The Standing Record

This is the Standing Record for September 7, 2026. Nothing new from September 6, 2026, but we added 14 events that erode our democratic ideals from earlier dates to the archive — 134 so far this month, 2022 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 6, 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 September 6 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 28, 2025 — DHS falsely accused Milwaukee immigrant of threatening to assassinate Trump, then pursued his deportation without retracting the claim
• July 29, 2025 — Bondi designated Bill Essayli "first assistant" to a vacant post to bypass Senate confirmation for LA's top federal prosecutor job
• December 23, 2025 — ICE re-detained Jorge Gonzalez Ochoa one minute before his court-ordered release, defying a federal judge's order
• January 3, 2026 — Trump ordered military raid to capture Venezuela's Maduro in Caracas without congressional authorization or advance notice
• January 22, 2026 — ICE flew a 2-year-old and her father to Texas despite a court order to release the toddler
• February 19, 2026 — Border Patrol leaves near-blind Rohingya refugee in freezing Buffalo lot; death ruled homicide
• March 14, 2026 — ICE detained Afghan war ally Mohammad Nazeer Paktiawal, who died in custody the next day after agents denied his inhaler
• May 14, 2026 — ICE moves forward with Hagerstown warehouse-detention construction in defiance of Baltimore federal judge's injunction
• May 19, 2026 — ICE arrests a man in a Manhattan immigration court a day after a judge barred such arrests
• May 30, 2026 — Detainees sue ICE over conditions at Camp East Montana amid three deaths and a homicide ruling
• June 19, 2026 — Mexican detainee Felix Alcorta-Rodriguez, 63, died in ICE custody at Webb County Detention Center in Laredo; 20th ICE death of 2026
• June 26, 2026 — ICE arrested two immigrants at New York City immigration courts in defiance of federal court orders, including a June 23 nationwide ban
• September 4, 2026 — ICE agents drove vehicles onto sidewalks and struck observers with batons during a Frederick, Maryland raid
• September 4, 2026 — Trump threatened to halt trade with U.S. deficit countries unless the Federal Reserve lowered interest rates

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