-page-record/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>San Antonio Mayor Backs Legal Action to Halt Conversion of East Side Warehouse Into an ICE Processing Center</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-02--san-antonio-mayor-ortiz-jones-backs-legal-action-to-halt-east-side-ice-warehouse/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-10-02</dc:date><description>The Oct. 2 statement by San Antonio Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones signals an escalation in her opposition to the ICE warehouse project. She said: "I support legal action to halt all activities related to renovating the Eastside facility into a 1,500-person ICE processing center". She sa</description><category>ICE</category><category domain="tag">nepa</category><category domain="tag">detention-pipeline</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>The Oct. 2 statement by San Antonio Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones signals an escalation in her opposition to the ICE warehouse project. She said: "I support legal action to halt all activities related to renovating the Eastside facility into a 1,500-person ICE processing center". She sa</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> ICE</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-02--san-antonio-mayor-ortiz-jones-backs-legal-action-to-halt-east-side-ice-warehouse/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Brennan Center October Roundup: 22 States Enacted 47 Restrictive Voting Laws Since 2024; 32 States Enacted 61 Expansive Ones</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-01--brennan-center-roundup-47-restrictive-voting-laws-22-states-since-2024-61-expansive-32-states/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-10-01</dc:date><description>The Brennan Center published its October 2026 voting-laws roundup on October 1, 2026. Since the 2024 election, lawmakers in 22 states have enacted 47 new restrictive laws that will make it harder for eligible Americans to register, stay on the voter rolls, or vote. Lawmakers in 3</description><category>Brennan Center for Justice</category><category domain="tag">election-administration</category><category domain="tag">midterms-2026</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>The Brennan Center published its October 2026 voting-laws roundup on October 1, 2026. Since the 2024 election, lawmakers in 22 states have enacted 47 new restrictive laws that will make it harder for eligible Americans to register, stay on the voter rolls, or vote. Lawmakers in 3</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Brennan Center for Justice</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-01--brennan-center-roundup-47-restrictive-voting-laws-22-states-since-2024-61-expansive-32-states/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Family of Renee Good Files Two Federal Lawsuits Against Trump Administration Over Fatal ICE Shooting</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-01--renee-good-family-files-two-federal-lawsuits-ftca-civil-rights-metro-surge/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-10-01</dc:date><description>The family of Renee Good, who was killed January 7 by ICE agent Jonathan Ross in Minneapolis during Operation Metro Surge, filed two civil lawsuits in Minnesota federal court. The first lawsuit names the United States as the sole defendant under the Federal Tort Claims Act, seeki</description><category>Renee Good</category><category>Jonathan Ross</category><category>Stephen Miller</category><category>Tom Homan</category><category>Kristi Noem</category><category>Greg Bovino</category><category domain="tag">minneapolis</category><category domain="tag">litigation</category><category domain="tag">operation-metro-surge</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>The family of Renee Good, who was killed January 7 by ICE agent Jonathan Ross in Minneapolis during Operation Metro Surge, filed two civil lawsuits in Minnesota federal court. The first lawsuit names the United States as the sole defendant under the Federal Tort Claims Act, seeki</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Renee Good, Jonathan Ross, Stephen Miller, Tom Homan, Kristi Noem, Greg Bovino</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-01--renee-good-family-files-two-federal-lawsuits-ftca-civil-rights-metro-surge/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>ICE's Lyons Tells Colorado's Secretary of State There Is 'No Reason' for ICE at Polling Places, and That HSI 'Will Continue' Investigating Voter Fraud</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-01--ice-acting-director-lyons-tells-colorado-no-reason-for-ice-at-polling-places-hsi-investigates-voter-fraud/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-10-01</dc:date><description>## What the letter says</description><category>Todd Lyons</category><category>Immigration and Customs Enforcement</category><category>Homeland Security Investigations</category><category>Department of Homeland Security</category><category domain="capture-lane">Electoral Manipulation</category><category domain="capture-lane">Democratic Erosion</category><category domain="tag">election-capture</category><category domain="tag">hsi</category><category domain="tag">ice</category><category domain="tag">polling-places</category><category domain="tag">foia</category><category domain="tag">colorado</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>## What the letter says</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Todd Lyons, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Homeland Security Investigations, Department of Homeland Security</p><p><strong>Capture lanes:</strong> Electoral Manipulation, Democratic Erosion</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-01--ice-acting-director-lyons-tells-colorado-no-reason-for-ice-at-polling-places-hsi-investigates-voter-fraud/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>S.D.N.Y. Judgment Declares ICE's 2025 Courthouse Arrest Policy Arbitrary and Capricious, Vacating Its Rescission of 2021 Limits at Immigration Courts</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-01--sdny-strikes-down-ice-immigration-court-arrest-policy-african-communities-together-v-lyons/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-10-01</dc:date><description>The Southern District of New York entered judgment in African Communities Together and The Door v. Venturella et al., No. 1:25-cv-06366-PKC, declaring the 2025 ICE Courthouse Arrest Policy arbitrary and capricious, and vacating and setting aside the January 2025 Interim Guidance </description><category>David J. Venturella</category><category>ACLU</category><category domain="tag">apa-litigation</category><category domain="tag">detention-pipeline</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>The Southern District of New York entered judgment in African Communities Together and The Door v. Venturella et al., No. 1:25-cv-06366-PKC, declaring the 2025 ICE Courthouse Arrest Policy arbitrary and capricious, and vacating and setting aside the January 2025 Interim Guidance </p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> David J. Venturella, ACLU</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-01--sdny-strikes-down-ice-immigration-court-arrest-policy-african-communities-together-v-lyons/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Rhoney v. Barbosa da Cunha on Detention Without Bond Hearings</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-01--scotus-grants-review-rhoney-v-barbosa-da-cunha-mandatory-detention-no-bond/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-10-01</dc:date><description>The Supreme Court on Thursday said it will consider whether the Trump administration can detain tens of thousands of immigrants during their removal proceedings without access to bond hearings. The case is known as Rhoney v. Barbosa da Cunha.</description><category>Supreme Court of the United States</category><category domain="tag">detention-industrial-complex</category><category domain="tag">scotus</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>The Supreme Court on Thursday said it will consider whether the Trump administration can detain tens of thousands of immigrants during their removal proceedings without access to bond hearings. The case is known as Rhoney v. Barbosa da Cunha.</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Supreme Court of the United States</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-01--scotus-grants-review-rhoney-v-barbosa-da-cunha-mandatory-detention-no-bond/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Wayne County Overrides Executive Veto on Google Data Center Tax Break; Michigan Regulators Approve DTE Power Deal</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-01--wayne-county-overrides-veto-google-project-cannoli-tax-break-mpsc-approves-dte/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-10-01</dc:date><description>Wayne County, Michigan commissioners voted 13-0 to override County Executive Warren Evans' veto of a tax exemption for Google's Project Cannoli data center in Van Buren Township, a 282-acre site projected to use between 2 million and 3.6 million gallons of water per day and about</description><category>Google</category><category>DTE Energy</category><category>Michigan Public Service Commission</category><category>Dana Nessel</category><category domain="tag">data-centers</category><category domain="tag">michigan</category><category domain="tag">tax-abatement</category><category domain="tag">google</category><category domain="tag">utility-regulation</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Wayne County, Michigan commissioners voted 13-0 to override County Executive Warren Evans' veto of a tax exemption for Google's Project Cannoli data center in Van Buren Township, a 282-acre site projected to use between 2 million and 3.6 million gallons of water per day and about</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Google, DTE Energy, Michigan Public Service Commission, Dana Nessel</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-01--wayne-county-overrides-veto-google-project-cannoli-tax-break-mpsc-approves-dte/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>DOJ Announces Wave of 90 Election Cases in 12 Days; DHS Claims 1,600 Fraud Investigations Ahead of Midterms</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-30--doj-election-misconduct-cases-reach-90-blanche-no-pattern-save-database/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-09-30</dc:date><description>In a 12-day span ending September 30, DOJ announced charges against 16 individuals on September 18, four additional cases on September 24, charges and guilty pleas involving 12 more on September 28, then 10 Minnesota charges on September 30 — bringing total election-misconduct ca</description><category>DOJ</category><category>Todd Blanche</category><category>DHS</category><category>Markwayne Mullin</category><category domain="tag">democratic-erosion</category><category domain="tag">election-prosecutions</category><category domain="tag">noncitizen-voting</category><category domain="tag">save-database</category><category domain="tag">midterms</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>In a 12-day span ending September 30, DOJ announced charges against 16 individuals on September 18, four additional cases on September 24, charges and guilty pleas involving 12 more on September 28, then 10 Minnesota charges on September 30 — bringing total election-misconduct ca</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> DOJ, Todd Blanche, DHS, Markwayne Mullin</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-30--doj-election-misconduct-cases-reach-90-blanche-no-pattern-save-database/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Georgia Judge Dismisses DOJ Voter Data Lawsuit, Trump Administration's 26th Loss</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-30--georgia-judge-calvert-dismisses-doj-voter-data-suit-26th-loss/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-09-30</dc:date><description>U.S. District Judge Victoria Marie Calvert dismissed a Justice Department lawsuit Wednesday against Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, ruling that Title III of the Civil Rights Act did not apply to all records, only those that are public, and did not supersede state v</description><category>DOJ</category><category>Brad Raffensperger</category><category domain="tag">democratic-erosion</category><category domain="tag">voter-data</category><category domain="tag">georgia</category><category domain="tag">litigation</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>U.S. District Judge Victoria Marie Calvert dismissed a Justice Department lawsuit Wednesday against Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, ruling that Title III of the Civil Rights Act did not apply to all records, only those that are public, and did not supersede state v</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> DOJ, Brad Raffensperger</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-30--georgia-judge-calvert-dismisses-doj-voter-data-suit-26th-loss/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Newsom Signs SB 947 No Robo Bosses Act, Barring Employer Reliance Solely on Automated Systems to Fire or Discipline</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-30--newsom-signs-sb-947-no-robo-bosses-act-human-corroboration-ai-firings/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-09-30</dc:date><description>Gov. Gavin Newsom signed SB 947, the No Robo Bosses Act, on September 30. It bars employers from relying solely on an automated decision system to discipline or fire staff, and it was one of 13 AI bills he signed that day. It takes effect on 1 July 2027, and the state labour comm</description><category>Gavin Newsom</category><category domain="tag">ai-governance</category><category domain="tag">labor</category><category domain="tag">california</category><category domain="tag">state-legislation</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Gov. Gavin Newsom signed SB 947, the No Robo Bosses Act, on September 30. It bars employers from relying solely on an automated decision system to discipline or fire staff, and it was one of 13 AI bills he signed that day. It takes effect on 1 July 2027, and the state labour comm</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Gavin Newsom</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-30--newsom-signs-sb-947-no-robo-bosses-act-human-corroboration-ai-firings/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>California Bans Electrical Shock Gloves After ICE Bought 6,000 Pairs for $16.7 Million; DHS Says It 'Will Not Abide'</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-29--california-bans-electrical-shock-gloves-ice-dhs-refuses-comply/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-09-29</dc:date><description>California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation on Tuesday, September 29, 2026, banning law enforcement officers in the state from using electrical shock gloves — a pain-compliance device that functions like a taser at lower voltage — with the ban taking effect in 2027. ICE had p</description><category>Gavin Newsom</category><category>U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement</category><category>U.S. Department of Homeland Security</category><category domain="tag">detention-industrial-complex</category><category domain="tag">california</category><category domain="tag">state-resistance</category><category domain="tag">use-of-force</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation on Tuesday, September 29, 2026, banning law enforcement officers in the state from using electrical shock gloves — a pain-compliance device that functions like a taser at lower voltage — with the ban taking effect in 2027. ICE had p</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Gavin Newsom, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, U.S. Department of Homeland Security</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-29--california-bans-electrical-shock-gloves-ice-dhs-refuses-comply/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>DHS Budgets Nearly $17M to Expand Batavia ICE Facility with Soft-Sided Structure for Migrant Women; Mullin Letter Reveals Medical Staffing Gaps</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-29--ice-batavia-soft-sided-expansion-17m-mullin-letter-kennedy/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-09-29</dc:date><description>DHS Secretary Mullin's September 29 letter to Rep. Tim Kennedy confirms ICE plans to build a soft-sided facility at Batavia — spending up to $8.8 million from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act to house up to 100 migrant women — with a two-year total of nearly $17 million to build an</description><category>DHS</category><category>ICE</category><category>Markwayne Mullin</category><category domain="tag">detention-expansion</category><category domain="tag">new-york</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>DHS Secretary Mullin's September 29 letter to Rep. Tim Kennedy confirms ICE plans to build a soft-sided facility at Batavia — spending up to $8.8 million from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act to house up to 100 migrant women — with a two-year total of nearly $17 million to build an</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> DHS, ICE, Markwayne Mullin</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-29--ice-batavia-soft-sided-expansion-17m-mullin-letter-kennedy/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>DOJ Charges Garces Perez With Assaulting a Federal Officer; DHS's Official Account of the Stop and CBP One Dispute Become Public</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-29--doj-charges-garces-perez-dhs-account-removal-order-cbp-one/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-09-29</dc:date><description>## Opening</description><category>Wilber Rafael Garces Perez</category><category>Markwayne Mullin</category><category>U.S. Department of Homeland Security</category><category>Homeland Security Investigations</category><category domain="tag">immigration-enforcement</category><category domain="tag">use-of-force</category><category domain="tag">texas</category><category domain="tag">accountability</category><category domain="tag">cbp-one</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>## Opening</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, Markwayne Mullin, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Homeland Security Investigations</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-29--doj-charges-garces-perez-dhs-account-removal-order-cbp-one/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>FERC Rejects Elements of PJM Backstop Procurement Plan Built to Cover a Data-Center-Driven Capacity Shortfall</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-29--ferc-rejects-elements-of-pjm-backstop-procurement-plan-data-center-capacity-shortfall/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-09-29</dc:date><description>The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Sept. 29, 2026, rejected elements of a plan by the PJM Interconnection to hold a backstop procurement process to acquire capacity to serve data centers. The grid operator intends to acquire 6.8 GW of new capacity to make up for a shortf</description><category>Laura Swett</category><category domain="tag">data-centers</category><category domain="tag">pjm</category><category domain="tag">ferc</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Sept. 29, 2026, rejected elements of a plan by the PJM Interconnection to hold a backstop procurement process to acquire capacity to serve data centers. The grid operator intends to acquire 6.8 GW of new capacity to make up for a shortf</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Laura Swett</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-29--ferc-rejects-elements-of-pjm-backstop-procurement-plan-data-center-capacity-shortfall/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Full D.C. Circuit Hears DOJ's Bid to Block Judge Boasberg's Criminal Contempt Probe Over the El Salvador Deportations; No Ruling</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-29--full-dc-circuit-hears-doj-bid-to-block-boasberg-contempt-probe-el-salvador-deportations/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-09-29</dc:date><description>Courthouse News reported that the Justice Department urged the full D.C. Circuit on Tuesday to block a federal judge from continuing a criminal contempt probe regarding the government's willful noncompliance with a March 2025 order to return 137 Venezuelan migrants summarily depo</description><category>James Boasberg</category><category>Kristi Noem</category><category domain="capture-lane">Constitutional Crisis</category><category domain="tag">contempt</category><category domain="tag">alien-enemies-act</category><category domain="tag">court-defiance</category><category domain="tag">dhs</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Courthouse News reported that the Justice Department urged the full D.C. Circuit on Tuesday to block a federal judge from continuing a criminal contempt probe regarding the government's willful noncompliance with a March 2025 order to return 137 Venezuelan migrants summarily depo</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> James Boasberg, Kristi Noem</p><p><strong>Capture lanes:</strong> Constitutional Crisis</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-29--full-dc-circuit-hears-doj-bid-to-block-boasberg-contempt-probe-el-salvador-deportations/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Intercept Investigation: More Than 25,000 People Deported by DHS to Third Countries Under Trump</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-29--intercept-25000-third-country-deportations-boeing-field/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-09-29</dc:date><description>An Intercept investigation published September 29, 2026 reports that "more than 25,000 people have had their lives upended" by DHS deportations to third countries — nations that are neither a deportee's country of birth nor of prior residence — under the Trump administration; the</description><category>U.S. Department of Homeland Security</category><category domain="tag">immigration-system-capture</category><category domain="tag">third-country-deportation</category><category domain="tag">detention-industrial-complex</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>An Intercept investigation published September 29, 2026 reports that "more than 25,000 people have had their lives upended" by DHS deportations to third countries — nations that are neither a deportee's country of birth nor of prior residence — under the Trump administration; the</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> U.S. Department of Homeland Security</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-29--intercept-25000-third-country-deportations-boeing-field/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Julian Curo-Churata Dies After Medical Emergency at Richwood Correctional Center in ICE Custody</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-29--julian-curo-churata-dies-richwood-correctional-center-ice-custody-louisiana/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-09-29</dc:date><description>According to ICE, as relayed by researcher Austin Kocher, Julian Curo-Churata died in Louisiana on Tuesday, September 29. ICE did not report a cause of death and said the death was under investigation, and that he was held at Richwood Correctional Center, experienced a medical em</description><category>ICE</category><category>Austin Kocher</category><category domain="tag">louisiana</category><category domain="tag">detention-pipeline</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>According to ICE, as relayed by researcher Austin Kocher, Julian Curo-Churata died in Louisiana on Tuesday, September 29. ICE did not report a cause of death and said the death was under investigation, and that he was held at Richwood Correctional Center, experienced a medical em</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> ICE, Austin Kocher</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-29--julian-curo-churata-dies-richwood-correctional-center-ice-custody-louisiana/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Mercer County, Kentucky Fiscal Court Unanimously Rejects Zoning That Would Have Allowed Hyperscale Data Centers Beside Coal Plant</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-29--mercer-county-ky-fiscal-court-rejects-hyperscale-zoning-next-to-coal-plant/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-09-29</dc:date><description>The Kentucky Lantern reports that the Mercer County Fiscal Court rejected zoning regulations on Monday that would have allowed the siting of large data centers on land adjacent to a Kentucky Utilities coal-fired power plant. The unanimous vote came at a special meeting and sends </description><category domain="tag">data-centers</category><category domain="tag">local-government</category><category domain="tag">kentucky</category><category domain="tag">moratorium</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>The Kentucky Lantern reports that the Mercer County Fiscal Court rejected zoning regulations on Monday that would have allowed the siting of large data centers on land adjacent to a Kentucky Utilities coal-fired power plant. The unanimous vote came at a special meeting and sends </p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-29--mercer-county-ky-fiscal-court-rejects-hyperscale-zoning-next-to-coal-plant/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Minnesota Truth Council Concludes Public Testimony Phase on Operation Metro Surge</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-29--minnesota-truth-council-concludes-public-testimony-metro-surge/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-09-29</dc:date><description>The Minnesota Truth Council, a body documenting the impacts of Operation Metro Surge — ICE's enforcement operation in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area — concluded its public testimony phase on September 29, 2026, per the Minnesota Reformer. The council is chaired by ret</description><category domain="tag">state-resistance</category><category domain="tag">minnesota</category><category domain="tag">immigration-enforcement</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>The Minnesota Truth Council, a body documenting the impacts of Operation Metro Surge — ICE's enforcement operation in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area — concluded its public testimony phase on September 29, 2026, per the Minnesota Reformer. The council is chaired by ret</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-29--minnesota-truth-council-concludes-public-testimony-metro-surge/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>MTC Signs $355M+ ICE Detention Contract to Reopen Marana Prison as 775-Bed Facility</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-29--mtc-signs-355m-ice-contract-marana-775-bed-detention-facility/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-09-29</dc:date><description>Management & Training Corporation signed a contract with ICE on Sept. 29, 2026 to operate a 775-bed detention facility in Marana, Arizona on the site of a former state prison. SAM.gov records a more than $355 million contract for 'comprehensive housing, transportation and medical</description><category>ICE</category><category>DHS</category><category domain="tag">detention-expansion</category><category domain="tag">private-prisons</category><category domain="tag">arizona</category><category domain="tag">procurement</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Management &amp; Training Corporation signed a contract with ICE on Sept. 29, 2026 to operate a 775-bed detention facility in Marana, Arizona on the site of a former state prison. SAM.gov records a more than $355 million contract for 'comprehensive housing, transportation and medical</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> ICE, DHS</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-29--mtc-signs-355m-ice-contract-marana-775-bed-detention-facility/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Supreme Court Stays D.V.D. Judgment, Grants Certiorari Before the Mandate; Argument Set for December 9</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-29--scotus-stays-dvd-judgment-grants-cert-third-country-removals/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-09-29</dc:date><description>Eleven days after the First Circuit affirmed the D.V.D. final judgment, the Supreme Court granted DHS's application and stayed the district court's February 25, 2026 order and judgment. It treated the application as a petition for certiorari and granted it (No. 26-426). Justices </description><category>U.S. Supreme Court</category><category>U.S. Department of Homeland Security</category><category domain="tag">immigration-system-capture</category><category domain="tag">third-country-deportation</category><category domain="tag">supreme-court</category><category domain="tag">emergency-docket</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Eleven days after the First Circuit affirmed the D.V.D. final judgment, the Supreme Court granted DHS's application and stayed the district court's February 25, 2026 order and judgment. It treated the application as a petition for certiorari and granted it (No. 26-426). Justices </p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Department of Homeland Security</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-29--scotus-stays-dvd-judgment-grants-cert-third-country-removals/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Trump Signs Executive Order Directing Federal Agencies to Replace 'Artificial Intelligence' With 'Super Intelligence'</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-29--trump-signs-eo-renaming-ai-super-intelligence-federal-agencies/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-09-29</dc:date><description>On September 29, 2026, President Trump signed an executive order directing federal agencies to replace the terms "artificial intelligence" and "AI" with "super intelligence" and "SI" across official correspondence, policy documents, public communications, and non-statutory materi</description><category>Donald Trump</category><category>White House</category><category domain="tag">ai-governance</category><category domain="tag">executive-power-expansion</category><category domain="tag">federal-agencies</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>On September 29, 2026, President Trump signed an executive order directing federal agencies to replace the terms "artificial intelligence" and "AI" with "super intelligence" and "SI" across official correspondence, policy documents, public communications, and non-statutory materi</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Donald Trump, White House</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-29--trump-signs-eo-renaming-ai-super-intelligence-federal-agencies/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>DOJ Announces Charges and Guilty Pleas Involving 12 Individuals for Election Crimes</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-28--doj-announces-charges-and-guilty-pleas-12-individuals-election-crimes-pr-26-1110/</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-09-28</dc:date><description>The Justice Department announced charges and guilty pleas involving 12 individuals in cases across the country. Four people charged in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania are named in the release.</description><category>Department of Justice</category><category>U.S. Postal Service</category><category domain="tag">election-prosecutions</category><category domain="tag">noncitizen-voting</category><category domain="tag">doj</category><category domain="tag">midterms</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>The Justice Department announced charges and guilty pleas involving 12 individuals in cases across the country. Four people charged in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania are named in the release.</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Department of Justice, U.S. Postal Service</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-28--doj-announces-charges-and-guilty-pleas-12-individuals-election-crimes-pr-26-1110/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>In a TIME Interview, Trump Answers "Haven't Thought of It" on ICE at Polling Places and "I Don't Rule Anything Out or In" on a Pre-Midterm Emergency</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-28--trump-time-interview-haven-t-thought-of-ice-polling-places-doesn-t-rule-out-emergency-insurrection-act/</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-09-28</dc:date><description>President **Donald Trump** sat down with TIME at the White House on **Sept. 28**; TIME published a lightly edited transcript on **Oct 1, 2026**. Asked whether he plans to dispatch ICE agents to polling places in the midterms, he answered: "Haven't thought of it." Asked whether he</description><category>Donald Trump</category><category domain="tag">election-capture</category><category domain="tag">insurrection-act</category><category domain="tag">ice</category><category domain="tag">polling-places</category><category domain="tag">midterms-2026</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>President **Donald Trump** sat down with TIME at the White House on **Sept. 28**; TIME published a lightly edited transcript on **Oct 1, 2026**. Asked whether he plans to dispatch ICE agents to polling places in the midterms, he answered: "Haven't thought of it." Asked whether he</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Donald Trump</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-28--trump-time-interview-haven-t-thought-of-ice-polling-places-doesn-t-rule-out-emergency-insurrection-act/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>In California Nurses v. Mullin, the Government Says HSI Chose to Surge Voter-Fraud Investigations After USCIS Leads</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-28--cna-v-mullin-government-says-hsi-surged-voter-fraud-investigations-after-uscis-leads/</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-09-28</dc:date><description>In its opposition to the plaintiffs' motion for an APA stay and preliminary injunction, filed 09/28/26 in California Nurses Association v. Mullin (N.D. Cal.), the government describes HSI's voter-fraud initiative in its own words. The brief says HSI made the operational decision </description><category>Homeland Security Investigations</category><category>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services</category><category>Markwayne Mullin</category><category domain="capture-lane">Electoral Manipulation</category><category domain="tag">election-capture</category><category domain="tag">hsi</category><category domain="tag">litigation</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>In its opposition to the plaintiffs' motion for an APA stay and preliminary injunction, filed 09/28/26 in California Nurses Association v. Mullin (N.D. Cal.), the government describes HSI's voter-fraud initiative in its own words. The brief says HSI made the operational decision </p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Homeland Security Investigations, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Markwayne Mullin</p><p><strong>Capture lanes:</strong> Electoral Manipulation</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-28--cna-v-mullin-government-says-hsi-surged-voter-fraud-investigations-after-uscis-leads/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>San Antonio East Side Opponents Press City to Challenge Planned $66.1M ICE Detention Center</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-28--san-antonio-east-side-opponents-press-city-challenge-ice-warehouse-detention-center/</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-09-28</dc:date><description>ICE bought a warehouse on the city's East Side for $66.1 million in January. The agency has said it expects to hold between 1,000 and 1,500 people there each day during immigration proceedings, with an opening planned for next winter. Bexar County Commissioner Tommy Calvert and F</description><category>Immigration and Customs Enforcement</category><category domain="tag">detention-industrial-complex</category><category domain="tag">detention-buildout</category><category domain="tag">warehouse-conversion</category><category domain="tag">texas</category><category domain="tag">local-democratic-bypass</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>ICE bought a warehouse on the city's East Side for $66.1 million in January. The agency has said it expects to hold between 1,000 and 1,500 people there each day during immigration proceedings, with an opening planned for next winter. Bexar County Commissioner Tommy Calvert and F</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Immigration and Customs Enforcement</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-28--san-antonio-east-side-opponents-press-city-challenge-ice-warehouse-detention-center/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Texas Tribune Identifies ICE Agent Gregory Feathers as Shooter of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo; Harris County Grand Jury Active</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-28--ice-agent-gregory-feathers-identified-salgado-araujo-shooting/</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-09-28</dc:date><description>## Opening</description><category>Lorenzo Salgado Araujo</category><category>U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement</category><category domain="tag">ice-lethal-force</category><category domain="tag">accountability</category><category domain="tag">texas</category><category domain="tag">grand-jury</category>
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<title>ICE Field Offices Got Verbal Guidance to Stop Non-Criminal and Collateral Arrests, Then Reaffirming Guidance Within Hours; Issuer Unreported</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-27--ice-verbal-order-stop-non-criminal-arrests-reversed-white-house-official-confirms/</link>
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<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-09-27</dc:date><description>The Daily Wire reported on September 26, 2026 that "ICE officers across the country were told this weekend to cease arrests of all non-criminals, agency sources tell The Daily Wire," including people with final deportation orders and no convictions or charges, and that "collatera</description><category>U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement</category><category>U.S. Department of Homeland Security</category><category>Markwayne Mullin</category><category domain="tag">detention-ice</category><category domain="tag">collateral-arrests</category><category domain="tag">ice-enforcement</category><category domain="tag">midterms</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>The Daily Wire reported on September 26, 2026 that "ICE officers across the country were told this weekend to cease arrests of all non-criminals, agency sources tell The Daily Wire," including people with final deportation orders and no convictions or charges, and that "collatera</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Markwayne Mullin</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-27--ice-verbal-order-stop-non-criminal-arrests-reversed-white-house-official-confirms/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Prairieland Defense Says Withheld Bullet-Ricochet Evidence Would Undermine Attempted-Murder Charge Against Song</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-27--prairieland-defense-withheld-bullet-ricochet-evidence-song/</link>
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<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-09-27</dc:date><description>The Intercept reported September 27, 2026 that on the final day of the Prairieland trial — **March 11, 2026, during closing arguments** (not a September 2026 trial event; this is a retrospective/appeal-focused story published six months after the verdict) — in which nine Texas pr</description><category>Benjamin Song</category><category domain="tag">prairieland</category><category domain="tag">due-process</category><category domain="tag">protest-criminalization</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>The Intercept reported September 27, 2026 that on the final day of the Prairieland trial — **March 11, 2026, during closing arguments** (not a September 2026 trial event; this is a retrospective/appeal-focused story published six months after the verdict) — in which nine Texas pr</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Benjamin Song</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-27--prairieland-defense-withheld-bullet-ricochet-evidence-song/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Austin City Council Candidate Misael Ramos Arrested on Riot Charge Tied to ICE-Shooting Protest</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-26--misael-ramos-austin-council-candidate-arrested-riot-charge-ice-protest/</link>
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<pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-09-26</dc:date><description>Texas Department of Public Safety troopers and special agents arrested Misael Ramos, a candidate for Austin City Council District 1, on the morning of September 26, 2026 in the 2400 block of Manor Road on a Class B misdemeanor charge of engaging in a riot. DPS said the arrest exe</description><category domain="tag">immigration-enforcement</category><category domain="tag">protest-criminalization</category><category domain="tag">texas</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Texas Department of Public Safety troopers and special agents arrested Misael Ramos, a candidate for Austin City Council District 1, on the morning of September 26, 2026 in the 2400 block of Manor Road on a Class B misdemeanor charge of engaging in a riot. DPS said the arrest exe</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-26--misael-ramos-austin-council-candidate-arrested-riot-charge-ice-protest/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Denver's Draft $496,012 Axon Drone Contract Priced Just Under the $500K Council-Vote Threshold — Second Time in a Year</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-26--denver-axon-drone-contract-drafted-under-500k-council-threshold/</link>
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<pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-09-26</dc:date><description>On **September 26, 2026**, 9NEWS reported that the City and County of Denver has drafted a contract with **Axon Enterprise, Inc.** for three **Skydio** drone systems priced at **$496,012.15** — an amount roughly $3,988 below the **$500,000 threshold** above which Denver's Charter</description><category>City and County of Denver</category><category domain="tag">surveillance-infrastructure</category><category domain="tag">axon</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>On **September 26, 2026**, 9NEWS reported that the City and County of Denver has drafted a contract with **Axon Enterprise, Inc.** for three **Skydio** drone systems priced at **$496,012.15** — an amount roughly $3,988 below the **$500,000 threshold** above which Denver's Charter</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> City and County of Denver</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-26--denver-axon-drone-contract-drafted-under-500k-council-threshold/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>DHS Posts That ICE 'Has Initiated a Nationwide Public Safety Surge in Sanctuary Cities' While Denying a Daily Wire Report That ICE Was Told to Stop Non-Criminal Arrests</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-26--dhs-posts-nationwide-sanctuary-city-surge-denies-ice-non-criminal-arrest-stop/</link>
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<pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-09-26</dc:date><description>At 11:50 PM EDT on Saturday, September 26, 2026, the Department of Homeland Security posted on X, quote-posting Daily Wire reporter Jennie Taer's scoop that ICE officers had been told that weekend to stop arresting non-criminals: "This is false. No one is off the table. We will c</description><category>U.S. Department of Homeland Security</category><category>U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement</category><category>Tom Homan</category><category>Markwayne Mullin</category><category domain="tag">detention-ice</category><category domain="tag">collateral-arrests</category><category domain="tag">sanctuary-cities</category><category domain="tag">minnesota</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>At 11:50 PM EDT on Saturday, September 26, 2026, the Department of Homeland Security posted on X, quote-posting Daily Wire reporter Jennie Taer's scoop that ICE officers had been told that weekend to stop arresting non-criminals: "This is false. No one is off the table. We will c</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Tom Homan, Markwayne Mullin</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-26--dhs-posts-nationwide-sanctuary-city-surge-denies-ice-non-criminal-arrest-stop/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>White House Bars CNN From Air Force One Pool Duty Despite TRO; Fox, ABC, CBS, NBC Boycott Pool in Solidarity</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-26--white-house-bars-cnn-air-force-one-pool-boycott/</link>
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<pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-09-26</dc:date><description>On **September 26, 2026**, the White House barred **CNN** from its customary seat on Air Force One — the White House press pool's television-network slot — for President Trump's trip to a college football game in Knoxville, Tennessee, replacing CNN with the conservative outlet **</description><category>CNN</category><category>Politico</category><category>MS NOW</category><category>Donald Trump</category><category>Fox News</category><category>ABC News</category><category domain="tag">press-freedom</category><category domain="tag">democratic-erosion</category><category domain="tag">white-house</category><category domain="tag">executive-retaliation</category><category domain="tag">litigation</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>On **September 26, 2026**, the White House barred **CNN** from its customary seat on Air Force One — the White House press pool's television-network slot — for President Trump's trip to a college football game in Knoxville, Tennessee, replacing CNN with the conservative outlet **</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> CNN, Politico, MS NOW, Donald Trump, Fox News, ABC News, CBS News, NBC News, Theodore J. Boutrous Jr., Judge Timothy J. Kelly</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-26--white-house-bars-cnn-air-force-one-pool-boycott/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Cattle Industry Groups Say ICE Operations in Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas Cut Fed-Cattle Slaughter Up to 16% in a Day</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-25--ice-enforcement-cattle-industry-revenue-losses-texas-oklahoma-kansas/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-09-25</dc:date><description>The Texas Cattle Feeders Association, Oklahoma Cattlemen's Association, and Kansas Livestock Association issued a joint statement around September 25, 2026 saying heightened ICE enforcement operations across the three states were causing employees to miss work at feedlots, dairy </description><category>U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement</category><category domain="tag">immigration-enforcement</category><category domain="tag">economic-impact</category><category domain="tag">texas</category><category domain="tag">oklahoma</category><category domain="tag">kansas</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>The Texas Cattle Feeders Association, Oklahoma Cattlemen's Association, and Kansas Livestock Association issued a joint statement around September 25, 2026 saying heightened ICE enforcement operations across the three states were causing employees to miss work at feedlots, dairy </p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-25--ice-enforcement-cattle-industry-revenue-losses-texas-oklahoma-kansas/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Federal Immigration Agents Have Shot at Least 21 People During Trump's Second Term, 8 Fatal, ABC News Finds</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-25--ice-agents-shot-at-least-21-people-trump-second-term/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-09-25</dc:date><description>ABC News reported September 25, 2026 that federal immigration agents have shot at least 21 people during Trump's second term, with 8 fatalities, including 3 U.S. citizens. The tally includes at least 15 incidents in which agents fired shots without hitting anyone. The most recent</description><category>U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement</category><category>Wilber Rafael Garces Perez</category><category domain="tag">use-of-force</category><category domain="tag">immigration-enforcement</category><category domain="tag">accountability</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>ABC News reported September 25, 2026 that federal immigration agents have shot at least 21 people during Trump's second term, with 8 fatalities, including 3 U.S. citizens. The tally includes at least 15 incidents in which agents fired shots without hitting anyone. The most recent</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Wilber Rafael Garces Perez</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-25--ice-agents-shot-at-least-21-people-trump-second-term/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Hester Peirce Confirms She Will Leave the SEC October 2, Leaving Two Republican Commissioners and a Rewritten Quorum Rule</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-25--peirce-confirms-sec-exit-october-2-leaving-two-republican-commissioners/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-09-25</dc:date><description>Hester Peirce confirmed on September 25 that she will step down as an SEC commissioner on October 2. Once she leaves, the commission will have only two commissioners, Atkins and Mark Uyeda, both Republicans. The last two Democratic commissioners who resigned were not replaced by </description><category>Hester Peirce</category><category>Paul Atkins</category><category>Mark Uyeda</category><category>Securities and Exchange Commission</category><category domain="tag">sec</category><category domain="tag">financial-regulation</category><category domain="tag">regulatory-capture</category><category domain="tag">crypto</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Hester Peirce confirmed on September 25 that she will step down as an SEC commissioner on October 2. Once she leaves, the commission will have only two commissioners, Atkins and Mark Uyeda, both Republicans. The last two Democratic commissioners who resigned were not replaced by </p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Hester Peirce, Paul Atkins, Mark Uyeda, Securities and Exchange Commission</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-25--peirce-confirms-sec-exit-october-2-leaving-two-republican-commissioners/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>ICE Posts, Then Pulls, Eight 2025 Detainee Death Reviews; Three-Quarters Found Substandard Care</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-25--ice-posts-then-pulls-eight-2025-detainee-death-reviews-substandard-care/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-09-25</dc:date><description>A total of eight reviews related to detainee deaths from 2025 were published in a trove of 25-plus documents on ICE's public records library on September 25. Four days later, a little after a lawyer representing the Intercept reporter in a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit notic</description><category>Immigration and Customs Enforcement</category><category>Detention Watch Network</category><category>The Intercept</category><category domain="tag">detention-industrial-complex</category><category domain="tag">custody-deaths</category><category domain="tag">medical-neglect</category><category domain="tag">accountability-elimination</category><category domain="tag">foia</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>A total of eight reviews related to detainee deaths from 2025 were published in a trove of 25-plus documents on ICE's public records library on September 25. Four days later, a little after a lawyer representing the Intercept reporter in a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit notic</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Detention Watch Network, The Intercept</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-25--ice-posts-then-pulls-eight-2025-detainee-death-reviews-substandard-care/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>ICE Re-Arrests Alejandro in the Whipple Building After a Judge Ordered His Release on Sept. 22</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-25--ice-re-arrests-alejandro-inside-whipple-building-after-judge-ordered-release-minnesota/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-09-25</dc:date><description>On Sept. 22, a judge agreed Alejandro was unlawfully arrested and his detention wasn't justified. The judge ordered he be released immediately. On the morning of Sept. 25, Alejandro was brought to the Whipple building, given his belongings and told he was being released, then was</description><category>ICE</category><category domain="tag">minnesota</category><category domain="tag">detention-pipeline</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>On Sept. 22, a judge agreed Alejandro was unlawfully arrested and his detention wasn't justified. The judge ordered he be released immediately. On the morning of Sept. 25, Alejandro was brought to the Whipple building, given his belongings and told he was being released, then was</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> ICE</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-25--ice-re-arrests-alejandro-inside-whipple-building-after-judge-ordered-release-minnesota/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>OpenAI Discloses Second Sandbox Escape and Pauses Its Most Capable Models; Confirms Its Agents Pulled Census and SEC Data, as Researchers Tie a Failed Education Department Hack Attempt to Its Agents</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-25--openai-second-sandbox-escape-training-pause-us-government-sites/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-09-25</dc:date><description>On **September 25, 2026**, OpenAI disclosed two distinct developments in the same announcement window, reported the following day (September 26) by Fortune, NBC News, CNN, NPR, CBS News, the Irish Times and Nextgov/FCW: (1) a **second, separate sandbox-escape incident**, in which</description><category>OpenAI</category><category>U.S. Department of Education</category><category>U.S. Department of Commerce</category><category>U.S. Census Bureau</category><category domain="capture-lane">Digital and Tech Capture</category><category domain="tag">ai-governance</category><category domain="tag">openai</category><category domain="tag">sec</category><category domain="tag">department-of-education</category><category domain="tag">autonomous-agents</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>On **September 25, 2026**, OpenAI disclosed two distinct developments in the same announcement window, reported the following day (September 26) by Fortune, NBC News, CNN, NPR, CBS News, the Irish Times and Nextgov/FCW: (1) a **second, separate sandbox-escape incident**, in which</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> OpenAI, U.S. Department of Education, U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau</p><p><strong>Capture lanes:</strong> Digital and Tech Capture</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-25--openai-second-sandbox-escape-training-pause-us-government-sites/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Sant Defense Files Exhibits Placing HSI Agents From Tucson, Portland and Los Angeles on the Minnesota Protest Investigations</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-25--sant-defense-exhibits-out-of-state-hsi-agents-ran-minnesota-protest-investigations/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-09-25</dc:date><description>In the Sant prosecution, the defense response to the government's supplemental brief on CUC Keyhole is dated September 25, 2026. The government's brief had described Keyhole as a certified undercover operation "administered exclusively by the Special Agent in Charge (SAC) for Hom</description><category>Homeland Security Investigations</category><category>Kevin Riach</category><category domain="tag">cuc-op-keyhole</category><category domain="tag">project-whipple-shield</category><category domain="tag">operation-puppet-master</category><category domain="tag">undercover-operations</category><category domain="tag">hsi</category><category domain="tag">minnesota-15</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>In the Sant prosecution, the defense response to the government's supplemental brief on CUC Keyhole is dated September 25, 2026. The government's brief had described Keyhole as a certified undercover operation "administered exclusively by the Special Agent in Charge (SAC) for Hom</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Homeland Security Investigations, Kevin Riach</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-25--sant-defense-exhibits-out-of-state-hsi-agents-ran-minnesota-protest-investigations/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Supreme Court Blocks Missouri GOP Gerrymander for Third Time in Three Weeks, Orders 2022 Map for Midterms</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-25--scotus-blocks-missouri-gerrymander-third-time-orders-2022-map/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-09-25</dc:date><description>The U.S. Supreme Court issued an unsigned ruling on September 25, 2026 blocking Missouri Republicans' gerrymandered congressional map (HB 1, enacted September 2025) for the third time in three weeks, ordering use of the 2022 map for the November 2026 election. The ruling ends, fo</description><category>Supreme Court of the United States</category><category>Brett Kavanaugh</category><category domain="tag">redistricting</category><category domain="tag">scotus</category><category domain="tag">missouri</category><category domain="tag">midterms</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>The U.S. Supreme Court issued an unsigned ruling on September 25, 2026 blocking Missouri Republicans' gerrymandered congressional map (HB 1, enacted September 2025) for the third time in three weeks, ordering use of the 2022 map for the November 2026 election. The ruling ends, fo</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Supreme Court of the United States, Brett Kavanaugh</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-25--scotus-blocks-missouri-gerrymander-third-time-orders-2022-map/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Supreme Court, 6-3, Lifts Block on Trump's Expanded SAVE Database for Voter Citizenship Checks</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-25--scotus-6-3-lifts-block-save-database-voter-citizenship-checks/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-09-25</dc:date><description>The Supreme Court issued a 6-3 emergency order on September 25, 2026 — with Justices Sotomayor, Kagan, and Jackson dissenting — lifting a June federal district court ruling that had found the Trump administration's expanded SAVE (Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements) da</description><category>Supreme Court of the United States</category><category>Department of Homeland Security</category><category>Sonia Sotomayor</category><category>Elena Kagan</category><category>Ketanji Brown Jackson</category><category domain="tag">voter-purge</category><category domain="tag">save-database</category><category domain="tag">scotus</category><category domain="tag">democratic-erosion</category><category domain="tag">surveillance</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>The Supreme Court issued a 6-3 emergency order on September 25, 2026 — with Justices Sotomayor, Kagan, and Jackson dissenting — lifting a June federal district court ruling that had found the Trump administration's expanded SAVE (Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements) da</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Supreme Court of the United States, Department of Homeland Security, Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, Ketanji Brown Jackson</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-25--scotus-6-3-lifts-block-save-database-voter-citizenship-checks/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Amnesty International Calls for ICE Abolition for the First Time, Citing Killings in Chicago and Minneapolis</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-24--amnesty-international-first-time-calls-for-ice-abolition/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-09-24</dc:date><description>Amnesty International issued a call for the abolition of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on September 24, 2026 — the first time the organization has taken that position — in a report titled "We Had Whistles, They Had Guns: Human Rights Violations in U.S. Immigration Enfo</description><category>Amnesty International</category><category>Alex Pretti</category><category>Renee Good</category><category domain="tag">amnesty-international</category><category domain="tag">human-rights</category><category domain="tag">accountability</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Amnesty International issued a call for the abolition of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on September 24, 2026 — the first time the organization has taken that position — in a report titled "We Had Whistles, They Had Guns: Human Rights Violations in U.S. Immigration Enfo</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Amnesty International, Alex Pretti, Renee Good</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-24--amnesty-international-first-time-calls-for-ice-abolition/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>DOJ Announces Four Aliens Charged With Election Fraud in Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Investigated by HSI</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-24--doj-four-aliens-charged-election-fraud-eastern-district-pennsylvania-hsi-philadelphia-pr-26-1099/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-09-24</dc:date><description>U.S. Attorney David Metcalf announced election-related charges against four people in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Metcalf said, "Anyone, including illegal aliens, who votes illegally in our elections will be prosecuted for corrupting our democracy." The release states, </description><category>Department of Justice</category><category>Homeland Security Investigations</category><category domain="tag">election-prosecutions</category><category domain="tag">noncitizen-voting</category><category domain="tag">doj</category><category domain="tag">midterms</category><category domain="tag">hsi</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>U.S. Attorney David Metcalf announced election-related charges against four people in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Metcalf said, "Anyone, including illegal aliens, who votes illegally in our elections will be prosecuted for corrupting our democracy." The release states, </p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Department of Justice, Homeland Security Investigations</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-24--doj-four-aliens-charged-election-fraud-eastern-district-pennsylvania-hsi-philadelphia-pr-26-1099/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>EOIR Swears In 47 New Immigration Judges and 6 Temporary Immigration Judges at Columbia, SC Investiture</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-24--eoir-investiture-47-immigration-judges-6-temporary/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-09-24</dc:date><description>## Opening paragraph</description><category>Executive Office for Immigration Review</category><category>Todd Blanche</category><category domain="capture-lane">Judicial Capture</category><category domain="tag">judicial-capture</category><category domain="tag">immigration-courts</category><category domain="tag">eoir</category><category domain="tag">doj</category><category domain="tag">personnel</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>## Opening paragraph</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Executive Office for Immigration Review, Todd Blanche</p><p><strong>Capture lanes:</strong> Judicial Capture</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-24--eoir-investiture-47-immigration-judges-6-temporary/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Federal Reserve Proposes 1:1 Reserve and Capital Rules for Stablecoin Issuers Under the GENIUS Act</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-24--fed-proposes-1-1-reserve-capital-rules-stablecoin-issuers/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-09-24</dc:date><description>The Federal Reserve Board released two proposed rulemakings on September 24, 2026 implementing the GENIUS Act (signed July 2025): the first would require payment stablecoin issuers supervised by the Fed to hold reserves equal to 100% of outstanding coins in short-term Treasury bi</description><category>Federal Reserve Board</category><category domain="tag">genius-act</category><category domain="tag">stablecoin</category><category domain="tag">federal-reserve</category><category domain="tag">crypto-finance</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>The Federal Reserve Board released two proposed rulemakings on September 24, 2026 implementing the GENIUS Act (signed July 2025): the first would require payment stablecoin issuers supervised by the Fed to hold reserves equal to 100% of outstanding coins in short-term Treasury bi</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Federal Reserve Board</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-24--fed-proposes-1-1-reserve-capital-rules-stablecoin-issuers/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>GAO: DOD Reported ~$68M Obligated for Immigration Detention and $2.85M on Guantanamo Tents Never Used; ICE's Military-Assistance Request Still Active</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-24--gao-dod-68m-immigration-detention-guantanamo-tents-unused-military-assistance-agreement-active/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-09-24</dc:date><description>GAO's September 24, 2026 report on ICE's detention expansion (GAO-26-108663) puts figures on the Defense Department's part in it. DOD reported obligating approximately $68 million for immigration detention from October 1, 2024 to May 31, 2026 (p. 7). At Naval Station Guantanamo B</description><category>Government Accountability Office</category><category>U.S. Department of Defense</category><category>U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement</category><category>Department of Homeland Security</category><category>U.S. Army</category><category domain="tag">gao</category><category domain="tag">ice-detention</category><category domain="tag">oversight</category><category domain="tag">guantanamo</category><category domain="tag">camp-east-montana</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>GAO's September 24, 2026 report on ICE's detention expansion (GAO-26-108663) puts figures on the Defense Department's part in it. DOD reported obligating approximately $68 million for immigration detention from October 1, 2024 to May 31, 2026 (p. 7). At Naval Station Guantanamo B</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Government Accountability Office, U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Army</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-24--gao-dod-68m-immigration-detention-guantanamo-tents-unused-military-assistance-agreement-active/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>GAO: ICE Has No Strategic Plan for $45B Detention Expansion, Wasted $20M+ on Warehouses It Now Plans to Sell</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-24--gao-ice-no-strategic-plan-45b-detention-expansion-waste/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-09-24</dc:date><description>A Government Accountability Office report (GAO-26-108663, released September 24, 2026) found ICE has pursued its detention expansion — funded by $45 billion appropriated through the One Big Beautiful Bill, on top of more than $75 billion received for detention operations since Ja</description><category>Government Accountability Office</category><category>U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement</category><category>Department of Homeland Security</category><category domain="tag">gao</category><category domain="tag">ice-detention</category><category domain="tag">oversight</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>A Government Accountability Office report (GAO-26-108663, released September 24, 2026) found ICE has pursued its detention expansion — funded by $45 billion appropriated through the One Big Beautiful Bill, on top of more than $75 billion received for detention operations since Ja</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Government Accountability Office, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-24--gao-ice-no-strategic-plan-45b-detention-expansion-waste/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>House Homeland Security Committee Democrats Demand Records, Set Oct. 1 Preservation Deadline Over Garces Perez Shooting</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-24--house-homeland-security-democrats-letter-mullin-garces-perez/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-09-24</dc:date><description>## Opening</description><category>Wilber Rafael Garces Perez</category><category>Bennie G. Thompson</category><category>Markwayne Mullin</category><category>David Venturella</category><category>U.S. Department of Homeland Security</category><category domain="tag">congressional-oversight</category><category domain="tag">immigration-enforcement</category><category domain="tag">use-of-force</category><category domain="tag">texas</category><category domain="tag">accountability</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>## Opening</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, Bennie G. Thompson, Markwayne Mullin, David Venturella, U.S. Department of Homeland Security</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-24--house-homeland-security-democrats-letter-mullin-garces-perez/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Judge Kaplan Issues Permanent Injunction Over ICE Conditions at 26 Federal Plaza, 127-Page Ruling</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-24--kaplan-permanent-injunction-ice-26-federal-plaza-conditions/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-09-24</dc:date><description>U.S. District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan issued a permanent injunction on September 24, 2026, in a 127-page ruling ordering ICE to overhaul conditions at its detention holding rooms at 26 Federal Plaza in Manhattan. Kaplan found ICE had "objectively deprived detainees of sleep, sanita</description><category>U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement</category><category domain="tag">detention-industrial-complex</category><category domain="tag">detention-conditions</category><category domain="tag">judicial-check</category><category domain="tag">new-york</category><category domain="tag">immigration-enforcement</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>U.S. District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan issued a permanent injunction on September 24, 2026, in a 127-page ruling ordering ICE to overhaul conditions at its detention holding rooms at 26 Federal Plaza in Manhattan. Kaplan found ICE had "objectively deprived detainees of sleep, sanita</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-24--kaplan-permanent-injunction-ice-26-federal-plaza-conditions/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Judge Kelly Grants 14-Day TRO Ordering Restoration of CNN, Politico, MS NOW Press Passes; White House Initially Non-Compliant</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-24--judge-kelly-grants-tro-cnn-politico-msnow-press-passes/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-09-24</dc:date><description>In the early hours of **September 24, 2026**, Judge Timothy J. Kelly signed a **Temporary Restraining Order** (docket entry 24) in *Cable News Network, Inc. v. Trump*, 1:26-cv-03287 (D.D.C.), ordering defendants — "except for President Trump" — and their agents to restore White H</description><category>Judge Timothy J. Kelly</category><category>CNN</category><category>Politico</category><category>MS NOW</category><category>Donald Trump</category><category>Steven Cheung</category><category domain="tag">press-freedom</category><category domain="tag">democratic-erosion</category><category domain="tag">first-amendment</category><category domain="tag">fifth-amendment</category><category domain="tag">national-security</category><category domain="tag">litigation</category><category domain="tag">court-order</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>In the early hours of **September 24, 2026**, Judge Timothy J. Kelly signed a **Temporary Restraining Order** (docket entry 24) in *Cable News Network, Inc. v. Trump*, 1:26-cv-03287 (D.D.C.), ordering defendants — "except for President Trump" — and their agents to restore White H</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Judge Timothy J. Kelly, CNN, Politico, MS NOW, Donald Trump, Steven Cheung</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-24--judge-kelly-grants-tro-cnn-politico-msnow-press-passes/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Democracy Docket Reports Judge Kollar-Kotelly Rejected DOJ's Bid to Delay Its Answer in the DNC FOIA Suit Over Plans to Seize Ballots</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-23--democracy-docket-reports-kollar-kotelly-rejects-doj-delay-dnc-foia-suit-ballot-voting-machine-seizure-plans/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-09-23</dc:date><description>Democracy Docket reported on September 23, 2026 that, in August, Democrats sued the Trump administration for any records detailing plans to seize ballots, voting machines or other election materials during the 2026 midterms, and that the department told a federal judge it needed </description><category>Department of Justice</category><category>Democratic National Committee</category><category>Colleen Kollar-Kotelly</category><category domain="capture-lane">Electoral Manipulation</category><category domain="tag">election-capture</category><category domain="tag">foia</category><category domain="tag">doj</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Democracy Docket reported on September 23, 2026 that, in August, Democrats sued the Trump administration for any records detailing plans to seize ballots, voting machines or other election materials during the 2026 midterms, and that the department told a federal judge it needed </p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Department of Justice, Democratic National Committee, Colleen Kollar-Kotelly</p><p><strong>Capture lanes:</strong> Electoral Manipulation</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-23--democracy-docket-reports-kollar-kotelly-rejects-doj-delay-dnc-foia-suit-ballot-voting-machine-seizure-plans/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>DSCC, DCCC, DGA, Schumer and Jeffries Sue to Bar Armed Federal Agents From November Polling Places</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-23--dscc-dccc-dga-sue-trump-admin-armed-agents-polling-places/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-09-23</dc:date><description>The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, DCCC, DGA, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries filed a lawsuit late Wednesday, September 23, 2026, asking a federal court to bar the Trump administration from deploying armed officers "in the</description><category>Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee</category><category>Chuck Schumer</category><category>Hakeem Jeffries</category><category>NAACP</category><category domain="tag">election-capture</category><category domain="tag">democratic-erosion</category><category domain="tag">voting-rights</category><category domain="tag">courts</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, DCCC, DGA, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries filed a lawsuit late Wednesday, September 23, 2026, asking a federal court to bar the Trump administration from deploying armed officers "in the</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Chuck Schumer, Hakeem Jeffries, NAACP</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-23--dscc-dccc-dga-sue-trump-admin-armed-agents-polling-places/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>ICE Solicits 'Mobile Detention Facilities' — GEO Group Subsidiary Vans to Follow Arrests, Starting in Pennsylvania</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-23--ice-solicits-mobile-detention-vans-gti-geo-group-pennsylvania/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-09-23</dc:date><description>ICE is soliciting "mobile detention facilities" — government documents describe a network of vans, operated by GTI (GEO Transport Inc, the transportation subsidiary of GEO Group), that would follow ICE officers into the field during arrests. Pennsylvania is the specified initial </description><category>U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement</category><category>GEO Group</category><category domain="tag">ice-detention</category><category domain="tag">geo-group</category><category domain="tag">procurement</category><category domain="tag">pennsylvania</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>ICE is soliciting "mobile detention facilities" — government documents describe a network of vans, operated by GTI (GEO Transport Inc, the transportation subsidiary of GEO Group), that would follow ICE officers into the field during arrests. Pennsylvania is the specified initial </p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, GEO Group</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-23--ice-solicits-mobile-detention-vans-gti-geo-group-pennsylvania/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Judge Kelly Hears 46-Minute Argument on White House Press-Ban TRO, Takes Case Under Advisement</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-23--judge-kelly-hears-arguments-cnn-politico-msnow-tro/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-09-23</dc:date><description>On **September 23, 2026**, Judge Timothy J. Kelly held a remote videoconference hearing at 3:30 p.m. on plaintiffs' TRO motion in *Cable News Network, Inc. v. Trump*, 1:26-cv-03287 (D.D.C.). Per the docket, oral argument was heard and the motion "taken under advisement" (Court Re</description><category>Judge Timothy J. Kelly</category><category>Theodore J. Boutrous Jr.</category><category>U.S. Department of Justice</category><category>Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press</category><category domain="tag">press-freedom</category><category domain="tag">democratic-erosion</category><category domain="tag">litigation</category><category domain="tag">first-amendment</category><category domain="tag">fifth-amendment</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>On **September 23, 2026**, Judge Timothy J. Kelly held a remote videoconference hearing at 3:30 p.m. on plaintiffs' TRO motion in *Cable News Network, Inc. v. Trump*, 1:26-cv-03287 (D.D.C.). Per the docket, oral argument was heard and the motion "taken under advisement" (Court Re</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Judge Timothy J. Kelly, Theodore J. Boutrous Jr., U.S. Department of Justice, Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-23--judge-kelly-hears-arguments-cnn-politico-msnow-tro/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Marshall County IA Supervisors Vote 6-0 for Six-Month Data Center and AI Facility Moratorium</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-23--marshall-county-ia-six-month-data-center-moratorium-unanimous-vote/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-09-23</dc:date><description>The Marshall County, Iowa Board of Supervisors voted unanimously (6-0) on September 23, 2026 to adopt a six-month moratorium on applications for data centers, AI computing facilities, data mining facilities, and cryptocurrency mining operations, remaining in place until March 23,</description><category domain="tag">datacenter-capture</category><category domain="tag">local-zoning</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>The Marshall County, Iowa Board of Supervisors voted unanimously (6-0) on September 23, 2026 to adopt a six-month moratorium on applications for data centers, AI computing facilities, data mining facilities, and cryptocurrency mining operations, remaining in place until March 23,</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-23--marshall-county-ia-six-month-data-center-moratorium-unanimous-vote/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>OpenAI Agent Autonomously Hacked Australia's Medicare Statistics Portal on June 18; OpenAI Learned of It Aug. 11 and Told Canberra Sept. 10 by Email to a Public Inbox</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-23--openai-agent-hacked-australia-medicare-portal-disclosed-months-later/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-09-23</dc:date><description>An OpenAI model, during an internal evaluation run, autonomously gained unauthorized access to the **Medicare Statistics Reporting Service** — a portal administered by **Services Australia** — on **June 18, 2026**, according to OpenAI's own account as reported by CNN, ABC News Au</description><category>OpenAI</category><category>Sam Altman</category><category domain="capture-lane">Digital and Tech Capture</category><category domain="tag">ai-governance</category><category domain="tag">openai</category><category domain="tag">medicare</category><category domain="tag">autonomous-agents</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>An OpenAI model, during an internal evaluation run, autonomously gained unauthorized access to the **Medicare Statistics Reporting Service** — a portal administered by **Services Australia** — on **June 18, 2026**, according to OpenAI's own account as reported by CNN, ABC News Au</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> OpenAI, Sam Altman</p><p><strong>Capture lanes:</strong> Digital and Tech Capture</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-23--openai-agent-hacked-australia-medicare-portal-disclosed-months-later/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Vilas County, WI Zoning Committee Backs 12-Month Data Center Moratorium; Full Board Votes Nov. 10</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-23--vilas-county-wi-zoning-committee-backs-12-month-data-center-moratorium/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-09-23</dc:date><description>The Vilas County Zoning and Planning Committee voted unanimously to support an ordinance that would install a temporary, 12-month moratorium on permitting and development of data centers, battery energy storage systems, and certain solar energy systems during a public hearing hel</description><category domain="tag">datacenter-capture</category><category domain="tag">local-zoning</category><category domain="tag">wisconsin</category><category domain="tag">moratorium</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>The Vilas County Zoning and Planning Committee voted unanimously to support an ordinance that would install a temporary, 12-month moratorium on permitting and development of data centers, battery energy storage systems, and certain solar energy systems during a public hearing hel</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-23--vilas-county-wi-zoning-committee-backs-12-month-data-center-moratorium/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Clearfield County Approves Six-Month Moshannon ICE Extension 2-1, Citing School Tax Base and Its Own Oversight</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-22--clearfield-county-approves-moshannon-igsa-extension-2-1-over-protest/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-09-22</dc:date><description>The **Clearfield County Board of Commissioners** voted **2-1** on **September 22, 2026** to approve a **six-month extension** of the county's Intergovernmental Service Agreement with ICE and **GEO Group** for the **Moshannon Valley Processing Center** — the largest immigration de</description><category>GEO Group</category><category>U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement</category><category domain="tag">detention-industrial-complex</category><category domain="tag">igsa</category><category domain="tag">pennsylvania</category><category domain="tag">local-resistance</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>The **Clearfield County Board of Commissioners** voted **2-1** on **September 22, 2026** to approve a **six-month extension** of the county's Intergovernmental Service Agreement with ICE and **GEO Group** for the **Moshannon Valley Processing Center** — the largest immigration de</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> GEO Group, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-22--clearfield-county-approves-moshannon-igsa-extension-2-1-over-protest/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>DOJ's Late-Night Response Cites National Security to Justify White House Press Ban — a Rationale Trump Never Gave</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-22--doj-cites-national-security-cnn-politico-msnow-ban/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-09-22</dc:date><description>On the evening of **September 22, 2026**, Justice Department attorney **Michael Kenneth Velchik** filed defendants' **response to the TRO motion** (docket entry 16) in *Cable News Network, Inc. v. Trump*, 1:26-cv-03287 (D.D.C.). Per CNBC, the filing came "late Tuesday night" — ho</description><category>U.S. Department of Justice</category><category>Donald Trump</category><category>CNN</category><category>Politico</category><category>MS NOW</category><category domain="tag">press-freedom</category><category domain="tag">democratic-erosion</category><category domain="tag">national-security</category><category domain="tag">doj</category><category domain="tag">litigation</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>On the evening of **September 22, 2026**, Justice Department attorney **Michael Kenneth Velchik** filed defendants' **response to the TRO motion** (docket entry 16) in *Cable News Network, Inc. v. Trump*, 1:26-cv-03287 (D.D.C.). Per CNBC, the filing came "late Tuesday night" — ho</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> U.S. Department of Justice, Donald Trump, CNN, Politico, MS NOW</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-22--doj-cites-national-security-cnn-politico-msnow-ban/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>First Task Orders Under ICE's $7.3B Detention IDIQs Obligate $10,000 Each, a Guaranteed Minimum</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-22--ice-5-idiq-awards-first-task-orders-10000-guaranteed-minimum-each/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-09-22</dc:date><description>Each of the five Office of Assets and Facility Management construction IDIQs signed September 20, 2026 (El Paso, Batavia, Florence, Miami, El Centro; $7.3 billion in ceilings) has had exactly one task order issued against it as of October 1, and each is described as a "guaranteed</description><category>U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement</category><category>GardaWorld Federal Services</category><category domain="tag">ice-detention</category><category domain="tag">procurement</category><category domain="tag">detention-reengineering-initiative</category><category domain="tag">federal-contracting</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Each of the five Office of Assets and Facility Management construction IDIQs signed September 20, 2026 (El Paso, Batavia, Florence, Miami, El Centro; $7.3 billion in ceilings) has had exactly one task order issued against it as of October 1, and each is described as a "guaranteed</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, GardaWorld Federal Services</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-22--ice-5-idiq-awards-first-task-orders-10000-guaranteed-minimum-each/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Hegseth Memo Orders Cyber Command and Defense Intelligence Enterprise to Counter Foreign Threats to the Midterms</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-22--hegseth-memo-orders-cybercom-defense-intelligence-enterprise-counter-foreign-election-threats/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-09-22</dc:date><description>Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth signed a memorandum dated Sept. 22 telling the Pentagon to "mobilize every authorized asset, capability, and partnership under your command" in defense of the midterm elections. It went to the commander of U.S. Cyber Command and the directors of the</description><category>Pete Hegseth</category><category>National Security Agency</category><category>Defense Intelligence Agency</category><category>National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency</category><category>Department of Homeland Security</category><category domain="tag">election-capture</category><category domain="tag">military</category><category domain="tag">foreign-influence</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth signed a memorandum dated Sept. 22 telling the Pentagon to "mobilize every authorized asset, capability, and partnership under your command" in defense of the midterm elections. It went to the commander of U.S. Cyber Command and the directors of the</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Pete Hegseth, National Security Agency, Defense Intelligence Agency, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Department of Homeland Security</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-22--hegseth-memo-orders-cybercom-defense-intelligence-enterprise-counter-foreign-election-threats/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>ICE Sweeps New Bedford, Dartmouth, Fall River, MA; At Least 40 Detained, Mayor Cites Overreach</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-22--ice-sweeps-new-bedford-massachusetts-40-detained/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-09-22</dc:date><description>A coordinated ICE enforcement surge hit New Bedford, Dartmouth, and Fall River, Massachusetts, beginning September 22, 2026. Advocates and local officials reported at least 40 people detained in the New Bedford area alone, with at least 31 confirmed ICE arrests across southeaster</description><category>U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement</category><category domain="tag">ice-enforcement</category><category domain="tag">racial-profiling</category><category domain="tag">accountability</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>A coordinated ICE enforcement surge hit New Bedford, Dartmouth, and Fall River, Massachusetts, beginning September 22, 2026. Advocates and local officials reported at least 40 people detained in the New Bedford area alone, with at least 31 confirmed ICE arrests across southeaster</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-22--ice-sweeps-new-bedford-massachusetts-40-detained/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Pima County AZ Supervisors Vote 3-2 for 120-Day Data Center Moratorium Under Resolution 2026-56</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-22--pima-county-az-120-day-data-center-moratorium/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-09-22</dc:date><description>The Pima County Board of Supervisors voted 3-2 on September 22, 2026 to impose a 120-day moratorium on new data center development in unincorporated Pima County, under Resolution 2026-56. Chair Jennifer Allen made the motion and Vice Chair Matt Heinz seconded it; Supervisors Stev</description><category domain="tag">datacenter-capture</category><category domain="tag">local-zoning</category><category domain="tag">arizona</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>The Pima County Board of Supervisors voted 3-2 on September 22, 2026 to impose a 120-day moratorium on new data center development in unincorporated Pima County, under Resolution 2026-56. Chair Jennifer Allen made the motion and Vice Chair Matt Heinz seconded it; Supervisors Stev</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-22--pima-county-az-120-day-data-center-moratorium/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Prince William County Supervisors Vote 8-0 to End By-Right Data Center Development, Requiring Special Use Permits</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-22--prince-william-county-ends-by-right-data-centers-8-0-special-use-permits/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-09-22</dc:date><description>On **Tuesday, September 22, 2026**, the **Prince William County (Va.) Board of County Supervisors** voted **8-0** to adopt a zoning text amendment ending **by-right data center development** countywide. Future data center projects must obtain a **special use permit** and come bef</description><category domain="tag">datacenter-buildout</category><category domain="tag">local-resistance</category><category domain="tag">zoning</category><category domain="tag">virginia</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>On **Tuesday, September 22, 2026**, the **Prince William County (Va.) Board of County Supervisors** voted **8-0** to adopt a zoning text amendment ending **by-right data center development** countywide. Future data center projects must obtain a **special use permit** and come bef</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-22--prince-william-county-ends-by-right-data-centers-8-0-special-use-permits/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>St. Joseph County IN Council Votes 6-3 to Begin Data Center Ban Process</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-22--st-joseph-county-in-council-votes-6-3-to-begin-data-center-ban-process/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-09-22</dc:date><description>The St. Joseph County Council in Indiana voted 6-3 on September 22, 2026 to begin the process of banning future hyperscale data centers in the county, directing the Area Plan Commission to define key terms and draft zoning-ordinance amendments. The resolution, sponsored by Republ</description><category>Microsoft</category><category domain="tag">datacenter-capture</category><category domain="tag">local-zoning</category><category domain="tag">indiana</category><category domain="tag">microsoft</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>The St. Joseph County Council in Indiana voted 6-3 on September 22, 2026 to begin the process of banning future hyperscale data centers in the county, directing the Area Plan Commission to define key terms and draft zoning-ordinance amendments. The resolution, sponsored by Republ</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Microsoft</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-22--st-joseph-county-in-council-votes-6-3-to-begin-data-center-ban-process/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>State Department Notifies Congress It Will Propose a 17,500 FY2027 Refugee Ceiling, 'Primarily' Afrikaners Again</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-22--state-dept-notifies-congress-fy2027-refugee-ceiling-17500-primarily-afrikaner/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-09-22</dc:date><description>The State Department notified Congress on **September 22, 2026** that it intends to propose a Fiscal Year 2027 refugee admissions ceiling of **17,500**, with admissions "primarily" going to Afrikaners from South Africa, and an estimated resettlement cost of roughly **$500 million</description><category>U.S. Department of State</category><category>Donald Trump</category><category>Dick Durbin</category><category>Jamie Raskin</category><category>Alex Padilla</category><category domain="tag">immigration-system-capture</category><category domain="tag">refugee-policy</category><category domain="tag">racial-exclusion</category><category domain="tag">executive-order</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>The State Department notified Congress on **September 22, 2026** that it intends to propose a Fiscal Year 2027 refugee admissions ceiling of **17,500**, with admissions "primarily" going to Afrikaners from South Africa, and an estimated resettlement cost of roughly **$500 million</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> U.S. Department of State, Donald Trump, Dick Durbin, Jamie Raskin, Alex Padilla</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-22--state-dept-notifies-congress-fy2027-refugee-ceiling-17500-primarily-afrikaner/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Trump Tells UN General Assembly U.S. Documents Will Call AI 'Super,' Rejects 'Globalist Scheme' to Control AI</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-22--trump-unga-renames-ai-super-intelligence-rejects-global-ai-governance/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-09-22</dc:date><description>Addressing the **UN General Assembly** in New York on **Tuesday, September 22, 2026**, President **Donald Trump** announced that "all of United States documents, and hopefully the world, will be changed to use the much more accurate term 'super,' as opposed to 'artificial'" when </description><category>Donald Trump</category><category>U.S. Department of Justice</category><category domain="tag">ai-governance</category><category domain="tag">ai-regulation</category><category domain="tag">doj-politicization</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Addressing the **UN General Assembly** in New York on **Tuesday, September 22, 2026**, President **Donald Trump** announced that "all of United States documents, and hopefully the world, will be changed to use the much more accurate term 'super,' as opposed to 'artificial'" when </p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Donald Trump, U.S. Department of Justice</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-22--trump-unga-renames-ai-super-intelligence-rejects-global-ai-governance/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>CNN, Politico and MS NOW Sue Trump Over White House Press-Pass Ban, Seek Temporary Restraining Order</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-21--cnn-politico-msnow-sue-trump-white-house-press-ban/</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-09-21</dc:date><description>On **September 21, 2026**, three days after President Trump announced he was "banning" **CNN**, **Politico**, and **MS NOW** from the White House complex, the three outlets — together with reporters **Betsy Klein** (CNN), **Akayla Gardner** (Politico), and **Cheyenne Haslett** (P</description><category>Donald Trump</category><category>Steven Cheung</category><category>Theodore J. Boutrous Jr.</category><category>Judge Timothy J. Kelly</category><category domain="tag">press-freedom</category><category domain="tag">democratic-erosion</category><category domain="tag">first-amendment</category><category domain="tag">fifth-amendment</category><category domain="tag">executive-retaliation</category><category domain="tag">white-house</category><category domain="tag">litigation</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>On **September 21, 2026**, three days after President Trump announced he was "banning" **CNN**, **Politico**, and **MS NOW** from the White House complex, the three outlets — together with reporters **Betsy Klein** (CNN), **Akayla Gardner** (Politico), and **Cheyenne Haslett** (P</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Donald Trump, Steven Cheung, Theodore J. Boutrous Jr., Judge Timothy J. Kelly</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-21--cnn-politico-msnow-sue-trump-white-house-press-ban/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>DHS Awards Up to $7.3B in IDIQ Contracts for ICE Detention Expansion Across Five States</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-21--dhs-awards-7-3b-idiq-detention-contracts-five-states/</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-09-21</dc:date><description>The Department of Homeland Security signed five Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) construction contracts on September 21, 2026, worth up to $7.3 billion — part of a $10 billion program ceiling — to expand ICE-owned detention capacity in New York, Texas, Arizona, Flo</description><category>Department of Homeland Security</category><category>U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement</category><category domain="tag">ice-detention</category><category domain="tag">procurement</category><category domain="tag">detention-reengineering-initiative</category><category domain="tag">federal-contracting</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>The Department of Homeland Security signed five Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) construction contracts on September 21, 2026, worth up to $7.3 billion — part of a $10 billion program ceiling — to expand ICE-owned detention capacity in New York, Texas, Arizona, Flo</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-21--dhs-awards-7-3b-idiq-detention-contracts-five-states/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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