2018
133 verified events recorded in 2018.
Activity over time
Events per year
| Date | Event | Lanes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-03-17 | Cambridge Analytica Scandal Exposed by Whistleblower Christopher Wylie Christopher Wylie · Cambridge Analytica · Facebook · Aleksandr Kogan · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2018-03-16 | Facebook Suspends Cambridge Analytica and SCL After Whistleblower Revelations Facebook · Cambridge Analytica · SCL Group · Christopher Wylie · +5 | confirmed | |
| 2018-03-15 | iHeartMedia Files for Bankruptcy with $20 Billion Debt - Conservative Radio Empire Collapses Under Leveraged Buyout Burden iHeartMedia · Clear Channel Communications · Bain Capital · Thomas H. Lee Partners · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2018-03-15 | Toys 'R' Us Liquidation: PE Firms Extract $470 Million, 33,000 Workers Get Nothing Bain Capital · KKR · Vornado Realty Trust · 33,000 Toys R Us workers | confirmed | |
| 2018-03-13 | Trump Nominates Gina Haspel as CIA Director Despite Role in Torture Program and Evidence Destruction Gina Haspel · Donald Trump · Mike Pompeo · Central Intelligence Agency · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2018-03-10 | Zeynep Tufekci Exposes YouTube as "The Great Radicalizer": Recommendation Algorithm Systematically Pushes Users Toward Extremism Zeynep Tufekci · Guillaume Chaslot · YouTube · Google | confirmed | |
| 2018-03-08 | Major GOP Donors' Company Receives Unexplained Tariff Exemption Reyes Holdings · Trump Administration · Republican donors | confirmed | |
| 2018-03-06 | Office of Special Counsel Recommends Disciplining Kellyanne Conway for Hatch Act Violations Kellyanne Conway · Donald Trump · Henry Kerner · Roy Moore · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2018-03-01 | Facebook Lobbies Irish Government to Weaken GDPR Enforcement, Creates EU Data Protection Haven Facebook · Irish Data Protection Commission · Enda Kenny (Irish Taoiseach) · Max Schrems · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2018-03-01 | HUD Secretary Ben Carson Spends $31,000 in Taxpayer Funds on Dining Room Furniture, Violates Federal Law Ben Carson · Candy Carson · Helen Foster | confirmed | |
| 2018-03-01 | James Biden Receives $600K from Distressed Healthcare Company, Pays Joe Biden $200K Same Day James Biden · Joe Biden · Americore Health · Sara Biden | confirmed | |
| 2018-03-01 | TRM Labs Founded to Provide Blockchain Intelligence to Governments and Financial Institutions TRM Labs · Esteban Castano · Rahul Raina | confirmed | |
| 2018-03-01 | Trump Tariff Exemption Process Shows Political Favoritism Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Veljko Fotak · Hye Seung Grace Lee · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2018-02-27 | Amazon acquires Ring for over $1 billion, creating foundation for private surveillance network Amazon · Jeff Bezos · Jamie Siminoff · Ring | confirmed | |
| 2018-02-26 | Texas Leads 20 Republican States in Lawsuit Seeking to Eliminate Entire ACA Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton · Judge Reed O'Connor · 20 Republican State Attorneys General · California Attorney General Xavier Becerra · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2018-02-16 | Mueller Indicts 13 Russians and Internet Research Agency for Election Interference Robert Mueller · Internet Research Agency · Yevgeny Prigozhin · Russian Government | confirmed | |
| 2018-02-05 | Trump's CFPB Director Mick Mulvaney Shuts Down Equifax Investigation, Exposing Regulatory Capture Mick Mulvaney · Consumer Financial Protection Bureau · Equifax · Donald Trump · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2018-02-02 | Federal Reserve Imposes Unprecedented Asset Cap on Wells Fargo Federal Reserve · Janet Yellen · Wells Fargo Board | confirmed | |
| 2018-02-01 | Former CIA Director John Brennan Joins NBC/MSNBC as Analyst and WestExec Advisors, Building Intelligence-Media-Consulting Pipeline John Brennan · NBC News · MSNBC · WestExec Advisors · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2018-02-01 | Research Shows YouTube Recommends Conspiracy Theories 80% More Than Factual Content YouTube · Google · University of California Berkeley researchers · Harvard researchers · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2018-01-25 | New York Times Reveals Trump Ordered McGahn to Fire Mueller; Trump Subsequently Demands McGahn Deny Story and Create False Record Donald Trump · Don McGahn · Rod Rosenstein · Robert Mueller | confirmed | |
| 2018-01-24 | Alex Azar Confirmed as HHS Secretary After Doubling Insulin Prices at Eli Lilly Alex Azar · Eli Lilly · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services · Ron Wyden · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2018-01-24 | Larry Nassar Sentenced to 40-175 Years After 156 Victim Impact Statements; Rachael Denhollander's Powerful Testimony Larry Nassar · Rosemarie Aquilina · Rachael Denhollander · Aly Raisman · +5 | confirmed | |
| 2018-01-22 | Pennsylvania Supreme Court Strikes Down Congressional Map as Unconstitutional Partisan Gerrymander Pennsylvania Supreme Court · League of Women Voters · Pennsylvania General Assembly | confirmed | |
| 2018-01-11 | Trump Calls Haiti and African Nations 'Shithole Countries' in Bipartisan Immigration Meeting Donald Trump · Dick Durbin · U.N. Human Rights Office · African Union | confirmed | |
| 2018-01-07 | Dan Elwell Becomes Acting FAA Administrator After Boeing Executive Career Dan Elwell · Federal Aviation Administration · Michael Huerta · Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao · +8 | confirmed | |
| 2018-01-01 | Agriculture Committee Captured by Agribusiness - $523M Lobbying Shapes Farm Bill Glenn Thompson · David Scott · House Agriculture Committee · American Farm Bureau Federation · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2018-01-01 | Amazon Pays Zero Federal Income Tax Again on $11.2 Billion Profit—Receives $129 Million Tax Rebate Amazon · Jeff Bezos · Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy | confirmed | |
| 2018-01-01 | Apple Receives Special Tariff Exemptions After CEO Cultivates Trump Relationship Donald Trump · Tim Cook · Apple Inc. | confirmed | |
| 2018-01-01 | Clarence Thomas Attends Koch Network Donor Summit - Supreme Court Ethics Violations Clarence Thomas · Koch Network · Council for National Policy | confirmed | |
| 2018-01-01 | Grayshift Secures Major Contracts with ICE, DEA, and FBI for GrayKey Technology Grayshift · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · Drug Enforcement Administration · Federal Bureau of Investigation · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2018-01-01 | Peter Thiel's Early Intelligence Role: FBI Informant and Russian Diplomatic Contacts Peter Thiel · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Vladimir Putin · Daniil Bisslinger · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2018-01-01 | Putin-Linked Company Receives Tariff Exemption Until Public Outcry Donald Trump · Elizabeth Warren · Russian oligarch · Trump Administration | confirmed |