Timeline by period
469 events in date order, in six periods. Each event cites its source.
- 1913 to 1944Money and emergency powersThe Federal Reserve Act, the 1933 gold order, Executive Order 9066, and the start of the Tuskegee study.8 events · 4 stories
- 1945 to 1974Secret programsRadiation and germ tests on people who were not told, MKULTRA, COINTELPRO, the Tonkin Gulf Resolution, and the end of the gold standard.27 events · 6 stories
- 1975 to 2000Investigations and deregulationThe Church Committee, the secret surveillance court, Iran-Contra and its pardons, Waco, and the repeal of Glass-Steagall.48 events · 15 stories
- 2001 to 2012After September 11Warrantless surveillance and the Patriot Act, the Iraq war, Kelo, and the 2008 bailouts.58 events · 20 stories
- 2013 to 2019The disclosuresThe Snowden documents, the Senate torture report, Flint, Ferguson, and the 2018 bank rollback.59 events · 15 stories
- 2020 to today2020 to todaySection 702 searches, license plate cameras, data center deals, private equity in housing, deaths in ICE custody, and the Epstein files.269 events · 79 stories