2015
62 verified events recorded in 2015.
| Date | Event | Lanes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-12-10 | NRA Leaders Travel to Moscow on Trip Arranged by Maria Butina and Alexander Torshin, Meet High-Level Russian Officials
3 src Maria Butina · Alexander Torshin · National Rifle Association · David Clarke · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2015-12-04 | Bornstein Releases Letter Declaring Trump 'Healthiest Individual Ever Elected'
5 src Harold Bornstein · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2015-12-01 | Guardian Exposes Cambridge Analytica's Unauthorized Facebook Data Use for Ted Cruz Campaign
3 src Harry Davies · The Guardian · Cambridge Analytica · Ted Cruz · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2015-12-01 | McKinsey Develops Saudi Vision 2030 Economic Blueprint for Crown Prince MBS
7 src McKinsey & Company · McKinsey Global Institute · Mohammed bin Salman · Saudi Arabia | confirmed | |
| 2015-11-29 | NSA Officially Ends Bulk Phone Metadata Collection Under USA Freedom Act
4 src National Security Agency · U.S. Congress · Barack Obama · Edward Snowden · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2015-11-19 | Johns Hopkins Study Exposes Orphan Drug Act Gaming - Seven of Top 10 Drugs Exploiting Tax Breaks for Rare Diseases
4 src Johns Hopkins University · Food and Drug Administration · AbbVie · Roche · +5 | confirmed | |
| 2015-11-16 | Education Management Corporation (EDMC) Settles Largest-Ever For-Profit Education Fraud Case for $95.5 Million, Forgives $103 Million in Student Loans
3 src Education Management Corporation (EDMC) · Art Institutes · Argosy University · Brown Mackie College · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2015-10-31 | Valeant Pharmaceuticals Scandal Exposes Systematic Price Gouging Strategy - 3000% Increase on Syprine, Philidor Fraud Network
4 src Valeant Pharmaceuticals · J. Michael Pearson · Philidor Rx Services · William Ackman · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2015-10-28 | DaVita Pays $450 Million for Drug Wastage Fraud, Largest Unjoined Whistleblower Settlement in History
3 src DaVita · Kent Thiry · Alon J. Vainer · Daniel D. Barbir · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2015-10-28 | Dennis Hastert Pleads Guilty to Federal Banking Violations
3 src Dennis Hastert | confirmed | |
| 2015-10-28 | Trump Signs Letter of Intent for $1 Billion Moscow Tower While Running for President
3 src Donald Trump · Michael Cohen · Felix Sater · VTB Group · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2015-10-27 | Bannon Launches Breitbart Tech with Milo Yiannopoulos to Capture Gamergate Army: "Rootless White Males"
3 src Steve Bannon · Milo Yiannopoulos · Breitbart News · Robert Mercer · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2015-10-27 | Northrop Grumman Wins $80 Billion B-21 Raider Stealth Bomber Contract
3 src Northrop Grumman · U.S. Air Force · U.S. Department of Defense · Boeing · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2015-10-16 | Flint Switches Back to Detroit Water After 18 Months—But Damage to Children Is Permanent
3 src Rick Snyder · Dayne Walling · Flint City Government | confirmed | |
| 2015-10-15 | Wall Street Journal Exposes Theranos Blood-Testing Fraud in Landmark Investigation
3 src John Carreyrou · Elizabeth Holmes · Theranos · Wall Street Journal · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2015-10-03 | U.S. Airstrike Destroys Doctors Without Borders Hospital in Kunduz, Kills 42
4 src Barack Obama · Doctors Without Borders · U.S. Air Force · Afghanistan | confirmed | |
| 2015-10-02 | Michigan Finally Confirms Lead Problem and Advises Filters—18 Months After Poisoning Began
3 src Michigan Department of Health and Human Services · Rick Snyder · Genesee County Health Department | confirmed | |
| 2015-09-24 | Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha Reveals Elevated Blood Lead Levels in Flint Children
3 src Mona Hanna-Attisha · Michigan Department of Health and Human Services | confirmed | |
| 2015-09-21 | Daily Wire launches; multiple outlets report seed funding from Farris Wilks
3 src Ben Shapiro · Jeremy Boreing · Farris Wilks · The Daily Wire | reported | |
| 2015-09-21 | Martin Shkreli Raises Daraprim Price by 5,000%, From $13.50 to $750 Per Pill
3 src Martin Shkreli · Turing Pharmaceuticals | confirmed | |
| 2015-09-18 | EPA Exposes Volkswagen Dieselgate: 11 Million Cars with Emissions Defeat Devices
4 src Volkswagen Group · Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) · California Air Resources Board (CARB) · International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2015-09-16 | InsideClimate News Launches
4 src InsideClimate News · ExxonMobil · Los Angeles Times · Columbia University · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2015-09-01 | Chainalysis Secures First Federal Contract with FBI for $9,000
2 src Chainalysis · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Internal Revenue Service | confirmed | |
| 2015-08-19 | Greece Accepts Third Bailout of €86 Billion Despite 61% Referendum Rejection Six Weeks Earlier
3 src Alexis Tsipras · European Stability Mechanism · International Monetary Fund · European Central Bank · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2015-08-01 | David Pecker Agrees to Catch and Kill Negative Trump Stories at Trump Tower Meeting
5 src David Pecker · Donald Trump · Michael Cohen · Hope Hicks · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2015-08-01 | ShotSpotter Gunshot Detection System Expands to Major U.S. Cities
3 src ShotSpotter · NYPD · Sacramento Police Department | confirmed | |
| 2015-07-28 | FBI Indianapolis Field Office Receives Nassar Allegations from USA Gymnastics, Fails to Open Investigation for 14 Months
4 src Federal Bureau of Investigation · W. Jay Abbott · Michael Langeman · USA Gymnastics · +6 | confirmed | |
| 2015-07-11 | Russian Agent Maria Butina Questions Trump About Sanctions at FreedomFest, Trump Promises to "Get Along" with Putin
4 src Maria Butina · Donald Trump · Alexander Torshin · Vladimir Putin | confirmed | |
| 2015-07-05 | Greeks Vote 61% 'Oxi' (No) to Reject Troika Austerity in Historic Referendum
3 src Alexis Tsipras · Yanis Varoufakis · Syriza · European Commission · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2015-07-01 | McKinsey and NYC Corrections Officials Rig 'Restart' Program Data at Rikers Island
2 src McKinsey & Company · New York City Department of Correction · George Motchan Detention Center | confirmed | |
| 2015-06-29 | NBC Fires Trump from The Apprentice Following Racist Comments About Mexican Immigrants
3 src Donald Trump · NBC | confirmed | |
| 2015-06-25 | Supreme Court Rejects King v. Burwell Challenge to ACA Subsidies in Federal Exchanges
4 src U.S. Supreme Court · Chief Justice John Roberts · Justice Antonin Scalia · King (Plaintiff) · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2015-06-18 | Northrop Grumman Pays $11.4 Million for Illegally Billing Executive Compensation to Federal Contracts
3 src Northrop Grumman · Department of Justice · Defense Contract Management Agency · Defense Contract Audit Agency | confirmed | |
| 2015-06-17 | White Supremacist Dylann Roof Murders Nine Black Worshippers at Historic Charleston Church - Confederate Flag Controversy Exposes South Carolina's Institutional Racism
4 src Dylann Roof · Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church · Clementa C. Pinckney · Nikki Haley · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2015-06-16 | Trump Descends Escalator with "Rapists" Speech: Breitbart Pivots to Full Campaign Organ
2 src Donald Trump · Steve Bannon · Breitbart News | confirmed | |
| 2015-06-16 | Trump Launches Presidential Campaign Calling Mexican Immigrants 'Rapists' and Criminals
4 src Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2015-06-10 | Reddit Bans r/FatPeopleHate and Hate Subreddits: Deplatforming Pushes Users to Voat and 8chan, Accelerating Radicalization
2 src Reddit Inc. · Ellen Pao | confirmed | |
| 2015-06-09 | Maine Governor LePage Threatens to Withhold School Funding to Block Political Opponent's Hiring
7 src Paul LePage · Mark Eves · Good Will-Hinckley | confirmed | |
| 2015-06-09 | Sexual Abuse Allegations Against Dennis Hastert Publicly Emerge
3 src Dennis Hastert · Jolene Reinboldt Burdge · Steve Reinboldt | confirmed | |
| 2015-06-02 | Obama Signs USA FREEDOM Act, Ending NSA Bulk Metadata Collection
3 src Barack Obama · Mitch McConnell · Ron Wyden · Rand Paul · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2015-06-01 | Russian Internet Research Agency begins Facebook ad campaign to influence U.S. politics
3 src Internet Research Agency · Facebook · Yevgeny Prigozhin | confirmed | |
| 2015-05-28 | Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert Indicted for Bank Fraud and Lying to FBI
3 src Dennis Hastert | confirmed | |
| 2015-05-07 | Second Circuit Rules NSA Bulk Phone Metadata Collection Illegal Under Patriot Act
3 src Second Circuit Court of Appeals · Gerard Lynch · National Security Agency · American Civil Liberties Union | confirmed | |
| 2015-05-06 | Oklahoma Governor Signs HB 1749 Banning State Payroll Deductions for Teachers Union Dues Despite Technical Flaws
3 src Governor Mary Fallin · Oklahoma Legislature · Oklahoma Education Association · American Federation of Teachers Oklahoma · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2015-04-27 | Corinthian Colleges Files Bankruptcy After Federal Crackdown on For-Profit College Fraud
4 src Corinthian Colleges · U.S. Department of Education · Consumer Financial Protection Bureau · Association of Private Sector Colleges and Universities | confirmed | |
| 2015-04-26 | Corinthian Colleges Files Bankruptcy After Defrauding 72,000 Students - Executives Shield Assets
3 src Corinthian Colleges · Jack Massimino | confirmed | |
| 2015-04-08 | Russian Agents Maria Butina and Alexander Torshin Attend NRA Annual Meeting, Meet Federal Reserve Vice Chairman
2 src Maria Butina · Alexander Torshin · National Rifle Association · Stanley Fischer · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2015-04-01 | Oklahoma Corporation Commission Orders 347 Disposal Wells to Prove Non-Contact with Basement Rock After Earthquake Surge
4 src Oklahoma Corporation Commission · Oklahoma Geological Survey · Oil and Gas Industry Operators · Governor Mary Fallin · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2015-03-26 | Saudi Arabia Launches Yemen Intervention Armed with Billions in Raytheon Weapons, Beginning Eight-Year Atrocity
4 src Saudi Arabia · Mohammed bin Salman · Raytheon · Lockheed Martin · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2015-03-17 | Rep. Aaron Schock Resigns Amid Luxury Spending and Mileage Fraud Scandal
3 src Aaron Schock | confirmed | |
| 2015-03-09 | Wisconsin Becomes 25th Right-to-Work State, Completing ALEC's Union Destruction
3 src Scott Walker · American Legislative Exchange Council · Scott Fitzgerald · Robin Vos · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2015-02-26 | FCC Votes 3-2 for Strong Net Neutrality Protections Through Title II Reclassification After Record Public Engagement
3 src Tom Wheeler · Federal Communications Commission · Ajit Pai · Michael O'Rielly · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2015-02-23 | "Corinthian 15" Launch First Student Debt Strike in U.S. History
3 src Debt Collective · Corinthian 15 · Arne Duncan | confirmed | |
| 2015-02-18 | LeeAnne Walters' Water Tests Show Lead at 104 ppb—Nearly 7 Times EPA Limit
3 src LeeAnne Walters · Marc Edwards · City of Flint · Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) | confirmed | |
| 2015-02-03 | S&P Settles for $1.375 Billion Over Fraudulent AAA Ratings on Junk Mortgage Securities, While Moody's Pays $864 Million, Exposing 'Issuer-Pays' Conflict of Interest Model Where 73% of 2006 AAA-Rated Securities Were Downgraded to Junk by 2010
3 src Standard & Poor's · Moody's Investors Service · Fitch Ratings · Department of Justice · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2015-02-01 | PredPol Predictive Policing Software Adopted by 60 U.S. Police Departments
3 src PredPol | confirmed | |
| 2015-01-15 | House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers Retires, Enters CNN Commentary and Undisclosed Consulting
3 src Mike Rogers · CNN · AT&T · IronNet Cybersecurity · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2015-01-01 | ABC News kills Amy Robach interview with Virginia Giuffre about Epstein network
3 src Amy Robach · Virginia Giuffre · ABC News · Prince Andrew · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2015-01-01 | Boeing Rushes 737 MAX Development to Beat Airbus, Cutting Development Time in Half
3 src Boeing · Federal Aviation Administration · Airbus · Boeing engineers · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2015-01-01 | Eastern District of Texas Patent Troll Haven: Judge Rodney Gilstrap Handles 25% of All U.S. Patent Cases, Forum Shopping Peak
5 src Rodney Gilstrap · Eastern District of Texas · John Roberts · Lex Machina | confirmed | |
| 2015-01-01 | Epstein and Barak invest in Carbyne surveillance tech founded by Unit 8200 chief
5 src Jeffrey Epstein · Ehud Barak · Pinchas Buchris · Peter Thiel · +7 | confirmed | |
| 2015-01-01 | West Virginia Suffers Highest Per-Capita Opioid Rate, 67 Pills Per Person Annually
3 src Purdue Pharma · Drug Wholesalers · McKesson · Cardinal Health · +1 | confirmed |