Year of record

2026

559 verified events recorded in 2026.

559 events From Jan 1, 2026 To May 6, 2026 Open in filter view →
DateEventLanesStatus
2026-03-10U.S. Records Sharpest Press Freedom Drop in Americas, Falls from 4th to 11th Place
Donald Trump · Inter American Press Association · Voice of America
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2026-03-10Washington Post Investigation Details How ICE Systematically Defied Court Orders During Minneapolis Enforcement Surge
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · U.S. Department of Justice · Patrick Schiltz · +1
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2026-03-10Whistleblower Alleges Ex-DOGE Staffer Stole Social Security Database on Thumb Drive
Department of Government Efficiency · U.S. Social Security Administration · Elon Musk · U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
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2026-03-09Anthropic Files Dual Federal Lawsuits Challenging Pentagon's Supply Chain Risk Designation as Unconstitutional Retaliation
Anthropic · Dario Amodei · U.S. Department of Defense · Pete Hegseth · +3
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2026-03-09DOJ Appeals Blocked Executive Orders Targeting Law Firms, Claims Judges "Bent Over Backwards" to Rule Against Trump
Donald Trump · U.S. Department of Justice · Perkins Coie · WilmerHale · +3
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2026-03-09DOJ Public Integrity Section Gutted from 36 to 2 Lawyers, Stripped of Authority to File Cases
U.S. Department of Justice · Pam Bondi · Donald Trump
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2026-03-09DOJ Pursues Retaliatory Investigations of Democratic Officials and Federal Reserve Chair
U.S. Department of Justice · Pam Bondi · Jeanine Pirro · Jerome Powell · +4
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2026-03-09DOJ Releases Additional Epstein Files After NPR Investigation Exposes Withheld Trump-Related Documents
U.S. Department of Justice · Pam Bondi · Jeffrey Epstein · Donald Trump · +1
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2026-03-09Iran Launches Missiles and Drones at Gulf Nations and US Bases in Escalating Retaliation
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps · Islamic Republic of Iran · U.S. Department of Defense · U.S. Central Command · +4
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2026-03-09Rand Paul Schedules Mullin DHS Confirmation Hearing for March 18, Signals Tough Questioning
Markwayne Mullin · Rand Paul · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
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2026-03-09Senate Democrats Demand Hegseth and Rubio Testify on Iran War, Threaten Repeated War Powers Votes
Pete Hegseth · Marco Rubio · Tim Kaine · Chris Murphy · +8
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2026-03-09Trump Sons' Drone Company Powerus Announces Nasdaq Listing via Reverse Merger with Golf Course Operator
Eric Trump · Donald Trump Jr. · Powerus Corporation · Aureus Greenway Holdings · +2
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2026-03-08Colorado Attorney General and Environmental Groups Sue EPA Over Illegal Rejection of State Clean Air Plan Protecting Coal
Phil Weiser · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · Earthjustice · Sierra Club · +2
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2026-03-08EFF and The Intercept Find OpenAI's Pentagon Deal Surveillance Guardrails Unenforceable, Warning of AI-Powered Domestic Surveillance Risk
OpenAI · Sam Altman · U.S. Department of Defense · Electronic Frontier Foundation · +1
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2026-03-08Iran Names Mojtaba Khamenei Supreme Leader After Father Killed in US-Israeli Strike
Mojtaba Khamenei · Iran Assembly of Experts · Islamic Republic of Iran · Donald Trump · +1
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2026-03-08Legal Challenges Mount Against EPA Repeal of Greenhouse Gas Endangerment Finding
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · Lee Zeldin · Donald Trump · Environmental Defense Fund · +1
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2026-03-08ProPublica Reveals Top DOJ, DOD Officials Hold Financial Interests in Sectors They Regulate
Todd Blanche · Pam Bondi · Steve Feinberg · ProPublica
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2026-03-08Trump Threatens Legislative Blockade Until Congress Passes SAVE America Voter ID Act
Donald Trump · U.S. Congress · Senate Republicans · Senate Democrats
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2026-03-07DOJ Appeals Four Court Rulings Blocking Trump Executive Orders Targeting Political Opponent Law Firms
U.S. Department of Justice · Jenner and Block · Perkins Coie · Susman Godfrey · +2
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2026-03-07ICE Tells Court Its Minnesota Deployment Has Been Reduced to 47 Deportation Officers
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement · Jeffrey Bryan · U.S. Department of Homeland Security
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2026-03-07Iran's President Apologizes for Strikes on Neighbors While IRGC Continues Independent Military Operations, Revealing Leadership Split
Masoud Pezeshkian · Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps · Iran · Abbas Araghchi · +4
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2026-03-07OpenAI Robotics Chief Caitlin Kalinowski Resigns Over Pentagon Deal, Citing Surveillance and Autonomous Weapons Concerns
OpenAI · Caitlin Kalinowski · Sam Altman · U.S. Department of Defense
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2026-03-07Stand Up for Science Holds Nationwide 'Rally to Take Back Science' at 46+ Locations
Stand Up for Science · U.S. National Institutes of Health · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · U.S. Department of Energy
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2026-03-07Trump Administration Escalates Campaign to Strip Federal Judges of Power to Block Presidential Orders
Trump Administration · U.S. Supreme Court · U.S. Department of Justice · U.S. House of Representatives
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2026-03-07Trump Hosts Shield of the Americas Summit at His Own Doral Resort, Launches Military Cartel Coalition
Donald Trump · Kristi Noem · Marco Rubio · Pete Hegseth · +1
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2026-03-07War Enters Second Week as Trump Warns Iran "Will Be Hit Very Hard" and U.S. Evacuates Citizens from Middle East
Donald Trump · U.S. Department of State · U.S. Central Command · Pete Hegseth · +2
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2026-03-0629 Congress Members Demand DOD Inspector General Investigate Commanders Framing Iran War as Biblical Armageddon
Rep. Jared Huffman · Rep. Jamie Raskin · Rep. Chrissy Houlahan · Military Religious Freedom Foundation · +2
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2026-03-06Anthropic Files Lawsuit Against Pentagon Over Unprecedented National Security Designation
Anthropic · Dario Amodei · U.S. Department of Defense · Pete Hegseth
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2026-03-06DOJ and FBI National Security Divisions Decimated by Purges as U.S. Confronts Iran War
U.S. Department of Justice · U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation · Kash Patel · Donald Trump · +1
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2026-03-06DOJ Public Integrity Section Collapses to Two Lawyers, Gutting Federal Anti-Corruption Enforcement
U.S. Department of Justice · Pam Bondi · Donald Trump · U.S. Public Integrity Section
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2026-03-06ICE Awards GardaWorld $313M Contract to Convert Surprise Arizona Warehouse Into 1,500-Bed Detention Center via DOD Procurement
GardaWorld Federal Services · ICE · Department of Homeland Security · Department of Defense · +1
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2026-03-06Post-Firing Analysis Details Five Major Controversies That Ended Noem's DHS Tenure
Kristi Noem · Donald Trump · Markwayne Mullin · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · +1
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2026-03-06Trump Demands Iran's "Unconditional Surrender," Refuses Any Negotiated End to War
Donald Trump · Karoline Leavitt · Masoud Pezeshkian · Pete Hegseth · +2
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2026-03-0524 State Attorneys General Sue Trump Over New Tariffs After Supreme Court Struck Down Previous Ones
New York Attorney General Letitia James · U.S. Court of International Trade · U.S. Supreme Court · Trump Administration
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2026-03-05Anthropic Reopens Pentagon Talks as Defense Experts Warn Blacklist Sets Dangerous Precedent for AI Safety
Anthropic · Dario Amodei · U.S. Department of Defense · Pete Hegseth · +2
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2026-03-05DOJ Releases Previously Withheld Epstein Files Containing Sexual Assault Allegations Against Trump
U.S. Department of Justice · Donald Trump · Jeffrey Epstein · Ghislaine Maxwell · +1
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2026-03-05House Judiciary Committee Passes Shut Down Sanctuary Policies Act, Threatening Federal Funding Cuts
Tom McClintock · House Judiciary Committee · U.S. House of Representatives · U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
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2026-03-05Iran Secretly Contacts CIA to Discuss End of War; Trump Says It Is "Too Late" for Talks
Donald Trump · Central Intelligence Agency · Iran · Abbas Araghchi · +3
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2026-03-05Iran's Operation True Promise IV: 500+ Ballistic Missiles and 2,000 Drones Fired in First Week of War
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps · IRGC Aerospace Force · Islamic Republic of Iran · Israel Defense Forces · +1
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2026-03-05Labor Unions and Activist Groups Escalate May Day 2026 General Strike Organizing Nationwide
AFL-CIO · Socialist Alternative · Indivisible · Labor Notes · +1
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2026-03-05OPM Proposes Rule Making Performance Primary Factor in Federal Layoffs, Replacing Seniority
OPM · AFGE · Rep. James Walkinshaw
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2026-03-05Second Minnesota Federal Judge Threatens Contempt Against Feds Over ICE Detainees' Missing Property
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement · U.S. Department of Justice · Patrick Schiltz · Jeffrey Bryan
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2026-03-05Trump Fires DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, Names Sen. Markwayne Mullin as Replacement
Donald Trump · Kristi Noem · Markwayne Mullin · U.S. Department of Homeland Security
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2026-03-05Trump Fires Kristi Noem as DHS Secretary, Nominates Sen. Markwayne Mullin as Replacement
Donald Trump · Kristi Noem · Markwayne Mullin · Corey Lewandowski · +2
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2026-03-05U.S. Strikes Target Iran's Space and Remaining Nuclear Infrastructure as Campaign Enters Second Week
U.S. Central Command · U.S. Department of Defense · Pete Hegseth · Iran · +2
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2026-03-04Democratic State AGs File Record 71 Lawsuits Against Trump Administration in First Year of Second Term
Democratic State Attorneys General · New York Attorney General Letitia James · California Attorney General Rob Bonta · American Immigration Council
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2026-03-04DHS $220 Million Self-Deportation Ad Campaign Faces Senate Scrutiny; Contracts Bypassed Competitive Bidding
Kristi Noem · John Kennedy · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · Safe America Media · +1
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2026-03-04Environmental Groups Press Legal Challenge Against EPA's Repeal of Greenhouse Gas Endangerment Finding
Earthjustice · Clean Air Task Force · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · Lee Zeldin · +1
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2026-03-04House Rejects Iran War Powers Resolution 212-219, Completing Congress's Abdication of War Authority
Mike Johnson · Thomas Massie · Warren Davidson · Jared Golden · +6
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2026-03-04Internal ICE Data Exposes Vast Inflation in DHS Deportation Figures
Kristi Noem · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
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2026-03-04Iran Strikes Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar with Ballistic Missiles, Breaching U.S. Defense Shield
Iran · Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps · U.S. Department of Defense · U.S. Central Command · +1
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2026-03-04Judge Bryan Weighs Contempt for U.S. Attorney Rosen Over ICE Property Seizures
Jeffrey Bryan · Daniel Rosen · U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement · U.S. Department of Justice
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2026-03-04OPM Data Confirms Federal Workforce Shrunk 12% Under DOGE, 386,000 Positions Eliminated
Department of Government Efficiency · Elon Musk · Donald Trump · U.S. Office of Personnel Management · +2
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2026-03-04Pentagon Claims Iran's Navy Destroyed and Senior Naval Leadership Killed in Operation Epic Fury
Pete Hegseth · U.S. Department of Defense · U.S. Central Command · Iran · +1
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2026-03-04Pentagon Formally Designates Anthropic a National Security Supply-Chain Risk, First US Company So Labeled
Anthropic · Dario Amodei · U.S. Department of Defense · Pete Hegseth · +1
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2026-03-04Pentagon Uses Banned Anthropic Claude to Select 1,000+ Iran Strike Targets While Simultaneously Blacklisting the Company
Anthropic · U.S. Department of Defense · Pete Hegseth · Donald Trump · +1
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2026-03-04Senate Formally Defeats Iran War Powers Resolution 47-53, Ceding War Authority to Trump
Tim Kaine · Chuck Schumer · Adam Schiff · Rand Paul · +5
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2026-03-04Treasury, State, and HHS Begin Phasing Out Anthropic Products Following Trump Executive Directive
Donald Trump · U.S. Department of the Treasury · U.S. Department of State · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services · +1
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2026-03-04Trump Publicly Champions Crypto Industry in Stablecoin Battle While Family Firm Profits from Same Rules
Donald Trump · Eric Trump · World Liberty Financial · U.S. Congress · +3
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2026-03-03AI Industry Super PAC Backed by OpenAI Insiders and Palantir Pours Millions Into Blocking AI-Regulation Candidate Alex Bores
OpenAI · Palantir Technologies · Greg Brockman · Joe Lonsdale · +5
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2026-03-03Anduril Raises $4 Billion at $60 Billion Valuation as Iran War Drives Defense Spending
Anduril Industries · Andreessen Horowitz · Thrive Capital · Founders Fund · +2
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2026-03-03DOJ Drops Then Rapidly Reverses Course on Law Firm Retaliation Cases in Chaotic 24-Hour Reversal
U.S. Department of Justice · Jenner and Block · Perkins Coie · WilmerHale · +2
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2026-03-03Iranian Drones Strike U.S. Embassy in Riyadh as War Spreads Across Middle East
Iran · Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps · U.S. Department of State · U.S. Department of Defense · +2
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2026-03-03Judge Bryan Holds Contempt Hearing, Warns U.S. Attorney Rosen That Imprisonment Is Not Ruled Out
Jeffrey Bryan · Daniel Rosen · David Fuller · U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement · +1
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2026-03-03Kash Patel Fires FBI Counterintelligence Unit That Tracked Iran, Days Before U.S. Strikes
Kash Patel · U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation · U.S. Department of Justice · Donald Trump
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2026-03-03Minnesota Prosecutors Open Criminal Investigation into Border Patrol Chief Bovino Over ICE Operation Abuses
Gregory Bovino · Mary Moriarty · Tom Homan · Kristi Noem · +2
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2026-03-03MRFF Documents Over 200 Complaints of Military Commanders Framing Iran War as Biblical Armageddon
Pete Hegseth · Mikey Weinstein · Military Religious Freedom Foundation · CAIR · +1
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2026-03-03New Jersey Federal Judge Threatens Criminal Contempt After ICE Violates Transfer Orders 17 Times
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement · U.S. Department of Justice · Baljinder Kumar
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2026-03-03Noem Faces Bipartisan Senate Rebuke as Tillis Calls Her Leadership "A Disaster"
Kristi Noem · Thom Tillis · John Kennedy · Dick Durbin · +4
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2026-03-03OpenAI Revises Pentagon Deal After Surveillance Loophole Backlash, Critics Remain Unconvinced
Sam Altman · OpenAI · U.S. Department of Defense · Katrina Mulligan
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2026-03-03Senate Republicans Block Four Democratic Resolutions Condemning Trump Foreign Emoluments and Crypto Conflicts
U.S. Senate · Richard Blumenthal · Brian Schatz · Senate Republican Caucus · +2
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2026-03-03Senate War Powers Resolution on Iran Fails as Republicans Defend Trump's Unauthorized War
Tim Kaine · Chuck Schumer · Adam Schiff · Rand Paul · +4
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2026-03-03White House Offers Shifting, Contradictory Rationales for Iran War as Intelligence Contradicts Claims
Donald Trump · Pete Hegseth · Marco Rubio · Steve Witkoff · +1
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2026-03-02Hennepin County Launches Transparency and Accountability Project to Investigate Federal Agents in Operation Metro Surge
Mary Moriarty · Greg Bovino · Hennepin County Attorney's Office · Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension · +2
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2026-03-02Hezbollah Launches Missiles and Drones at Israel, Triggering the 2026 Lebanon War
Hezbollah · Israel Defense Forces · Ali Khamenei · Hassan Nasrallah · +1
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2026-03-02Iran Formally Declares Strait of Hormuz "Closed," Threatening to Destroy Any Transiting Vessel
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps · Ebrahim Jabari · Islamic Republic of Iran
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2026-03-02Texas School Prayer Law SB 11 Deadline Passes; Most Districts Decline to Adopt Daily Prayer Periods
Texas Legislature · Greg Abbott · Texas school districts · ACLU of Texas · +1
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2026-02-28Evangelical End-Times Theology Shapes Trump's Iran War Decision as Hagee and Huckabee Push Biblical Case for Strikes
Donald Trump · Pete Hegseth · Mike Huckabee · John Hagee · +2
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2026-02-28Operation Epic Fury - US and Israel Launch Massive Military Strikes on Iran
Donald Trump · Pete Hegseth · Marco Rubio · CENTCOM · +3
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2026-02-27AI Industry Super PACs Deploy $125 Million to Target Pro-Regulation Candidates in 2026 Midterms
Greg Brockman · OpenAI · Andreessen Horowitz · Marc Andreessen · +5
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2026-02-27Chief Judge Schiltz Issues Written Order Documenting 210+ ICE Court Violations, Threatens Criminal Contempt
Patrick Schiltz · Todd Lyons · Daniel Rosen · U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement · +1
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2026-02-27Oman Announces Iran Agreed to Full IAEA Verification and Zero Uranium Stockpile — 24 Hours Before US Strikes
Badr bin Hamad Al Busaidi · Oman · International Atomic Energy Agency · Abbas Araghchi · +3
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2026-02-27OpenAI Strikes Pentagon Deal Hours After Trump Blacklists Anthropic, Drawing Backlash
Sam Altman · OpenAI · U.S. Department of Defense · Pete Hegseth · +1
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2026-02-27Trump Blacklists Anthropic, Designates AI Company a Supply Chain Risk to National Security
Donald Trump · Pete Hegseth · Dario Amodei · Anthropic · +1
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2026-02-27US Catholic Bishops Call Trump Birthright Citizenship Order "Affront to Catholic Teaching," File SCOTUS Brief
U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops · Donald Trump · U.S. Supreme Court · Bishop Brendan Cahill
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2026-02-26American Bitcoin Trump Family Venture Reports $59M Loss as Stock Collapses 90%
Donald Trump Jr. · Eric Trump · American Bitcoin · Hut 8
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2026-02-26Anthropic Formally Rejects Pentagon Ultimatum, Amodei Holds Red Lines on AI Safety
Dario Amodei · Anthropic · Pete Hegseth · U.S. Department of Defense
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2026-02-26Chief Judge Schiltz Threatens Criminal Contempt Against ICE After 96 Court Order Violations
Patrick Schiltz · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · Todd Lyons · Daniel Rosen · +1
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2026-02-26Hillary Clinton Gives Epstein Deposition as Boebert Leaks Classified Photo, Democrats Warn Trump Will Be Next
Hillary Clinton · James Comer · Robert Garcia · Lauren Boebert · +1
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2026-02-26Prince Andrew Arrested on Suspicion of Misconduct in Public Office
Prince Andrew · Jeffrey Epstein · Howard Lutnick · Cantor Fitzgerald · +2
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2026-02-26US-Denmark Announce "Greenland Victory" Defense Cooperation Deal with Mining Rights and Military Access
Donald Trump · Mette Frederiksen · Mute Egede · Mark Rutte · +1
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2026-02-26US-Iran Nuclear Talks in Geneva Identify "Main Elements" of Deal but No Agreement Reached
Steve Witkoff · Jared Kushner · Abbas Araghchi · Oman
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2026-02-26Warren Grills OCC Comptroller Gould on WLFI UAE Ownership Disclosure at Senate Banking Hearing
Elizabeth Warren · Jonathan Gould · Office of the Comptroller of the Currency · World Liberty Financial · +3
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2026-02-26White House Circulates Draft Emergency Order to Seize Control of Federal Elections
Donald Trump · Peter Ticktin · Abigail Jackson
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2026-02-26Witkoff and Kushner Lead Iran Nuclear Talks While Holding Massive Gulf State Financial Conflicts
Steve Witkoff · Jared Kushner · Donald Trump · Mohammed bin Salman · +4
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2026-02-25Bipartisan House Oversight Investigation Launched into DOJ Withholding of Trump-Related Epstein Files
James Comer · Robert Garcia · Pam Bondi · Department of Justice · +1
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2026-02-25Bloomberg Op-Ed Documents White Christian Nationalism Driving US Foreign Policy
Donald Trump · Pete Hegseth · Bloomberg Opinion
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2026-02-25Fired Inspectors General Testify to Congress That Trump Administration Dismantled Federal Oversight Ecosystem
Donald Trump · Department of Government Efficiency · Elon Musk · House Oversight Committee Democrats
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2026-02-25Hegseth Appeals Ruling Protecting Sen. Kelly Military Rank, Calls Video "Sedition"
Pete Hegseth · Mark Kelly · Richard Leon · U.S. Department of Defense
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2026-02-25Judge Murphy Rules Third-Country Deportation Policy Unlawful, Documents Torture Convention Violations
Brian Murphy · DHS (Department of Homeland Security) · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
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