| 1996-12-31 | Telecommunications Act Triggers Mass Layoffs and Destruction of Local Journalism
4 src FCC Federal Communications Commission |
| confirmed |
| 1996-10-07 | Fox News Launches with Rupert Murdoch Funding and Roger Ailes Leadership
3 src Rupert Murdoch · Roger Ailes · Fox News | | confirmed |
| 1996-09-30 | Clinton Signs IIRIRA Expanding Deportation, Retroactive Aggravated Felonies
3 src Bill Clinton · U.S. Congress · Immigration and Naturalization Service |
| confirmed |
| 1996-09-21 | Clinton Signs DOMA: Christian-Right Marriage-Defense Coalition Wins First Federal Culture-War Legislative Victory
3 src Bill Clinton · Christian Coalition · Focus on the Family · James Dobson · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 1996-08-26 | Maria Farmer reports Epstein/Maxwell assault to FBI, ignored for decade
3 src Jeffrey Epstein · Ghislaine Maxwell · Federal Bureau of Investigation | | confirmed |
| 1996-08-22 | Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act Ends Welfare Entitlement
4 src Bill Clinton · Newt Gingrich · Republican Congress |
| confirmed |
| 1996-08-22 | Welfare Reform Imposes Five-Year Lifetime Limit on Cash Assistance
3 src Bill Clinton · Republican Congress |
| confirmed |
| 1996-08-22 | Welfare Reform Mandates Work Requirements After Two Years of Assistance
3 src Bill Clinton · Republican Congress |
| confirmed |
| 1996-08-21 | HIPAA Passes with Limited Portability Protections While Granting Healthcare Industry Control Over Patient Data
3 src Bill Clinton · Edward Kennedy · Health Insurance Association of America · American Hospital Association |
| confirmed |
| 1996-08-18 | Gary Webb's "Dark Alliance" Exposes CIA-Contra-Crack Cocaine Connection
3 src |
| confirmed |
| 1996-07-03 | Oligarchs Bankroll Yeltsin Re-election Victory: 'Seven Bankers' Control 50-70% of Russia's Economy Through Loans-for-Shares Deal
4 src Boris Yeltsin · Boris Berezovsky · Mikhail Khodorkovsky · Vladimir Gusinsky · +1 | | confirmed |
| 1996-07-01 | Nicky Hager Publishes Secret Power, First Detailed Public Description of ECHELON System
3 src National Security Agency |
| confirmed |
| 1996-06-30 | Clear Channel Begins Unprecedented Radio Consolidation Under Telecommunications Act
4 src Clear Channel Communications · Lowry Mays · FCC Federal Communications Commission |
| confirmed |
| 1996-06-20 | Trump Acquires Miss Universe Organization from ITT Corp
4 src Donald Trump |
| confirmed |
| 1996-06-18 | Chinese Military Intelligence Funnels Campaign Donations Through Johnny Chung
4 src Bill Clinton · Democratic National Committee |
| confirmed |
| 1996-04-29 | Buddhist Temple Fundraising Event Generates Illegal Campaign Contributions
4 src Al Gore · Democratic National Committee |
| confirmed |
| 1996-04-26 | Prison Litigation Reform Act Strips Prisoners' Access to Courts: Constitutional Rights Made Practically Unenforceable
3 src Newt Gingrich · Republican Congress |
| confirmed |
| 1996-04-24 | Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act Expands Deportation, Strips Judicial Review
3 src Bill Clinton · U.S. Congress · Department of Justice · Immigration and Naturalization Service |
| confirmed |
| 1996-04-24 | Clinton Signs AEDPA, Expands Federal Surveillance and Creates FTO Terrorism Framework
3 src Bill Clinton · Orrin Hatch · Bob Dole · Joe Biden |
| confirmed |
| 1996-02-26 | Lincoln Bedroom Fundraising Scandal Reveals White House Donor Access Program
3 src Bill Clinton · Democratic National Committee |
| confirmed |
| 1996-02-08 | Telecommunications Act of 1996 Eliminates Radio Ownership Caps and Raises TV Limits, Triggering Massive Media Consolidation
10 src Bill Clinton · U.S. Congress · Federal Communications Commission · Clear Channel Communications · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 1996-01-28 | Hillary Clinton Delivers "Super-Predators" Speech Supporting 1994 Crime Bill
4 src Hillary Clinton · Bill Clinton |
| confirmed |
| 1996-01-11 | DOJ Drops Zimmermann PGP Investigation, Marks Crypto Wars Policy Inflection
2 src Department of Justice · Electronic Frontier Foundation |
| confirmed |
| 1996-01-01 | Abramoff-Norquist-DeLay Network Defeats Native American Casino Tax Bill
3 src Jack Abramoff · Grover Norquist · Tom DeLay · Ralph Reed · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 1996-01-01 | ALEC Adopts Business Plan to "Function More Like a Business" - Formalizes Pay-to-Play Corporate Legislative Model
4 src American Legislative Exchange Council |
| confirmed |
| 1996-01-01 | George Friedman Founds Strategic Forecasting (Stratfor), the "Shadow CIA" of Private Geopolitical Intelligence
4 src |
| confirmed |
| 1996-01-01 | Purdue Pharma Launches Aggressive OxyContin Marketing Campaign Based on False Claims
4 src Purdue Pharma · Sackler Family · Richard Sackler |
| confirmed |