The Standing Record

This is the Standing Record for July 28, 2026. Nothing new from July 27, 2026, but we added 43 events that erode our democratic ideals from earlier dates to the archive — 794 so far this month, 1344 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 27, 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 27 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.

• March 5, 2025 — Arizona Republican Risa Lombardo filed as a Green Party candidate for governor, misrepresenting her affiliation to split the Democratic vote
• March 11, 2025 — Trump administration halted CISA's election security support to states, ending the agency's congressionally mandated protection of voting systems
• March 17, 2025 — ICE arrested Georgetown postdoctoral researcher Badar Khan Suri over pro-Palestinian speech and associations, without filing charges
• April 10, 2025 — ICE terminated student status records of two lawfully enrolled international graduate students at Montana State University
• June 20, 2025 — Labor Department suspended H-2A farmworker protection enforcement, eliminating organizing and wage safeguards for guestworkers
• July 22, 2025 — USCIS declared SIJS application fee non-waivable, cutting off abused children from congressional immigration protection
• August 16, 2025 — ICE and CBP agents fired three shots at Francisco Longoria's truck during a warrantless San Bernardino stop
• August 28, 2025 — ICE agents falsely charged Francisco Longoria with assaulting officers to cover up their unlawful shooting, jailing him three months
• October 3, 2025 — ICE detained exonerated legal permanent resident Subramanyam Vedam on his prison release, pursuing deportation under a vacated murder conviction
• November 17, 2025 — CBP agents arrested two Charlotte women for honking at immigration vehicles during Operation Charlotte's Web
• November 18, 2025 — EEOC filed court action demanding University of Pennsylvania produce names and contact information of Jewish employees
• February 3, 2026 — Arizona Republican Duwayne Collier filed as a Green Party secretary of state candidate, misrepresenting his affiliation to split the Democratic vote
• April 1, 2026 — Florida Gov. DeSantis signed law requiring documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote
• April 1, 2026 — Mississippi Gov. Reeves signed the SHIELD Act requiring citizenship checks for new voters and annual ICE voter-roll audits
• April 5, 2026 — USDA Secretary Rollins sent proselytizing Christian Easter message to 100,000 federal employees, declaring sin destroyed and Jesus risen
• May 12, 2026 — Pima County Sheriff Nanos allegedly provided false sworn statements about his police background; supervisors referred perjury to the Arizona AG
• June 23, 2026 — OPM moved to collect health insurance claims data on 8 million federal workers and retirees, retaining the right to re-identify pseudonymized records
• June 24, 2026 — FEMA conditioned disaster preparedness grants on states adopting paper ballots, auditing voting systems, and cooperating with immigration enforcement
• July 9, 2026 — DOT directed FHWA staff to strip bike lane safety data from federal websites
• July 13, 2026 — Fourth Circuit rules border agents may manually search phones without suspicion, joining all other circuits
• July 14, 2026 — ICE and HSI encounter in St. Augustine drove Mexican tourist Juan Jairo Coronilla Duran into traffic; he died
• July 16, 2026 — Navy barred release of sailors' service history in sweeping new press access restriction
• July 19, 2026 — Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission used law enforcement database to secretly surveil at least 16 environmental advocates and critics
• July 20, 2026 — CNN investigation reveals Trump Jr.'s 1789 Capital invested in companies that received billions in federal contracts
• July 21, 2026 — Kennedy Center cut Whitney Cummings's Trump-Epstein joke from Bill Maher's Mark Twain Prize broadcast on Netflix
• July 21, 2026 — DOJ and Department of Education threatened to sue Kansas City, Kansas school district and freeze federal funds over transgender student privacy policy
• July 21, 2026 — Trump administration deferred over $1 billion in Medicaid payments to California and Minnesota, citing fraud
• July 21, 2026 — Federal agencies admitted using keyword filters to cancel nearly $2 billion in University of California research grants
• July 21, 2026 — EEOC voted 2-1 to advance proposed rule rescinding 60-year employer demographic reporting requirement
• July 21, 2026 — ICE arrested relatives presenting through ORR sponsorship process to claim migrant children from federal shelters
• July 21, 2026 — Marshall Project investigation reveals Hinds County jail holding dozens without grand jury indictment
• July 21, 2026 — Guilford County Board of Elections voted 4-1 to exclude NC A&T and UNC Greensboro campus early voting sites for 2026 midterms
• July 21, 2026 — Texas Gov. Abbott signed executive order directing six agencies to investigate birth tourism hospitals, threatening license revocations
• July 22, 2026 — FCC Chairman Carr warned ABC that not airing Trump's speech would factor into its ongoing broadcast license review
• July 22, 2026 — CNN investigation reveals ICE agents made false statements to prosecutors during Operation Metro Surge
• July 22, 2026 — Pete Hegseth conditioned military chaplain promotions on Christian ideology adherence
• July 22, 2026 — House Judiciary Chairman Jordan sent criminal referral to DOJ urging charges against former Special Counsel Jack Smith
• July 23, 2026 — Alaska removed 3,048 residents from active voter list based on erroneous DMV data flagging citizens as possible noncitizens
• July 23, 2026 — USCIS announced work authorization restrictions targeting asylum seekers and TPS holders under One Big Beautiful Bill
• July 23, 2026 — Education Department rescinded disparate-impact standard under Title VI, ending federal scrutiny of racially disproportionate school discipline
• July 23, 2026 — ICE referred only one officer for discipline over use of force since Trump took office, Democrats revealed
• July 23, 2026 — MS NOW investigation reveals Hegseth forced out military officers who questioned his command decisions
• July 26, 2026 — ICE launched targeted enforcement operation against Haitian migrants in Ohio as TPS expired, planning rapid deportation flights

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