Year of record

2024

174 verified events recorded in 2024.

174 events From Jan 1, 2024 To Dec 31, 2024 Open in filter view →
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DateEventLanesStatus
2024-12-31Healthcare Industry Spends Record $744 Million on Federal Lobbying in 2024, Pharmaceutical Sector Leads at $384 Million
PhRMA · American Medical Association · American Hospital Association · Pharmaceutical Care Management Association · +2
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2024-12-30Federal Appeals Court Upholds $5 Million Carroll Verdict Against Trump
E. Jean Carroll · Donald Trump · Second Circuit Court of Appeals
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2024-12-24H-1B Civil War Peaks - Musk vs Bannon/Loomer on Immigration Policy
Elon Musk · Steve Bannon · Laura Loomer · Vivek Ramaswamy
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2024-12-23North Carolina Republicans Strip Governor's Power to Appoint Election Board Members
North Carolina Legislature · Josh Stein (Governor-elect) · Roy Cooper (Governor) · Dave Boliek (State Auditor)
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2024-12-22Trump Declares Greenland 'Absolute Necessity' and Names PayPal Co-Founder as Denmark Ambassador
Donald Trump · Ken Howery · Mette Frederiksen
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2024-12-19SEC Charges Cantor Fitzgerald $6.75 Million for Misleading SPAC Disclosures
Securities and Exchange Commission · Cantor Fitzgerald · Howard Lutnick · View, Inc. · +1
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2024-12-18California Governor Newsom Declares State of Emergency Over H5N1 Bird Flu Outbreak
Gavin Newsom · California Department of Food and Agriculture · California Department of Public Health
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2024-12-13McKinsey Agrees to $650 Million Criminal Settlement for Role in 'Turbocharging' Opioid Sales for Purdue Pharma
McKinsey & Company · U.S. Department of Justice · Purdue Pharma · Martin Elling · +1
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2024-12-11Trump Organization launches $530M Saudi Arabia tower weeks before inauguration
Eric Trump · Donald Trump · Trump Organization · Dar Global
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2024-12-10FTC Blocks Kroger-Albertsons $24.6B Grocery Merger, Citing Labor and Consumer Harm
Federal Trade Commission · Kroger Company · Albertsons Companies · Judge Nelson
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2024-12-06McKinsey Pays $73 Million Final Settlement to South Africa in State Capture Resolution
McKinsey & Company · South Africa National Prosecuting Authority · U.S. Department of Justice · McKinsey South Africa · +2
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2024-12-06Palantir and Anduril Launch AI Defense Consortium, Later Expand to SpaceX, OpenAI, and Scale AI
Palantir Technologies · Anduril Industries · Alex Karp · Palmer Luckey · +5
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2024-12-06USDA Issues Federal Order Requiring Mandatory Raw Milk Testing for H5N1
USDA · APHIS · Food and Drug Administration · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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2024-12-05McKinsey Africa Agrees to Pay $122 Million Settlement for Bribery of South African Officials
McKinsey Africa · U.S. Department of Justice · Vikas Sagar · South African National Prosecuting Authority · +2
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2024-12-05PayPal Mafia Member David Sacks Named White House AI & Crypto Czar
David Sacks · Donald Trump · Peter Thiel · Elon Musk · +4
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2024-12-04OpenAI Partners with Anduril to Integrate AI into Weapons Systems
OpenAI · Anduril Industries · U.S. Department of Defense · Palmer Luckey
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2024-12-04UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson Assassinated in Manhattan, Exposing Public Rage at Health Insurance Industry
Brian Thompson · Luigi Mangione · UnitedHealthcare · UnitedHealth Group
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2024-12-03South Korea President Yoon Suk Yeol Declares Martial Law, Triggering Democratic Crisis
Yoon Suk Yeol · South Korean National Assembly · South Korean protesters · Democratic Party
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2024-12-03South Korean Democratic Resistance Against Presidential Martial Law
Yoon Suk Yeol · Lee Jae-myung · South Korean Parliament · Civil Society Organizations · +1
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2024-12-01President Biden Issues Full Pardon for Son Hunter Despite Repeated Promises Not To
Joe Biden · Hunter Biden · David Weiss · Department of Justice
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2024-12-01Sophisticated Swatting Campaign Targets Over 50 Congress Members in December
Thomasz Szabo · 50+ Congress members (victims) · International swatting network
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2024-11-27Donald Trump Jr. Joins Unusual Machines Advisory Board, Receives 200,000 Shares, Stock Triples
Donald Trump Jr. · Unusual Machines · Allan Evans · Donald Trump · +2
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2024-11-26Varda Space Industries Wins $48M AFRL "Prometheus" Contract for Military Hypersonic Reentry Testing
Varda Space Industries · Air Force Research Laboratory · Founders Fund · Peter Thiel · +4
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2024-11-24Vitali Klitschko Confronts Joe Rogan for Promoting Russian Propaganda on Ukraine, Rogan Defends Kremlin Narratives
Joe Rogan · Vitali Klitschko · Volodymyr Zelenskyy · RT (Russia Today)
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2024-11-22Judge Merchan Grants Indefinite Postponement of Trump Sentencing After Election Victory
Juan Merchan · Donald Trump · Alvin Bragg
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2024-11-19Texas offers Trump 1,402 acres for deportation facilities in "Jocelyn Initiative"
Dawn Buckingham (TX Land Commissioner) · Donald Trump · Tom Homan · Greg Abbott · +1
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2024-11-15Anthropic Secures Comprehensive FedRAMP High Certification for Government AI Deployment
Anthropic · Palantir · U.S. intelligence agencies · Defense agencies · +4
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2024-11-14Crypto Industry Advances Self-Regulatory Framework Amid Global Compliance Push
Cryptocurrency Industry Consortium · Financial Stability Board · European Securities and Markets Authority · Securities and Exchange Commission · +1
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2024-11-14Milo Yiannopoulos Launches Tarantula Management Firm Offering Trump Administration Access
Milo Yiannopoulos · Kanye West · Martin Shkreli · Marjorie Taylor Greene · +3
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2024-11-13NLRB Rules Captive Audience Meetings Are Illegal Employer Coercion (Likely Reversed 2025)
National Labor Relations Board · Biden Administration · Workers · Union organizers
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2024-11-06Private Prison Stocks Soar After Trump's 2024 Victory: CoreCivic Up 29%, GEO Group Up 42% in Single Session
Donald Trump · CoreCivic · GEO Group · Tom Homan · +2
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2024-11-05Puerto Rico Votes 58.6% for Statehood in Non-Binding Referendum as Congress Ignores Colonial Status
Puerto Rico State Commission on Elections · Jenniffer González-Colón · US Congress · Popular Democratic Party
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2024-11-05Record $1.9 Billion in Dark Money Floods 2024 Federal Election Cycle
Dark money groups · Fidelity · Charles Schwab · Vanguard · +2
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2024-11-04Joe Rogan Endorses Trump on Election Eve, Marking Major Podcast Influence on Political Discourse
Joe Rogan · Donald Trump · Elon Musk · Kamala Harris · +1
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2024-11-04Meta Provides Llama AI Models to US Government and Military Contractors
Meta · Mark Zuckerberg · US government agencies · Lockheed Martin · +9
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2024-10-31HHS Watchdog Finds Health Risk Assessments Drove $7.5 Billion in Medicare Advantage Overpayments Without Additional Patient Care
Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General · Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services · Medicare Advantage insurers
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2024-10-31ICE detention chief Daniel Bible joins GEO Group days before election
Daniel Bible · GEO Group · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · Trump PACs
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2024-10-30Supreme Court Allows Virginia to Purge 1,600 Voters Days Before Election Despite Federal Law
US Supreme Court · Glenn Youngkin (Governor) · Virginia Coalition for Immigrant Rights
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2024-10-25Joe Rogan Gives Trump Unchallenged 3-Hour Platform 11 Days Before Election, Interview Reaches 50M+ Views and Cited as 'Deciding Factor' by Voters
Joe Rogan · Donald Trump · Elon Musk · JD Vance
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2024-10-24Treasury Reveals $1.1 Billion in Epstein Wire Transfers to Russian Banks
Jeffrey Epstein · Ron Wyden · U.S. Treasury Department · Russian banks
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2024-10-22Georgia Supreme Court blocks State Election Board's hand-count rule
Georgia Supreme Court · Georgia State Election Board · Chief Justice Nels Peterson · NAACP Georgia
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2024-10-21Cochise County supervisor pleads guilty over 2022 certification refusal
Peggy Judd · Kris Mayes · Tom Crosby · Arizona Attorney General
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2024-10-21Institute for Justice Files Lawsuit Challenging Flock Safety Mass Surveillance as Unconstitutional
Institute for Justice · Lee Schmidt · Crystal Arrington · Norfolk Police Department · +1
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2024-10-20Eight Washington State Poultry Workers Infected with H5N1 During Depopulation Operations
Washington State Department of Health · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · Benton-Franklin Health District · USDA
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2024-10-17Vance Claims Trump Did Not Lose 2020 Election
J.D. Vance · Donald Trump · Joe Biden
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2024-10-16Raytheon Pays $950 Million to Settle Charges of Defrauding Pentagon, Bribing Qatar, and Patriot Contract Fraud
Raytheon · Department of Justice · Qatar · U.S. Department of Defense · +1
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2024-10-15Linda McMahon named in lawsuit alleging WWE covered up child sexual abuse
Linda McMahon · Vince McMahon · Melvin Phillips · WWE
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2024-10-03NGA Awards BlackSky $290M Luno A Contract for AI-Powered Global Surveillance
BlackSky Technology · National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency · Peter Thiel · Mithril Capital · +2
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2024-10-01Musk Claims Billionaires "Terrified" of Epstein List on Tucker Carlson Show
Elon Musk · Tucker Carlson
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2024-10-01Musk Coordinates Political Operations Through America PAC and X Platform Information Warfare
Elon Musk · Donald Trump · America PAC · Twitter
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2024-09-30Biden Uses Emergency Drawdown Authority 55 Times to Send $31.7B in Weapons to Ukraine
Joe Biden · Pentagon · U.S. Congress · Ukraine · +1
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2024-09-30Guidance to Georgia officials on mass voter challenges
Campaign Legal Center · ACLU of Georgia · Brennan Center for Justice · Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law · +2
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2024-09-20FDA Commissioner Califf's Pharmaceutical Industry Revolving Door Scrutinized
Robert Califf · Food and Drug Administration · Verily Life Sciences · Joe Manchin · +1
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2024-09-20FTC Sues Big Three PBMs for Artificially Inflating Insulin Prices Through Rebate Schemes
Federal Trade Commission · Lina Khan · CVS Caremark · Express Scripts · +4
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2024-09-20HHS Awards Palantir $12M SHARE BPA Task Order for ACF Unaccompanied Children Bureau Expansion — Task Order 75P00124F37005
Palantir Technologies · Department of Health and Human Services · Administration for Children and Families · Office of Refugee Resettlement · +2
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2024-09-19General Dynamics Virginia-Class Submarine Program Revealed to Be $17 Billion Over Budget with 2-3 Year Delays
General Dynamics · Huntington Ingalls Industries · Ken Calvert · Carlos Del Toro · +1
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2024-09-16Sean Combs arrested on federal racketeering and sex trafficking charges
Sean Combs · Department of Justice · SDNY · Federal Prosecutors
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2024-09-13State Department Exposes RT as Fully Integrated Russian Intelligence Operation with Embedded Cyber Capabilities
State Department · Antony Blinken · RT (Russia Today) · U.S. Treasury Department · +1
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2024-09-09Big Lots Files Chapter 11 Bankruptcy, Stranding Blue Owl-Owned Distribution Centers Later Sold to DHS for ICE Detention
Big Lots · Blue Owl Capital · Oak Street Real Estate Capital · Nexus Capital Management · +1
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2024-09-09Vance Spreads Debunked Anti-Haitian Immigrant Hoax in Springfield, Ohio
J.D. Vance · Haitian immigrants · Springfield Police · Bryan Heck · +1
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2024-09-06Dick Cheney Endorses Democrat Kamala Harris, Calls Trump 'Greatest Threat to Republic'
Dick Cheney · Kamala Harris · Donald Trump · Liz Cheney
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2024-09-05Tenet Media Shuts Down, YouTube Terminates Channels, Blaze Media Fires Lauren Chen After DOJ Indictment Exposure
Tenet Media · Tayler Hansen · Lauren Chen · Tim Pool · +9
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2024-09-04DOJ Unseals Indictment Revealing $10 Million Russian Funding of Tenet Media Influencers
Department of Justice · RT (Russia Today) · Tenet Media · Tim Pool · +4
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2024-09-04Justice Department Seizes 32 Russian Disinformation Domains Mimicking U.S. News Sites, Exposes Kremlin Operation Directed by Putin Aide
Department of Justice · Merrick Garland · Sergei Kiriyenko · Vladimir Putin · +3
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2024-09-01Anduril Deploys 300th Autonomous Surveillance Tower at U.S.-Mexico Border
Anduril Industries · U.S. Customs and Border Protection · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · Palmer Luckey
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2024-09-01Pennsylvania SCIPNet deploys Carbyne APEX across four counties, becoming first state NG911 system with $3.5 million contract
South Central Inter-County Phone Network Pennsylvania · Carbyne · Adams County Pennsylvania · Cumberland County Pennsylvania · +2
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2024-08-31OpenAI Signs AI Safety Institute Testing Agreement
Sam Altman · OpenAI · U.S. AI Safety Institute · NIST · +2
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2024-08-29Kylian Mbappé Twitter Account Hacked to Promote $464M Crypto Pump-and-Dump Scam
Kylian Mbappé · Unknown Hackers · Sahil Arora
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2024-08-22Former Rep. Mike Gallagher Joins Palantir as Head of Defense After Resigning Congress
Mike Gallagher · Palantir Technologies · Alex Karp · Peter Thiel · +3
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2024-08-20Defense Contractors Market Ukraine War as "Battle-Tested" Surveillance Technology Proving Ground
Anduril Industries · Palantir Technologies · Clearview AI · Defense Industry
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2024-08-16Humana Pays $90 Million to Settle First-of-Its-Kind Medicare Part D Fraud Case for Fraudulent Bidding
Humana · Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services · Department of Justice · Steven Scott (whistleblower)
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2024-08-15Grok AI Implements Enhanced Safety Protocols After Regulatory Pressure
Elon Musk · xAI · AI Ethics Review Board · U.S. AI Safety Institute
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2024-08-13JD Vance Writes Foreword for Project 2025 Architect's Book
JD Vance · Kevin Roberts · Heritage Foundation · Paul Dans · +1
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2024-08-09Oracle Agrees to $115 Million Settlement Over Mass Surveillance Data Brokerage
Oracle · Judge Richard Seeborg · Irish Council for Civil Liberties
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2024-08-08Anduril Announces Arsenal-1: $1 Billion Weapons Manufacturing Facility in Ohio
Anduril Industries · Palmer Luckey · State of Ohio
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2024-08-05Federal Judge Rules Google is Illegal Monopolist in Landmark Search Antitrust Decision
Judge Amit Mehta · Department of Justice · Google · Sundar Pichai · +1
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2024-08-03Trump Publicly Endorses Georgia Election Board Members at Atlanta Rally, Sparking Electoral Integrity Concerns
Donald Trump · Janice Johnston · Rick Jeffares · Janelle King · +5
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2024-08-01Larry Ellison Buys $277 Million Florida Resort Near Mar-a-Lago, $450M Total Investment
Larry Ellison · Oracle · Donald Trump · Manalapan
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2024-07-30Paul Dans departs as Project 2025 director amid campaign controversy
Paul Dans · Kevin Roberts · Heritage Foundation · Donald Trump · +1
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2024-07-23House Oversight Releases Damning PBM Report After 32-Month Investigation: Anticompetitive Policies Exposed
U.S. House Oversight Committee · James Comer · Adam Kautzner · David Joyner · +4
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2024-07-20Vance White Nationalist Social Media Connections Exposed
J.D. Vance · Raw Egg Nationalist · Bronze Age Pervert · Richard Hanania · +2
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2024-07-18DaVita Pays $34 Million to Settle Third Kickback Case in Decade, Revealing Systematic Fraud Business Model
DaVita · Dennis Kogod · Department of Justice · DaVita Rx
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2024-07-17SEC Files Securities Fraud Lawsuit Against Former DWAC CEO Patrick Orlando
Securities and Exchange Commission · Patrick Orlando · Digital World Acquisition Corp · Trump Media & Technology Group
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2024-07-16xAI Faces Major Criticism Over Grok AI Safety Failures
Elon Musk · xAI · Samuel Marks · Boaz Barak · +1
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2024-07-15J.D. Vance Named Trump's VP Pick, Completing Thiel's Political Investment
J.D. Vance · Donald Trump · Peter Thiel · Republican Party
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2024-07-15Judge Cannon dismisses Trump classified documents case, rules Jack Smith appointment unconstitutional
Aileen Cannon · Jack Smith · Donald Trump · Clarence Thomas · +1
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2024-07-15Trump Selects Vance as VP Running Mate
Donald Trump · J.D. Vance · Peter Thiel
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2024-07-15xAI Implements Comprehensive AI Safety Protocols in Response to Investigations
Elon Musk · xAI · Samuel Marks · Boaz Barak · +2
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2024-07-13X Algorithm Modified to Amplify Musk and Right-Wing Content Following Trump Endorsement
Elon Musk · Donald Trump · Timothy Graham · Mark Andrejevic · +2
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2024-07-12Georgia State Election Board Passes Illegal Rules to Disrupt 2024 Election
Georgia State Election Board · Janelle King · Janice Johnston · Rick Jeffares · +2
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2024-07-11Judge Merchan Postpones Trump Sentencing to September After Supreme Court Immunity Ruling
Juan Merchan · Donald Trump · Alvin Bragg
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2024-07-09Brennan Center warns Georgia SB 189 spurs mass voter challenges
Brennan Center for Justice · Georgia Legislature · True the Vote · Right-wing activists · +1
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2024-07-09FTC Report Reveals PBM Oligopoly: Top 3 Control 80% of Market, Extract $7.3 Billion Through Markups
Federal Trade Commission · Lina Khan · CVS Caremark · Express Scripts · +2
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2024-07-01Paul Dans Departs Project 2025, Kevin Roberts Takes Leadership
Paul Dans · Kevin Roberts · Donald Trump · Chris LaCivita · +1
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2024-07-01Paul Pelosi Visa Stock Sale Controversy
Paul Pelosi · Nancy Pelosi · Rick Scott · Visa Inc. · +2
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2024-07-01Supreme Court Grants Broad Presidential Immunity in Trump v. United States, Creating King-Like Powers
U.S. Supreme Court · Chief Justice John Roberts · Justice Clarence Thomas · Justice Samuel Alito · +10
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2024-07-01Supreme Court Trump Immunity Ruling Institutionalizes WHIG Constitutional Crisis Precedent into Permanent Oligarchic Governance Framework
Supreme Court of the United States · Chief Justice John Roberts · Donald Trump · Justice Clarence Thomas · +4
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2024-06-30EU Regulators Launch Comprehensive Investigation into Grok AI Data Privacy Practices
Elon Musk · xAI · Irish Data Protection Commission · European Data Protection Board · +2
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2024-06-28SCOTUS overrules Chevron deference (Loper Bright v. Raimondo)
Supreme Court of the United States · Chief Justice John Roberts · National Marine Fisheries Service
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2024-06-27SCOTUS limits SEC use of in-house tribunals for civil penalties (SEC v. Jarkesy)
Supreme Court of the United States · Securities and Exchange Commission · Chief Justice John Roberts · Justice Neil Gorsuch (concurring) · +5
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