Chronicle

The timeline

The chronicle is the dated spine of this site: every confirmation, resignation, firing, and major decision, in order, each entry sourced. Recent entries in the record:

• April 2, 2026 — Attorney General Pam Bondi is fired; Todd Blanche serves as acting Attorney General.
• May 13, 2026 — Kevin Warsh is confirmed as Chair of the Federal Reserve (54–45); he takes office May 22. Jerome Powell remains a Governor.
• March 23–24, 2026 — Markwayne Mullin is confirmed as Secretary of Homeland Security (54–45) and sworn in, succeeding Kristi Noem.
• June 1, 2026 — David Venturella becomes acting ICE Director; the office has had no Senate-confirmed director since the Obama era.
• August 2026 — A confirmation wave: Todd Blanche as Attorney General (Aug 8), Jay Clayton as Director of National Intelligence (Aug 3), Christopher Phelan as CEA Chair (Aug 7). Marco Rubio’s National Security Advisor role is made permanent in September.
• September 16, 2026 — The Warsh Federal Reserve raises rates 25 basis points to 3.75–4.00%, against the President’s stated demand for cuts.
• September 30, 2026 — Keith Sonderling is confirmed as Secretary of Labor (47–41), succeeding Lori Chavez-DeRemer, who resigned in April amid an inspector-general investigation she denied wrongdoing in.
• October 2026 — The Press Secretary chair sits vacant: Karoline Leavitt departed in August; her announced successor, Katie Zacharia, held one briefing week in mid-October and was out within days. No successor has been named.

The full timeline back to January 20, 2025 is being assembled from the White House wire and the confirmation record.