The Standing Record

This is the Standing Record for October 13, 2026. Nothing new from October 12, 2026, but we added 33 events that erode our democratic ideals from earlier dates to the archive — 172 so far this month, 2465 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 October 12, 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 October 12 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'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.

• February 21, 2021 — Jackson, Louisiana deputy marshal Travis Clay Depew shoved a 16-year-old outside a market with his body camera off
• April 9, 2022 — Genesee County Jail deputies kept George Boyd jailed for nearly three months after his bond was posted, citing a federal hold booked in error
• July 21, 2023 — Jackson, La., Marshal's Office let deputy Travis Depew resign before any discipline after his stalking arrest during battery probation
• March 27, 2024 — NYPD officers fatally shot Win Rozario, 19, during a mental-health call inside his family's Ozone Park, Queens home
• May 10, 2025 — Trump administration fired Register of Copyrights Shira Perlmutter by White House email, two days after ousting the Librarian of Congress
• August 30, 2025 — Cherokee County, Ga. deputy Charles Mills entered a home before a warrant was signed and arrested the resident as she called 911
• September 11, 2025 — Ohio National Guard sergeant had D.C. police handcuff a man for playing the 'Imperial March' behind troops, his lawsuit says
• September 19, 2025 — Agents on the roof of the Broadview ICE facility shot Chicago pastor David Black in the head with pepper balls as he prayed at a protest
• September 22, 2025 — ICE signed a $5.7 million order for Zignal Labs AI social media monitoring licenses for Homeland Security Investigations
• September 30, 2025 — Federal indictment charged FCC Coleman officer Cornelius Thompson with sexually abusing an inmate and taking bribes to smuggle contraband
• October 10, 2025 — Border Patrol agents collided with U.S. citizen Dayanne Figueroa's car in Chicago, dragged her out by her legs and held her for hours
• October 14, 2025 — ICE arrested Afghan asylum seeker Ali Faqirzada at a Bethpage, New York, asylum office immediately after he passed his credible fear interview
• October 18, 2025 — Border Patrol agents arrested Chicago father of teen with stage 4 cancer at Niles Home Depot; ICE held him without a bond hearing
• October 20, 2025 — ICE refused Reps. Juan Vargas and Scott Peters entry to inspect basement holding site in San Diego federal building
• October 25, 2025 — Border Patrol agents pepper-sprayed two U.S. citizens monitoring them at an Aurora, Illinois elementary school, tackling one and shoving the other
• October 25, 2025 — Border Patrol agent dragged 67-year-old U.S. citizen from his car on his Chicago block and pinned him, breaking six of his ribs
• October 27, 2025 — ICE agents smashed U.S. citizen Berenice Garcia-Hernandez's car windows and held her 7 hours after she photographed their vehicle in Gresham, Oregon
• October 29, 2025 — DOJ placed two D.C. prosecutors on leave after their sentencing memo called Jan. 6 a 'mob of rioters,' then refiled it without the reference
• October 31, 2025 — Sen. Ossoff report documented 85 credible reports of medical neglect and 82 of denied food or water in U.S. immigration detention
• April 7, 2026 — New York Times revealed DOJ assigned its Civil Rights Division to criminally investigate Jan. 6 witness Cassidy Hutchinson over her testimony
• May 10, 2026 — Tulsa County deputy ran warrantless month-long plate-reader search on driver over her California plate
• September 8, 2026 — Fort Pierce, Fla. officer ran 382 Flock searches on ex-girlfriend's car, police said, and was later arrested
• September 14, 2026 — Mississippi Today investigation reveals Rankin County Sheriff's Department kept deputy despite eight years of misconduct allegations
• September 22, 2026 — Cherokee County, Ga. prosecutors identified Cpl. Charles Mills as owner of an anonymous Facebook page attacking a woman contesting his arrest of her
• September 25, 2026 — Wall Street Journal investigation reveals Ambassador Kimberly Guilfoyle promoted Greek firm Aktor abroad after its CEO flew her on a private jet
• October 2, 2026 — DHS bought GEO Group's Adelanto ICE detention complex for $950M, seeking through federal ownership to sidestep California's oversight laws
• October 8, 2026 — ICE report obtained by Scripps News revealed the agency waived 14-day health assessments for Adelanto detainees in July 2025
• October 8, 2026 — DOJ sued Denver to block its mask ban and ID requirement for federal officers
• October 8, 2026 — VP Vance and Labor IG D'Esposito announced a J-1 visa fraud probe of nine universities, with subpoenas already served
• October 8, 2026 — Reporting revealed the Pentagon gave a $281M no-bid consulting deal to an Alvarez & Marsal affiliate advising ex-A&M partner Kollitides' office
• October 8, 2026 — ICE officer shot and wounded Dominican man in his car with a 5-year-old inside during Marble Hill, Manhattan arrest
• October 9, 2026 — Trump announced a Russian diesel deal as Treasury licensed U.S. imports of Russian diesel despite the 2022 statutory ban on Russian energy
• October 10, 2026 — U.S. fighter jet struck and disabled cargo ship Ocean Molica in Gulf of Oman enforcing unauthorized Iran blockade

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