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How court cases, rivalries, companies and disasters unfolded, one dated event at a time. Each event links to the record it comes from.
Nicolás Maduro
Donald Trump
How the Maduro and Trump confrontation unfolded
Across two Trump terms the United States moved from sanctions on Nicolás Maduro and his government to recognising a rival interim president, indicting Maduro and, in January 2026, seizing him in Caracas. Maduro has pleaded not guilty in a New York federal court, including to a torture conspiracy charge added in October 2026, and his lawyers argue he is immune from prosecution as a head of state.
Unfolding now
Ongoing timelines, most recently active firstTheranos
Theranos was a blood-testing company founded by Elizabeth Holmes in 2003 that said its devices could run a wide range of tests on a few drops of blood. It raised more tha...
Yoon Suk Yeol martial law case
Prosecutors charged Yoon as the ringleader of an insurrection, alleging that he declared unlawful emergency martial law, mobilised the military and police to blockade the...
Maduro vs Trump
Across two Trump terms the United States moved from sanctions on Nicolás Maduro and his government to recognising a rival interim president, indicting Maduro and, in Janu...
Najib Razak 1MDB and SRC cases
Prosecutors charged that Najib abused his position and committed criminal breach of trust and money laundering over RM42 million of SRC International funds paid into his ...
Wirecard fraud case
Munich I public prosecutors allege that Braun and others included revenue from third-party acquirer business that did not exist in Wirecard's 2015 to 2018 consolidat...
Boeing
Boeing began in Seattle in 1916 as Pacific Aero Products and grew into a major maker of commercial jets and a defence and space contractor. Two fatal 737 MAX crashes in 2...
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31 OctoberRivalries
All 3 →Maduro vs Trump
Across two Trump terms the United States moved from sanctions on Nicolás Maduro and his government to recognising a rival interim president, indicting Maduro and, in Janu...
Musk vs Trump
Elon Musk went from quitting Donald Trump's advisory councils in 2017 to endorsing him in 2024 and leading the Department of Government Efficiency. The two split pub...
Ruto vs Gachagua
William Ruto chose Rigathi Gachagua as his running mate in 2022, and the pair won the presidency. After a public break in 2024, Parliament impeached and removed Gachagua,...
Court cases
All 45 →Yoon Suk Yeol martial law case
Prosecutors charged Yoon as the ringleader of an insurrection, alleging that he declared unlawful emergency martial law, mobilised the military and police to blockade the...
Najib Razak 1MDB and SRC cases
Prosecutors charged that Najib abused his position and committed criminal breach of trust and money laundering over RM42 million of SRC International funds paid into his ...
Wirecard fraud case
Munich I public prosecutors allege that Braun and others included revenue from third-party acquirer business that did not exist in Wirecard's 2015 to 2018 consolidat...
Companies
All 8 →Theranos
Theranos was a blood-testing company founded by Elizabeth Holmes in 2003 that said its devices could run a wide range of tests on a few drops of blood. It raised more tha...
Boeing
Boeing began in Seattle in 1916 as Pacific Aero Products and grew into a major maker of commercial jets and a defence and space contractor. Two fatal 737 MAX crashes in 2...
Meta Platforms
Meta began as Facebook, a social network launched by Mark Zuckerberg and classmates in 2004, and went public on Nasdaq in 2012. It bought Instagram and WhatsApp and renam...
Incidents
All 8 →Lahaina wildfire
On August 8, 2023, a fire started by broken power lines in Lahaina, Maui, was reported contained in the morning but rekindled in the afternoon and spread through the town...
Surfside condo collapse
Early on June 24, 2021, much of the 12 story Champlain Towers South condominium in Surfside, Florida, collapsed, killing 98 people. NIST opened a National Construction Sa...
East Palestine derailment
On February 3, 2023, a Norfolk Southern freight train derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, and tank cars carrying hazardous materials were involved in a fire. Three days lat...