Year of record

2025

1389 verified events recorded in 2025.

1389 events From Jan 1, 2025 To Dec 31, 2025 Open in filter view →
DateEventLanesStatus
2025-12-31DOJ Expands Epstein Document Review to 5.2 Million Pages, Enlisted 400 Attorneys
Department of Justice · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Thomas Massie · Ro Khanna
confirmed
2025-12-31Ninth Circuit Forces Trump to Return California National Guard Control to State
Donald Trump · Gavin Newsom · Charles Breyer
confirmed
2025-12-31Off-Duty ICE Officer Shoots and Kills Keith Porter in Los Angeles on New Year's Eve
Keith Porter · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · DHS (Department of Homeland Security) · LAPD
confirmed
2025-12-31US Press Freedom Tracker Documents 170 Assaults on Journalists in 2025, 160 by Law Enforcement
U.S. Press Freedom Tracker · Freedom of the Press Foundation · Federal law enforcement · ICE · +1
confirmed
2025-12-30Bannon Reveals He Is Organizing 'Irish National Party,' Promises 'Irish Trump'
Steve Bannon
confirmed
2025-12-30DHS Announces Record Immigration Enforcement Numbers, Promotes Self-Deportation Incentive
U.S. Department of Homeland Security · U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement · Kristi Noem
confirmed
2025-12-30US Military Strikes Three-Vessel Convoy in Pacific, 11 Killed as Survivors Left in Deadly Seas
US Military · US Coast Guard · SOUTHCOM
confirmed
2025-12-29Bannon Turns Against Vice President JD Vance Amid Escalating MAGA Civil War
Steve Bannon · JD Vance
confirmed
2025-12-29Trump Administration Replaces H-1B Visa Lottery with Wage-Based Selection
Donald Trump · U.S. Department of Homeland Security
confirmed
2025-12-28ICE Agents Enter Minneapolis Hospital Without Warrant, Handcuff Patient to Bed for 24 Hours
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · Hennepin County Medical Center
confirmed
2025-12-28Mass Protests Erupt Across Iran as Economic Collapse Triggers Largest Uprising Since 1979
Iranian Bazaari Merchants · Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps · Ali Khamenei
confirmed
2025-12-28Washington Post Analysis Reveals ICE Shift from Jail Arrests to Community Raids
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · Kristi Noem
confirmed
2025-12-27Russia Launches Massive Attack on Kyiv with 500 Drones and 40 Missiles
Vladimir Putin · Volodymyr Zelenskyy
confirmed
2025-12-26DHS Implements Mandatory Biometric Collection for All Non-Citizens at U.S. Borders
U.S. Department of Homeland Security · U.S. Customs and Border Protection · Kristi Noem
confirmed
2025-12-25US Launches Christmas Day Strikes on Nigerian Villages, ISIS Claims Questioned by Residents and Analysts
Donald Trump · Bola Tinubu · AFRICOM · Nigerian Armed Forces · +1
confirmed
2025-12-2412 Bipartisan Senators Demand Inspector General Audit of DOJ Epstein Files Compliance
Richard Blumenthal · Lisa Murkowski · Jeff Merkley · Chuck Schumer · +6
confirmed
2025-12-24CIA Conducts First Land Strike in Venezuela, Destroying Drug Boat Loading Facility
Central Intelligence Agency · Venezuela
confirmed
2025-12-24DOJ Announces Discovery of Over 1 Million Additional Epstein Documents on Christmas Eve
Department of Justice · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Thomas Massie · Ro Khanna
confirmed
2025-12-24Trump Declares Support for Rate Cuts 'Litmus Test' for Fed Chair Nominees
Donald Trump · Jerome Powell · Kevin Hassett · Kevin Warsh
confirmed
2025-12-23Botched DOJ Redactions Allow Public to Copy-Paste Hidden Epstein File Text
Department of Justice · Richard Indyke · Virgin Islands · Jeffrey Epstein
confirmed
2025-12-23Supreme Court Blocks Trump National Guard Deployment to Chicago, Ruling 'Regular Forces' Means Military
U.S. Supreme Court · Donald Trump · John Roberts · Brett Kavanaugh · +9
confirmed
2025-12-22Trump Appoints Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry as Special Envoy to Greenland
Donald Trump · Jeff Landry · Ken Howery · Lars Lokke Rasmussen
confirmed
2025-12-22Venezuela Naval Blockade Kills 105 in 29 Strikes as Trump Refuses to Rule Out War
Donald Trump · Nicolas Maduro · Stephen Miller · Pete Hegseth · +3
confirmed
2025-12-21Bannon Declares Conservative Movement Civil War at AmericaFest, Attacks Ben Shapiro as 'Cancer'
Steve Bannon · Ben Shapiro · Mark Levin · Turning Point USA
confirmed
2025-12-21CBS News Editor Bari Weiss Pulls 60 Minutes CECOT Prison Abuse Segment Hours Before Broadcast
Bari Weiss · CBS News · 60 Minutes · Sharyn Alfonsi · +4
confirmed
2025-12-21DOJ Exposes Epstein Victims' Names While Over-Redacting Perpetrator Information
Department of Justice · Brad Edwards · Brittany Henderson
confirmed
2025-12-20Defense Secretary Hegseth Orders 'Operation Hawkeye Strike': Massive Retaliatory Strikes Against ISIS in Syria
Pete Hegseth · Donald Trump · Edgar Brian Torres-Tovar · William Nathaniel Howard · +2
reported
2025-12-20DOJ Removes 15+ Epstein Files After Release, Including Trump-Maxwell Photo
Department of Justice · Donald Trump · Ghislaine Maxwell · Jeffrey Epstein · +1
confirmed
2025-12-20Marjorie Taylor Greene Explores Motion to Vacate Johnson Over ACA Dispute and Leadership Failures
Marjorie Taylor Greene · Mike Johnson · Donald Trump · Hakeem Jeffries · +1
reported
2025-12-19Bipartisan Lawmakers Accuse DOJ of Violating Epstein Files Transparency Act
Ro Khanna · Thomas Massie · Chuck Schumer · Marjorie Taylor Greene · +4
confirmed
2025-12-19DHS Releases Year-End Report Claiming 'Most Secure Border in History' While Touting 2.5 Million Departures and Record Drug Seizures
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) · Kristi Noem · Donald Trump · U.S. Customs and Border Protection · +3
confirmed
2025-12-19DHS Secretary Noem Suspends Diversity Visa Lottery Program Following Brown University Mass Shooting
Kristi Noem · Donald Trump · Marco Rubio · Claudio Manuel Neves Valente
reported
2025-12-19DOJ Releases Heavily Redacted Epstein Files, 550+ Pages Completely Blacked Out
Department of Justice · Todd Blanche · Pam Bondi · Jeffrey Epstein · +1
confirmed
2025-12-19Epstein Victims' Attorneys Confirm DOJ Released Zero Financial Documents
Brad Edwards · Brittany Henderson · Department of Justice · Jeffrey Epstein
confirmed
2025-12-19Noem Increases Self-Deportation Incentive to $3,000, Promotes 'Home for the Holidays'
Kristi Noem · DHS (Department of Homeland Security) · U.S. Customs and Border Protection
confirmed
2025-12-19Supreme Court Rejects Trump Administration Emergency Request to Silence Immigration Judges, First Major Loss on Shadow Docket
Supreme Court of the United States · Donald Trump · National Association of Immigration Judges (NAIJ) · Department of Justice · +4
confirmed
2025-12-18Border Patrol Academy Reaches Highest Enrollment Since 2009 With 1,100 Trainees as Trump Administration Militarizes Enforcement Training
U.S. Border Patrol · U.S. Customs and Border Protection · Donald Trump · Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
confirmed
2025-12-18DOJ's Secret "Confidential MOUs" for Voter Purges Exposed by States and Journalists
Department of Justice · Colorado Secretary of State · Wisconsin · Texas · +4
confirmed
2025-12-18FY 2026 NDAA Repeals 1991 and 2002 Iraq AUMFs — First War-Authorization Repeal Since 1971 Serves as Cover for Capture-Relevant Bundle
U.S. Congress · 119th Congress · Tim Kaine · Todd Young · +3
confirmed
2025-12-18FY 2026 NDAA Section 1085 Eliminates Congressional Notification for AUKUS Defense Trade, DDTC Final Rule Effective December 30
U.S. Congress · 119th Congress · Senate Armed Services Committee · House Armed Services Committee · +6
confirmed
2025-12-18FY 2026 NDAA Section 8335 Codifies EO 14033 Western Balkans Sanctions, Creates Regulatory Frame Around Kushner Belgrade/Sazan Architecture
U.S. Congress · 119th Congress · Senate Foreign Relations Committee · Jeanne Shaheen · +14
confirmed
2025-12-18FY 2026 NDAA Section 8366 Establishes Nuclear Export Working Group, Builds Bureaucratic Infrastructure for U.S.-Saudi Civil Nuclear Agreement
U.S. Congress · 119th Congress · Senate Armed Services Committee · House Armed Services Committee · +6
confirmed
2025-12-18FY 2026 NDAA Sections 1651-1652 Codify Trump Golden Dome Missile Defense Policy, Lock In 2,440-Vendor Ecosystem Including SpaceX $2B Satellite Constellation
U.S. Congress · 119th Congress · Senate Armed Services Committee · House Armed Services Committee · +10
confirmed
2025-12-18Johnson Sends House Home for Recess, Delays ACA Subsidy Vote Despite Democratic Demands
Mike Johnson · Hakeem Jeffries · Steve Scalise · Pete Aguilar · +2
reported
2025-12-17ACA Subsidies Discharge Petition Reaches 218 Signatures as Four Republicans Defy Leadership
Brian Fitzpatrick · Mike Lawler · Rob Bresnahan · Ryan Mackenzie · +4
reported
2025-12-17Senate Passes $901 Billion Defense Bill with Unprecedented Oversight Provisions Targeting Hegseth
Pete Hegseth · Donald Trump · Tim Kaine · Frank Bradley · +3
confirmed
2025-12-17Trump Announces Naval 'Blockade' of Venezuelan Oil Tankers, Designates Government as Terrorist Organization
Donald Trump · Marco Rubio · Venezuela · US Navy
confirmed
2025-12-16Border Patrol Chief Bovino Returns to Chicago, Promises Federal Agents 'For Years'
Gregory Bovino · U.S. Border Patrol · DHS (Department of Homeland Security)
confirmed
2025-12-16California Governor Newsom Launches Official State Website Tracking Trump's "Top 10 Criminal Cronies" as Direct Political Confrontation Escalates
Gavin Newsom · Donald Trump · Changpeng Zhao · Ross Ulbricht · +7
confirmed
2025-12-16House Judiciary Subcommittee Hearing Exposes How Trump Administration Corrupted DOJ Antitrust Enforcement Through Pay-to-Play Schemes and Political Interference
Jamie Raskin · Roger P. Alford · Pam Bondi · Chad Mizelle · +15
reported
2025-12-16ICE Launches Operation Buckeye in Ohio, Targeting Afghan Refugees Who Fled Taliban and Entered Through Legal CBP One Program
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · Donald Trump · Andrew Ginther · Elaine Bryant · +4
confirmed
2025-12-15Congress Repeals Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act via FY 2026 NDAA Language After Al-Khayyat Brothers' Trump-Adjacent Lobbying Campaign
Moutaz Al-Khayyat · Ramez Al-Khayyat · Mohamad Al-Khayyat · Power International Holding · +7
confirmed
2025-12-15Federal Workers Collective Bargaining Bill Passes via Discharge Petition 231-195
Don Bacon · Mike Johnson · Donald Trump
confirmed
2025-12-15Pentagon Reports 82 Killed in 21 Strikes During Operation Southern Spear
Pentagon · Human Rights Watch
confirmed
2025-12-15Seven Die in ICE Custody in December, Four Within Four Days, Deadliest Year Since 2004
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · Jean Wilson Brutus · Fouad Saeed Abdulkadir · +1
confirmed
2025-12-14ICE Detention Population Hits All-Time Record of 68,400 -- 75% Increase Since January
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · Department of Homeland Security · Donald Trump · Kristi Noem
confirmed
2025-12-13VA Plans to Eliminate 35,000 Healthcare Positions Despite Record Veteran Enrollment
Department of Veterans Affairs · Richard Blumenthal
confirmed
2025-12-12DOJ Expands Voter Data Seizure Campaign to 18 States, Demanding Social Security Numbers and Driver's Licenses
Department of Justice · Harmeet Dhillon · Jena Griswold · Bill Galvin · +5
reported
2025-12-12House Committee Releases 100,000 Epstein Estate Photos Showing Trump, Bannon, Clinton, Gates
U.S. House Oversight Committee · Donald Trump · Steve Bannon · Bill Clinton · +4
confirmed
2025-12-12Thiel-Backed Quantum Systems Wins $246M German Army Contract for 520 Falke Surveillance Drones
Quantum Systems · Peter Thiel · Thiel Capital · German Bundeswehr · +2
confirmed
2025-12-11DHS Secretary Noem Confronted Over Veteran Deportations in Contentious Congressional Hearing
Kristi Noem · Seth Magaziner · Sae Joon Park · Jim Brown · +2
reported
2025-12-11Federal Reserve Board Unanimously Reappoints Regional Bank Presidents in 'Trump-Proofing' Move
Federal Reserve Board · Jerome Powell · Stephen Miran
confirmed
2025-12-11Stephen Miller Attacks 1965 Civil Rights Immigration Law, Suggests America Better Off with 1920s Racial Quotas
Stephen Miller · Donald Trump · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
confirmed
2025-12-10Danish Intelligence Labels United States a Potential Security Threat for First Time
Danish Defense Intelligence Service · Donald Trump
confirmed
2025-12-10DOJ Leaders Attack Federal Judges for Disqualifying Lindsey Halligan as Unlawfully Appointed U.S. Attorney
Pam Bondi · Todd Blanche · Lindsey Halligan · Judge Cameron McGowan Currie · +4
reported
2025-12-10Judge Berman Orders Release of Epstein 2019 Grand Jury Records, Reversing Earlier Decision
Judge Richard M. Berman · Department of Justice · Jeffrey Epstein · Ghislaine Maxwell · +2
reported
2025-12-10Trump Intervenes in Netflix-Warner Bros Antitrust Review, Favoring Politically Connected Paramount
Donald Trump · Netflix · Warner Bros. Discovery · Paramount · +3
reported
2025-12-09"Remigration" - White Nationalist Term Becomes Official Trump Administration Policy Language
Donald Trump · Stephen Miller
confirmed
2025-12-09Department of Justice Eliminates 50-Year-Old Disparate Impact Standard from Civil Rights Enforcement, Requiring Proof of Intentional Discrimination
Pam Bondi · Harmeet Dhillon · Department of Justice
confirmed
2025-12-09FBI Director Kash Patel Signs Qatar Security Agreements Despite Recent Lobbying History and Ethics Waiver Controversy
Kash Patel · Qatar government · Craig Holman · Public Citizen · +1
reported
2025-12-09Federal Judge Orders Release of Ghislaine Maxwell Grand Jury Materials Under Epstein Files Transparency Act
Paul Engelmayer · Ghislaine Maxwell · Department of Justice · Donald Trump · +1
reported
2025-12-09Third Federal Judge Calls for Lindsey Halligan's Resignation as Unlawfully Appointed U.S. Attorney
Leonie Brinkema · Lindsey Halligan · Alina Habba · James Comey · +3
reported
2025-12-08Alina Habba Resigns as U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Following Appeals Court Ruling
Alina Habba · Pam Bondi · Donald Trump · Desiree Grace · +1
reported
2025-12-08Federal Judge Orders Top DOJ Officials to Testify in Criminal Contempt Inquiry Over Secret Alien Enemies Act Deportations That Defied Court Order
James Boasberg · Drew Ensign · Erez Reuveni · Kristi Noem · +2
confirmed
2025-12-08Human Rights Groups Document Systematic Torture at Fort Bliss Immigration Detention Facility: 45+ Detainees Report Beatings, Sexual Abuse, Crushed Testicles, and Coerced Deportations
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · American Civil Liberties Union · Human Rights Watch · +3
confirmed
2025-12-08Paramount Skydance Launches $108.4 Billion Hostile Takeover Bid for Warner Bros. Discovery with Saudi, Qatari, and UAE Backing
David Ellison · Larry Ellison · Saudi Public Investment Fund · Qatar Investment Authority · +12
reported
2025-12-08ProPublica Reveals Trump Committed Same Mortgage Fraud He Now Calls Criminal
Donald Trump · Bill Pulte · ProPublica · Merrill Lynch · +1
reported
2025-12-08State Department Revokes Record 85,000 Visas Including 8,000 Student Visas Since January, More Than Double 2024 Rate
State Department · U.S. Department of Homeland Security
confirmed
2025-12-08Supreme Court Signals Intent to Overturn 90-Year Precedent Protecting Independent Agency Leaders from Presidential Firing, Expanding Executive Power
U.S. Supreme Court · Donald Trump · Rebecca Slaughter · John Roberts · +4
confirmed
2025-12-08Trump Administration Fires Nearly 100 Immigration Judges in Ideological Purge Targeting Immigrant Defense Backgrounds While Court Backlog Exceeds 3.4 Million Cases
Department of Justice · Executive Office for Immigration Review · Tania Nemer · Kyra Lilien · +2
confirmed
2025-12-07ICE Data Reveals 75,000 Arrests Had No Criminal History in Quota-Driven Dragnet
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · Stephen Miller · DHS (Department of Homeland Security) · Deportation Data Project · +3
confirmed
2025-12-07Judge Blocks DOJ from Using Evidence Seized from Comey's Attorney in Fourth Amendment Ruling
Colleen Kollar-Kotelly · Daniel Richman · James Comey · Department of Justice · +4
reported
2025-12-07Trump Criticizes Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar for Not Switching Parties After Pardon
Donald Trump · Henry Cuellar · U.S. Department of Justice
reported
2025-12-06National Park Service Removes MLK Day and Juneteenth from Fee-Free Days, Adds Trump's Birthday
Interior Department · National Park Service · Donald Trump · Doug Burgum · +6
confirmed
2025-12-06National Weather Service Enters Winter With Critical Staffing Crisis After DOGE Purge
National Weather Service · NOAA · Elon Musk · Department of Government Efficiency · +3
confirmed
2025-12-06Trump DOT waives $11 million Southwest Airlines fine, dismantling corporate accountability
Trump Administration · Sean Duffy · Department of Transportation · Southwest Airlines · +2
confirmed
2025-12-06Trump Issues Memo Ordering Comprehensive Review of Childhood Vaccine Schedule, Elevating Political Control Over Medical Science
Donald Trump · Robert F. Kennedy Jr. · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · +3
confirmed
2025-12-06Trump Pardons Sports Executive Tim Leiweke After Golf Conversation With Trey Gowdy
Donald Trump · Tim Leiweke · Trey Gowdy · Oak View Group · +1
reported
2025-12-05ACIP Chair Admits Vaccine Panel Members Feel Like "Puppets on a String," Exposing Political Manipulation
Dr. Kirk Milhoan · Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices · Robert F. Kennedy Jr. · Dr. Cody Meissner · +3
confirmed
2025-12-05CDC Panel Ends Universal Hepatitis B Vaccination for Newborns After RFK Jr. Reconstitutes Committee
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · Robert F. Kennedy Jr. · Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices · American Academy of Pediatrics · +3
confirmed
2025-12-05Federal Judge Orders Release of Epstein Grand Jury Materials from 2005-2007 Florida Investigations
Rodney Smith · Donald Trump · Pam Bondi · Todd Blanche · +3
reported
2025-12-05NPR First Amendment Lawsuit Against Trump Reaches Pivotal Court Hearing on Retaliatory Funding Cuts
NPR · Donald Trump · Trump Administration · U.S. District Judge Randolph D. Moss · +11
confirmed
2025-12-05RFK Jr.'s Reconstituted CDC Panel Votes to Roll Back Newborn Hepatitis B Vaccine Recommendation
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices · Donald Trump · +1
confirmed
2025-12-05Supreme Court Grants Review of Trump's Birthright Citizenship Challenge, Setting Stage for Constitutional Crisis
U.S. Supreme Court · Donald Trump · D. John Sauer · American Civil Liberties Union · +5
disputed
2025-12-05Trump Official Signals Rollback of Census Racial Categories to Erase Marginalized Communities from Federal Data
Mark Calabria · Office of Management and Budget · U.S. Census Bureau · Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights · +2
reported
2025-12-04Admiral Reveals Boat Strike Survivors Were Waving Before Execution; Hegseth Refuses to Release Video Evidence
Admiral Frank Bradley · Pete Hegseth · Senator Jack Reed · Representative Jim Himes · +3
reported
2025-12-04American Alliance for Equal Rights Sues Hispanic Scholarship Fund Seeking to Eliminate Race-Conscious Scholarships
American Alliance for Equal Rights · Edward Blum · Hispanic Scholarship Fund · U.S. District Court for D.C.
confirmed
2025-12-04Amnesty International documents torture and enforced disappearances at "Alligator Alcatraz" and Krome detention facilities
Amnesty International · Amy Fischer · Ana Piquer · Ron DeSantis · +5
confirmed
2025-12-04Appeals Court Halts Removal of National Guard from Washington DC, Preserving Militarized Presence in Capital
U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit · Donald Trump · Judge Jia Cobb · U.S. District Court for D.C. · +2
confirmed
2025-12-04Bondi Directive Weaponizes Tax Enforcement Against Groups Labeled "Antifa"
Pam Bondi · U.S. Department of Justice · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Internal Revenue Service · +6
reported