The Standing Record

This is the Standing Record for September 28, 2026. Nothing new from September 27, 2026, but we added 2 events that erode our democratic ideals from earlier dates to the archive — 390 so far this month, 2267 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 September 27, 2026 yet, so we thought it would be fun to take a look back in history.

• September 27, 2024 — Florida AHCA, AG officials diverted $10M Medicaid settlement to Hope Florida charity, routed to Uthmeier's PAC to fight 2024 marijuana measure
• September 27, 2025 — Trump federalizes Oregon National Guard over Gov. Kotek's explicit objection, orders 200 troops to Portland ICE facility
• September 27, 2025 — FEMA cut $242 million in security grants to Democratic-led states over immigration cooperation
• September 27, 2025 — Border Patrol agent pushed veteran Dana Briggs to the ground at Broadview ICE protest; DOJ charged him with assaulting the officer who pushed him

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've archived over the past day. If you know of something from months or years back that belongs here, send it to our tip line.

• October 7, 2025 — Immigration agents detained L.A. man Vicente Ventura Aguilar, witnesses said; he vanished after a medical emergency as DHS denied holding him
• September 25, 2026 — FBI Washington Field Office chief Darren Cox demoted two counterterrorism supervisors over their handling of calls to Stephen Miller's wife

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