The Standing Record

This is the Standing Record for July 27, 2026. Nothing new from July 26, 2026, but we added 40 events that erode our democratic ideals from earlier dates to the archive — 735 so far this month, 1285 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 26, 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 26 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.

• February 6, 2004 — Ohio Gov. Bob Taft signed HB 272, barring recognition of same-sex marriages and civil unions
• March 31, 2004 — Georgia General Assembly referred same-sex marriage and civil union ban to voters as constitutional amendment
• May 3, 2004 — Oklahoma enacted HB 1821, barring joint adoption by same-sex couples and blocking recognition of their out-of-state adoptions
• May 14, 2004 — Missouri General Assembly passed SJR29, constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage
• May 14, 2004 — New Hampshire Gov. Craig Benson signed SB 427, denying legal recognition to out-of-state same-sex marriages
• September 18, 2004 — Louisiana voters ratified HB61/Act 926, adding a same-sex marriage and civil union ban to the state constitution
• February 14, 2005 — South Dakota Legislature passed HJR1001, referring constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage to voters
• February 26, 2005 — Virginia General Assembly gave first passage to HJ586, a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage and equivalent legal recognition
• February 26, 2005 — Virginia General Assembly completed first passage of SJ337, constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage recognition
• March 10, 2005 — Alabama Legislature passed SB109, referring same-sex marriage constitutional ban to voters
• March 17, 2005 — Tennessee Legislature gave final passage to SJR0031, proposing constitutional ban on same-sex marriage
• March 22, 2005 — Indiana Senate and House passed SJR 7, first-passage constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage recognition
• May 21, 2005 — Texas Legislature gave final passage to HJR 6, referring same-sex marriage and civil union constitutional ban to voters
• January 6, 2006 — Wisconsin Gov. Doyle approved law banning state funds for gender-affirming care for transgender prisoners and forensic patients
• February 28, 2006 — Wisconsin Legislature gave final passage to constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage
• January 20, 2025 — Ken Paxton's office diverted state-funded inauguration hotel rooms to major donors, leaving two stays billed to taxpayers
• May 21, 2025 — ICE arrested Bronx high school student Dylan Lopez Contreras in Manhattan courthouse lobby after his scheduled immigration hearing
• June 7, 2025 — ICE arrested J.R.H.L. without a warrant while he walked to work in Wyandanch, New York, detaining him for approximately two months
• August 7, 2025 — Trump ordered NCES to collect race-disaggregated admissions data from colleges, bypassing required APA notice-and-comment
• August 15, 2025 — Federal grand jury indicted New Orleans Mayor Cantrell for using city bodyguard on taxpayer-funded personal trips
• January 3, 2026 — ICE agents detained Hempstead man with valid immigration status for 2 days after warrantless arrest near LIRR
• January 17, 2026 — ICE arrested Darwin Garcia Medrano without a warrant while he pumped gas in Brentwood, New York, detaining him for five days
• January 24, 2026 — DHS immigration agents arrested F.R.P. and his wife without a warrant in a Cheektowaga Walmart parking lot, complaint alleges
• January 24, 2026 — Immigration officer detained Cheektowaga woman with pending asylum claim for 26 days after warrantless arrest
• January 30, 2026 — Former Bucks County deputy sheriff Ryan Gaffney photographed naked people in custody with personal phone
• February 4, 2026 — ICE agents detained Long Island man for 22 days after warrantless arrest at Greenport ferry stop
• February 24, 2026 — ICE agents detained Brooklyn man for 7 days after warrantless arrest outside his apartment building
• February 26, 2026 — ICE arrested Rene Antonio Benitez without a warrant while he drove his daughter to school in Brentwood, New York
• April 4, 2026 — State Department canceled former Emory University professor's visa over father's Iranian government ties, without individual hearing
• April 5, 2026 — ORR held immigrant toddler five months in foster care and concealed alleged sexual abuse from father
• May 4, 2026 — DOJ filed complaint to block Minnesota's state-court climate lawsuit against oil companies
• May 21, 2026 — Tennessee's execution physician botched Tony Carruthers' lethal injection; governor postponed execution one year
• July 15, 2026 — Justice Department activated the 30-year-dormant Alien Terrorist Removal Court for the first time
• July 20, 2026 — Trump launched Iran airstrikes for a tenth consecutive day, defying bicameral war-powers resolution
• July 20, 2026 — Intercept and ProPublica investigation reveals Pentagon under Hegseth gutted civilian protection unit and abandoned civilian harm-tracking database
• July 20, 2026 — Intercept investigation found Pentagon withheld dozens of Iran-strike service-member injuries while official casualty count undercounted wounded
• July 20, 2026 — DOJ opened civil rights investigation into Harvard's China-linked financial aid programs, alleging discrimination against American students
• July 20, 2026 — North Carolina elections board voted along party lines to make it easier to throw out mail-in ballots
• July 21, 2026 — State Department published a report naming 40-plus American activists and officials as Cuban front groups
• July 23, 2026 — Advisory Council on Historic Preservation voted to advance weakened Section 106 rules while Trump arch awaited preservation review

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