The Standing Record

This is the Standing Record for August 13, 2026. Nothing new from August 12, 2026, but we added 17 events that erode our democratic ideals from earlier dates to the archive — 221 so far this month, 1614 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 August 12, 2026 yet, so we thought it would be fun to take a look back in history.

• August 12, 2025 — Air Force stripped transgender troops' separation boards of discretion, barred recording of proceedings

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.

• July 1, 2025 — DHS Secretary Kristi Noem fabricated story of migrant who ate himself on ICE deportation flight
• December 1, 2025 — DOJ fired eight immigration judges at Manhattan's 26 Federal Plaza, including assistant chief judge
• February 2, 2026 — Arkansans sued the state's parole board and corrections department over denial of counsel and hearings
• February 5, 2026 — Mustang, Oklahoma school district suspended 122 students for ICE-protest walkout, harsher than peer districts' response
• February 19, 2026 — DHS admitted its 'Worst of the Worst' immigrant database mischaracterized hundreds of listings after CNN review
• February 20, 2026 — DOJ fired judge-appointed interim US Attorney James Hundley hours after his unanimous EDVA appointment
• February 20, 2026 — Interior's Solicitor's Office falsely denied holding Karen Budd-Falen ethics records, then released redacted files after press inquiry
• July 24, 2026 — Baltimore mayor's office and Development Corporation set up Fells Point ID checkpoints denying access without individualized suspicion
• August 1, 2026 — Arkansas State Police trooper punched 18-year-old woman in face during traffic-stop arrest
• August 4, 2026 — North Carolina House Republicans passed HB958, cutting early voting from 17 to 10 days and denying recourse to wrongly-purged voters
• August 5, 2026 — West Virginia Gov. Morrisey circulated unsubstantiated fraud claims, misleading graphic to justify clothing-voucher program's closure
• August 10, 2026 — Justice Department extended executive privilege to shield Trump's private advisers from congressional oversight
• August 10, 2026 — ICE published notice of plan to buy up to $20M in electric-shock compliance gloves via no-bid contract
• August 10, 2026 — NOAA ended federal funding and coordination for the Arctic Report Card, jeopardizing its future publication
• August 11, 2026 — War Department submitted false Section 1057 report to Congress claiming zero civilian deaths from 2025 boat-strike campaign
• August 11, 2026 — DOJ sued Connecticut to block in-state tuition and financial aid for undocumented students, one of three suits filed that day
• August 11, 2026 — Public records showed out-of-state agencies searched Twin Falls, Idaho Flock network 631 times for immigration enforcement, violating state law

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