The Standing Record

This is the Standing Record for July 13, 2026. We recorded 1 event from July 12, 2026 that erode our democratic ideals and added 48 more from earlier dates — 287 so far this month, bringing the total archive to 837. If you saw something happen — yesterday, or any other day — that belongs here, send it to our tip line.

Trump ordered fifth round of Iran strikes near Strait of Hormuz, again defying war-powers resolution

Event: July 12, 2026 Location: Washington, D.C. Jurisdiction: Federal Abuses: Bypassing Congress, Ignoring statutory requirements

On July 12, 2026, U.S. Central Command conducted a fifth distinct round of strikes on Iran, hitting drone, missile, and ammunition sites as well as surveillance and naval-operations facilities near the Strait of Hormuz at Sirik, Qeshm Island, Jask, and west of Bandar Abbas. President Trump directed the strikes, which CENTCOM said were meant to hold Iranian forces accountable and continue degrading Iran's ability to threaten commercial shipping through the strait, a day after Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps declared the strait closed and Iran reported strikes on Qeshm Island and explosions in Bandar Abbas.

People & Organizations: - Donald J. Trump (President and Commander-in-Chief) - U.S. Department of Defense / U.S. Central Command

Read the full entry: https://standingrecord.com/entries/2026/07/12/federal-bypassing-congress-7ce6673c/ Primary source: US launches new wave of strikes against Iran, aimed at 'degrading' military

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.

• February 13, 2025 — Alabama Gov. Ivey signed the "What Is a Woman Act," codifying binary sex definitions and enabling exclusion of transgender people
• February 18, 2025 — Kansas Legislature overrode Gov. Kelly's veto to enact SB63, banning gender-affirming care for transgender minors
• February 28, 2025 — Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed SF418, making Iowa the first state to remove gender identity from its civil rights code
• March 13, 2025 — Homeland Security under Secretary Noem polygraphed employees and forcibly reassigned senior staff to identify leakers
• March 19, 2025 — Idaho Gov. Little signed HB 345 barring Medicaid coverage of gender-affirming care for transgender residents
• March 19, 2025 — Idaho Gov. Little signed HB 59, the Medical Ethics Defense Act, letting providers refuse care on conscience grounds
• March 19, 2025 — Idaho Gov. Little signed HB 41, restricting public schools to an approved list of flags and banners and barring LGBTQ+ pride flags from classrooms
• March 26, 2025 — Idaho Gov. Little signed HB 270 expanding the indecent-exposure law in a change advocates say targets transgender people
• March 27, 2025 — Kentucky enacted SB2 barring hormone therapy and gender-reassignment surgery for transgender state inmates
• March 27, 2025 — Kentucky legislature overrode Beshear's veto to enact HB4, banning DEI programs at public universities
• March 27, 2025 — Kentucky legislature overrode Beshear's veto to enact HB495, voiding conversion-therapy protections and barring Medicaid gender-affirming care
• March 31, 2025 — Idaho Gov. Little signed HB 352 banning K-12 classroom instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity
• March 31, 2025 — Idaho Gov. Little signed HB 239, requiring parental opt-in permission before schools may teach any content on sexual orientation or gender identity
• April 1, 2025 — Idaho Gov. Little signed HB 264, restricting prison, shelter, and public-college facilities to one biological sex to bar transgender people
• April 3, 2025 — Idaho Gov. Little signed HB 96, barring most non-approved flags — including LGBTQ+ pride flags — from government property
• April 3, 2025 — Indiana enacted HB 1041 extending its transgender-athlete ban to women's college sports
• April 4, 2025 — Idaho enacted SB 1198 banning DEI programs, offices, and diversity training at public colleges and universities
• April 4, 2025 — Idaho Gov. Little signed HB 480 barring behavioral-health funds for DEI and transgender programming
• April 10, 2025 — Arkansas Gov. Sanders signed the Keep Kids First Act, letting faith-based foster and adoption agencies refuse LGBTQ prospective parents
• April 10, 2025 — Kansas Legislature overrode Gov. Kelly's veto to enact HB2311, letting foster caregivers' religious beliefs override placement policy
• April 10, 2025 — Kentucky enacted HB501, barring Medicaid from covering cross-sex hormones for gender-dysphoria treatment
• April 11, 2025 — Kansas Legislature passed a budget proviso barring state and university employees from listing pronouns and tying $4 million to ending DEI programs
• April 16, 2025 — Arkansas Gov. Sanders signed Act 711, barring the 'X' marker and requiring only 'M' or 'F' sex designations on state IDs
• April 16, 2025 — Arkansas enacted Act 677 shielding government workers and licensed professionals who refuse duties over religious beliefs about marriage or sex
• April 17, 2025 — Mississippi Gov. Reeves signed HB 1193 banning DEI programs and barring instruction on transgender identity and gender theory in public schools
• April 21, 2025 — Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed Act 955, restricting restrooms and sleeping quarters to biological sex with a private right to sue
• April 21, 2025 — Arkansas Gov. Sanders signed Act 970, letting providers and insurers refuse gender-transition and other care on conscience grounds
• April 22, 2025 — Arkansas enacted Act 979 creating a special malpractice cause of action against providers of gender-affirming care to minors
• April 24, 2025 — Indiana Gov. Braun signed SB143, barring schools from withholding student information from parents and enabling forced outing of LGBTQ students
• April 28, 2025 — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed the Riley Gaines Act, barring transgender athletes and ending gender-identity recognition in sex-segregated spaces
• May 1, 2025 — Indiana Gov. Braun signed HB1412, shielding parents' non-affirmation of transgender children from child-neglect review
• May 8, 2025 — Georgia Gov. Kemp signed SB185, barring state-funded gender dysphoria treatment for transgender people in state prisons
• May 27, 2025 — Iowa Gov. Reynolds signed HF856 banning DEI offices across state and local government
• June 11, 2025 — Iowa Gov. Reynolds signed HF1049 barring Medicaid coverage of gender-affirming care for transgender Iowans
• September 11, 2025 — SEC dismissed its civil fraud case against Nikola founder Trevor Milton after his Trump pardon
• March 6, 2026 — Wyoming Gov. Gordon signed HB 122 barring the state's rural health transformation funds from gender-affirming care
• March 23, 2026 — Utah Gov. Cox signed HB404 letting landlords bar transgender renters from sex-designated housing
• March 25, 2026 — Utah Gov. Cox signed S.B. 174, letting health care providers refuse treatment on religious or moral grounds
• May 6, 2026 — Monroe County pulled tourism funding from Key West Pride events, citing Florida's DEI law before its effective date
• May 13, 2026 — ACLU lawsuit revealed Memphis Safe Task Force retaliated against residents who recorded its agents
• May 15, 2026 — President Trump bought more than $500,000 in Palantir stock, then publicly praised the federal contractor on Truth Social
• May 17, 2026 — Acting AG Blanche claimed a 'ton of evidence' shows the 2020 election was rigged and confirmed DOJ criminal probes into it
• May 18, 2026 — DOJ moved to drop foreign-bribery and fraud charges against Gautam Adani after his $10 billion U.S. investment pledge
• May 18, 2026 — Trump demanded a DOJ investigation into Maryland's mail-ballot error and blamed Gov. Wes Moore for alleged fraud
• May 19, 2026 — DOJ Civil Rights Division opened an investigation into Washington state's policy of housing transgender women in women's prisons
• July 10, 2026 — DOJ declared Milwaukee's masked-federal-agent ordinance illegal and demanded the city stop enforcing it
• July 11, 2026 — Trump ordered a fourth round of Iran strikes after a Hormuz vessel attack, again defying the bicameral war-powers resolution
• July 11, 2026 — Justice Department subpoenaed four New York Times reporters over their Air Force One security reporting

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