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
2025-03-12EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin Announces Historic Rollback of 31 Pollution Rules
Lee Zeldin · Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · Donald Trump · +3
confirmed
2025-03-12EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin Eliminates Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights
Lee Zeldin · Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · Donald Trump · +1
confirmed
2025-03-12Johnson says Congress will investigate attacks against Tesla owners, vehicles
Mike Johnson · Elon Musk · Marjorie Taylor Greene · Donald Trump
confirmed
2025-03-12Justice Department Significantly Downsizes Public Corruption Investigation Unit
Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Pam Bondi · Eric Adams · +1
confirmed
2025-03-12Trump Raises Steel and Aluminum Tariffs to 25% on All Countries, Eliminating All Exemptions; EU and Canada Retaliate
Donald Trump · European Commission · Justin Trudeau · Trump Administration
confirmed
2025-03-12Trump Turns White House Lawn into Tesla Showroom, Purchases Model S to Support Musk
Donald Trump · Elon Musk · White House Staff
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2025-03-11DHS Awards $200 Million Ad Contract to Republican Firms Without Full Competitive Bidding
Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Kristi Noem · Jay Connaughton · +1
confirmed
2025-03-11Education Department announces 50% workforce reduction
Linda McMahon · U.S. Department of Education · Trump Administration
confirmed
2025-03-11FAA Reviews Verizon Contract Amid Starlink Competition
Elon Musk · Donald Trump · Verizon Communications · SpaceX · +1
confirmed
2025-03-11Greenland Election Produces New Government Rejecting Trump Acquisition Demands
Jens-Frederik Nielsen · Mute Egede · Donald Trump
confirmed
2025-03-11Judge Cooper rules DOGE subject to FOIA due to "unusual secrecy" and "substantial authority"
Judge Christopher Cooper · Department of Government Efficiency · Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington · Elon Musk
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2025-03-11Musk Pledges $100M to Trump Political Operation
Elon Musk · Donald Trump · Trump Administration
confirmed
2025-03-11SEC Revokes Staff's Investigative Authority, Requiring Direct Commissioner Approval
Donald Trump · Mark Uyeda · Hester Peirce · Caroline Crenshaw
confirmed
2025-03-11Trump calls Tesla boycott ‘illegal’ and says he’s buying one to support Musk
Donald Trump · Trump Administration
confirmed
2025-03-11Trump turns the White House lawn into a Tesla showroom
Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Elon Musk · Tesla
confirmed
2025-03-10Amazon pays $40 million for Melania documentary in apparent quid pro quo arrangement
Amazon · Jeff Bezos · Melania Trump · Donald Trump · +1
confirmed
2025-03-10CIVICUS places U.S. on democracy watchlist
CIVICUS Monitor · United States
confirmed
2025-03-10Constitutional Defense Legal Strategy War Room Established
Constitutional Law Experts · Strategic Litigation Team · Legal Research Consortium · Democracy 2025 · +2
confirmed
2025-03-10It's 'shoot first and ask questions later' as DOGE tries to dismantle CFPB: Official
Department of Government Efficiency · Consumer Financial Protection Bureau · Donald Trump · Trump Administration · +1
confirmed
2025-03-10Legal Resistance Network Litigation Summit
National Association of Attorneys General · State Attorney General Networks · Civil Liberties Organizations · Constitutional Litigation Experts
confirmed
2025-03-10National Legal Defense Fund Established to Defend Nonprofits and Democracy
Democracy Forward · Lawyers for Good Government · MacArthur Foundation · Kenneth Rainin Foundation · +10
confirmed
2025-03-10Pro Bono Legal Support Network Expansion
Pro Bono Defense Network · Legal Aid Organizations · Constitutional Rights Funding Coalition · Pro Bono Net · +1
confirmed
2025-03-10Strategic Litigation Coordination Summit: Multi-State Legal Resistance
State Attorney General Networks · American Civil Liberties Union · Civil Liberties Defense Center · New Civil Liberties Alliance · +1
confirmed
2025-03-0928-year-old political operative appointed ICE Deputy Director despite lacking required experience
Madison Sheahan · Kristi Noem · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · U.S. Department of Homeland Security
confirmed
2025-03-09Chinese Investors Secretly Invest Millions in Elon Musk's Private Companies
Elon Musk · Chinese Investors · SpaceX
confirmed
2025-03-09CIVICUS reports U.S. civic freedoms in decline, democracy at risk
CIVICUS Monitor · United States · International civil society organizations
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2025-03-08Trump's Justice Department fires head of organized crime drug task force
Donald Trump · Adam Cohen · Todd Blanche
confirmed
2025-03-07Bondi Fires DOJ Pardon Attorney Who Refused to Restore Mel Gibson's Gun Rights at Trump's Request
Pam Bondi · Elizabeth Oyer · Mel Gibson · Donald Trump
confirmed
2025-03-07Crypto giant Tether CEO on cooperating with Trump administration: ‘We’ve never been shady’
Donald Trump · Trump Administration
confirmed
2025-03-07Elon Musk's Starlink Expands Rapidly in Federal Government Infrastructure
Elon Musk · SpaceX · Starlink · Donald Trump · +4
confirmed
2025-03-07FCC Grants Starlink Controversial Direct-to-Cell Service Approval at Higher Power Levels
Elon Musk · Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Jay Schwarz · +1
confirmed
2025-03-07SpaceX Confirms Starlink Loan Agreement with FAA for Infrastructure Testing
Elon Musk · SpaceX · Federal Aviation Administration · L3Harris Technologies · +2
confirmed
2025-03-07Trump Sends Letter to Khamenei Demanding Nuclear Negotiations with 60-Day Deadline
Donald Trump · Ali Khamenei · United Arab Emirates
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2025-03-06Cabinet Meeting Explodes as Rubio and Duffy Clash with Musk Over DOGE Cuts
Elon Musk · Marco Rubio · Sean Duffy · Donald Trump · +1
confirmed
2025-03-06Federal layoffs surge to 62,530 in first two months as DOGE cuts dominate
Department of Government Efficiency · Elon Musk · Federal Agencies · Challenger Gray & Christmas
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2025-03-06Trump Issues Border Tariff Executive Orders Using Drug Enforcement Pretext
Donald Trump · Trump Administration
confirmed
2025-03-05Musk's America PAC launches $1 million TV ad buy touting Trump's first 6 weeks in office
Donald Trump · Elon Musk · America PAC
confirmed
2025-03-05Scale AI Wins Pentagon "Thunderforge" Contract for AI Military Planning, Partnering with Anduril
Scale AI · Alexandr Wang · Pentagon · Defense Innovation Unit · +2
confirmed
2025-03-05Trump issues ethics waiver allowing crypto czar David Sacks to retain investments
David Sacks · White House · David Warrington · Sen. Elizabeth Warren · +2
confirmed
2025-03-04DAEO Ethics Waiver Abrogates Patel's One-Year Qatar Recusal 12 Days After FBI Confirmation
Kash Patel · Jolene A. Lauria · Department of Justice · Federal Bureau of Investigation · +5
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2025-03-04People are paying millions to dine with Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago
Donald Trump · Trump Administration
confirmed
2025-03-03Consumer watchdog payouts in limbo as agency is defanged by Trump administration
Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Russell Vought
confirmed
2025-03-03DOGE Demands $4 Million from OPM for Workforce Reduction Planning
Elon Musk · Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Office of Personnel Management
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2025-03-03Trump Raises China Tariffs to 20 Percent Using Synthetic Opioid Justification
Donald Trump · Trump Administration
confirmed
2025-03-02Trump Establishes Strategic Crypto Reserve, Expanding U.S. Digital Asset Strategy
Donald Trump · Trump Administration · U.S. Treasury Department · U.S. Department of Commerce
confirmed
2025-03-01Abu Dhabi MGX commits $2 billion to Trump's WLF stablecoin
Abu Dhabi MGX · World Liberty Financial · Donald Trump
confirmed
2025-03-01Commerce Department changes broadband policies benefiting Starlink up to $20B
Howard Lutnick · U.S. Department of Commerce · Elon Musk · Starlink
confirmed
2025-03-01FAA approves 4,000 Starlink terminals worth $400 million
Federal Aviation Administration · Starlink · Tesla · State Department · +1
confirmed
2025-03-01Federal Agencies Fire 62,530 Workers in Two Months - 41,311% Increase Over 2024
Trump Administration · Office of Personnel Management · Department of Interior · forest-service · +2
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2025-03-01Federal candidates asked to confirm January 6 'inside job' and 2020 'stolen'
Trump Administration · Office of Personnel Management · Federal Agencies
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2025-03-01Federal job applicants required to write MAGA loyalty essays
Trump Administration · Office of Personnel Management · Federal Agencies
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2025-03-01HBO Documentary Exposes Systematic Corruption Through FBI Wiretaps of Officials
Alex Gibney (filmmaker) · HBO · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Unnamed officials (wiretapped)
confirmed
2025-03-01Investigation Finds 58% of Accounts Supporting Far-Right Portuguese Parties Were Fake
Cyabra (investigator) · Far-right Portuguese parties · Fake account networks · Russian disinformation operations
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2025-03-01Project 2025 Authors Fill Key Administration Positions
Brendan Carr · Tom Homan · Linda McMahon · Karoline Leavitt · +3
confirmed
2025-03-01SEC offers $50,000 buyouts to staff investigating Elon Musk
Securities and Exchange Commission · Elon Musk
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2025-03-01Trump crypto ventures generate $350 million through March 2025
Donald Trump · World Liberty Financial · CIC Digital LLC
confirmed
2025-02-28Multiple international democracy research groups declare U.S. in democratic crisis
Freedom House · V-Dem Institute · International IDEA · Varieties of Democracy Project · +1
confirmed
2025-02-28SEC pauses Justin Sun investigation after $75M Trump investment
Securities and Exchange Commission · Justin Sun · World Liberty Financial
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2025-02-28Trump Misses Transition Donor Disclosure Deadline, Declines Federal Funding
Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Susie Wiles · General Services Administration
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2025-02-27Attorney General Bondi Releases First Phase of Declassified Epstein Files, Initiating Multi-Phase Document Releases Through November 2025
Pamela Bondi · Jeffrey Epstein · Department of Justice · Donald Trump · +1
confirmed
2025-02-27Bondi and Patel Stage Epstein Files Photo Op with Conservative Influencers — Contents Already Public
Pam Bondi · Kash Patel · Donald Trump
confirmed
2025-02-27CFPB Drops Major Lawsuits Against Capital One and Other Financial Firms
Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Russell Vought · Jonathan McKernan · +5
confirmed
2025-02-27EIU Democracy Index 2024 Reports Historic Low in Global Democracy Score
Economist Intelligence Unit · Global Democracy Researchers · International Political Analysts
confirmed
2025-02-27SEC Declares Meme Coins Not Subject to Securities Regulations
Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Securities and Exchange Commission · SEC Division of Corporation Finance
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2025-02-27US SEC, Tron founder Justin Sun explore resolution of civil fraud case
Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Justin Sun · Securities and Exchange Commission
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2025-02-27White House Stages Theatrical "Phase 1" Epstein Files Release
Trump Administration · Pam Bondi
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2025-02-26ICE arrests increase 627% in first month under Trump vs Biden era
Donald Trump · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · DHS (Department of Homeland Security) · Kristi Noem
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2025-02-26Musk's DOGE leads systematic CFPB shutdown, raising regulatory conflict concerns
Donald Trump · Elon Musk · Linda Yaccarino · Russell Vought · +5
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2025-02-26Trump order calls for creation of DOGE-linked agency payment-tracking systems
Donald Trump · Trump Administration
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2025-02-26White House Seizes Control of Press Pool, Removes Reuters and Bloomberg Alongside AP
White House · Associated Press · Reuters · Bloomberg News · +3
confirmed
2025-02-25Axon Reports $2.1 Billion Revenue for 2024, Achieving Third Consecutive Year of 30%+ Growth Through Subscription Lock-In Model
Axon · Rick Smith
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2025-02-25FAA approves 4,000 Starlink terminals, considers canceling $2.4B Verizon contract
Federal Aviation Administration · Elon Musk · SpaceX/Starlink · Department of Government Efficiency · +1
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2025-02-25Trump Administration Introduces Expansive Special Government Employee Status for Private Sector Leaders
Donald Trump · Elon Musk · Department of Government Efficiency
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2025-02-25Trump to launch 'gold card' visa program for $5 million to the rich
Donald Trump · Trump Administration
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2025-02-24SEC Closes Investigation into Robinhood Crypto Division Without Enforcement Action
Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Dan Gallagher · Robinhood Crypto Division
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2025-02-22Musk’s cost-cutting team is laying off workers at the auto safety agency overseeing his car company
Donald Trump · Trump Administration
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2025-02-22Trump Fires Joint Chiefs Chairman and Navy Chief in Unprecedented Military Purge
Donald Trump · Pete Hegseth · General Charles Q. Brown Jr. · Admiral Lisa Franchetti · +4
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2025-02-21Acting ICE Director Vitello removed for failing to meet impossible deportation quotas
Caleb Vitello · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · Donald Trump · U.S. Department of Homeland Security
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2025-02-21Attorney General Bondi Says Epstein Files "Sitting on My Desk"
Pam Bondi · John Roberts · Fox News
confirmed
2025-02-21CFPB Drops Lawsuit Against Solo Funds, Signaling Regulatory Capture
Donald Trump · Russell Vought · Travis Holoway · Lauren Saunders
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2025-02-21Coinbase says SEC intends to drop lawsuit against crypto exchange
Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Gary Gensler · Securities and Exchange Commission · +1
confirmed
2025-02-21DOGE put him in the Treasury Department. His company has federal contracts worth millions
Donald Trump · Trump Administration
confirmed
2025-02-21DOJ drops immigration discrimination case against SpaceX
Department of Justice · Elon Musk · SpaceX · Tesla
confirmed
2025-02-21Supreme Court declines to let firing of OSC chief take immediate effect
US Supreme Court · Hampton Dellinger
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2025-02-20Clearview AI CEO Hoan Ton-That Resigns Amid Facial Recognition Controversies
Hoan Ton-That · Clearview AI · Hal Lambert · Richard Schwartz · +1
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2025-02-20Consensys SEC case dropped after $100,000 inauguration donation
Consensys · Donald Trump · Securities and Exchange Commission
confirmed
2025-02-20Kyle Lutnick Appointed to Newmark Group Board as Father Becomes Commerce Secretary
Kyle Lutnick · Brandon Lutnick · Howard Lutnick · Newmark Group · +1
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2025-02-20Study Finds 50% Spike in Pregnancy-Related Sepsis and Deaths in Texas After Abortion Ban
Texas Department of Health · Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health · University of Texas
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2025-02-20X Threatens Interpublic Group with Potential Government Interference Over Ad Spending
Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Elon Musk · Linda Yaccarino · +1
confirmed
2025-02-19SpaceX Engineers Onboarded to FAA During Mass Staff Firings
Donald Trump · Elon Musk · Sean Duffy · Brady Glantz · +2
confirmed
2025-02-18The French billionaire working his Trump ties to spare his luxury empire
Donald Trump · Trump Administration
confirmed
2025-02-18Trump Administration Terminates Critical Privacy Officials at OPM, Blocking Public Information Access
Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Elon Musk · Department of Government Efficiency
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2025-02-18Trump Asserts Unitary Executive Control Over DOJ, Echoing Nixon's Saturday Night Massacre
Donald Trump · Michael C. Dorf · Department of Justice · Heritage Foundation
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2025-02-18Trump Signs Order to Claim Power Over Independent Agencies
Donald Trump · Federal Trade Commission · Securities and Exchange Commission · Federal Communications Commission · +2
confirmed
2025-02-18White House Posts "ASMR: Illegal Alien Deportation Flight" Video Packaging State Violence as Entertainment
White House · Donald Trump · deportees
confirmed
2025-02-17Coins, watches and more: A look at Trump's crypto-related ventures, by the numbers
Donald Trump · Eric Trump · Donald Trump Jr. · Barron Trump · +1
confirmed
2025-02-17DHS Launches $200M "Stronger Border, Stronger America" Ad Campaign at Trump's Direction
Kristi Noem · Donald Trump · Tricia McLaughlin · Corey Lewandowski · +5
confirmed
2025-02-17Trump Leverages Presidential Position in PGA-LIV Golf Merger Negotiations
Donald Trump · Jay Monahan · Yasir al-Rumayyan · PGA Tour · +1
confirmed
2025-02-15154,000 Federal Employees Accept Deferred Resignation Program Buyouts
Trump Administration · Office of Personnel Management · Federal employees
confirmed
2025-02-15Attorney General Bondi Establishes 'Weaponization Working Group' to Target Prosecutors
Pam Bondi · Weaponization Working Group · Department of Justice · Trump Administration
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