The Standing Record

This is the Standing Record for July 31, 2026. Nothing new from July 30, 2026, but we added 15 events that erode our democratic ideals from earlier dates to the archive — 846 so far this month, 1396 in total. If you saw something happen — yesterday, or any other day — that belongs here, send it to our tip line.

This day in history

We haven't recorded anything for July 30, 2026 yet, so we thought it would be fun to take a look back in history.

As it turns out, the archive holds nothing from any prior July 30 either — a quiet date all around.

Filling out the archive

We're steadily backfilling the archive — working backward through the record so the timeline is complete, not just current. These are older events we archived yesterday. If you know of something from months or years back that belongs here, send it to our tip line.

• May 15, 2025 — Trump administration pressured Secret Service to warrantlessly surveil Comey after 'seashells' post
• June 25, 2025 — Kennedy froze U.S. contributions to Gavi vaccine alliance, withholding $600 million in appropriated funds
• August 14, 2025 — U.S. Border Patrol staged politically motivated show of force at Gov. Newsom's press conference
• November 13, 2025 — Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins certified prejudicial ballot summary for congressional redistricting referendum
• January 21, 2026 — TSA Acting Administrator McNeill falsely told Congress TSA does not send passenger data to ICE; FOIA-obtained agreement showed it does
• March 14, 2026 — U.S. Border Patrol and ICE detained Canadian mother and her 7-year-old autistic daughter for 19 days despite valid work visa
• March 18, 2026 — FBI Director Kash Patel admitted under oath that FBI buys Americans' location data from brokers without a warrant
• March 18, 2026 — NPR investigation revealed ICE collected DNA samples from protesters arrested at immigration enforcement operations without related charges
• March 20, 2026 — ICE detained breastfeeding Nashville mother with valid work permit, denied her release
• May 25, 2026 — ICE agents threw a nurse to the ground during Delaney Hall protest, fracturing her kneecap
• July 6, 2026 — New Mexico CYFD dismissed foster teen's case mid-hearing and directed him to walk alone across the Mexico border
• July 10, 2026 — ICE published draft detention contracts declaring state law 'shall not apply' at four facilities
• July 26, 2026 — Seattle Police Department withheld shooting information for five hours and gave reporter an altered version of chief's schedule
• July 29, 2026 — Trump resumed Iran airstrikes after five-day pause, again defying bicameral war-powers resolution
• July 29, 2026 — Florida AG Uthmeier opened investigation into Fauci hours after Fifth Amendment invocation, despite 2025 grand jury finding no applicable crime

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