BREAKING EXCLUSIVE MUST CREDIT: Lunch for jurors in the “sandwich guy” trial are a variety of sandwiches, according to a source familiar with lunch.

I’m looking for folks with IDD and their families who rely on SNAP and want to talk to a journalist about it. DM me here, email me at sluterman dot 19thnews dot org, or hit me up on Signal at slooterman.18.

Getting new details on this now: As the arrest unfolded, teachers pleaded with the agents telling them the teacher had a work permit. The agents went into multiple rooms looking for teachers while children were present. One teacher hid with a child in her care while the agents stormed the facility.

Pelosi, the first and only woman to serve as speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, announced Thursday that this term in Congress will be her last.

New: Women candidates, running on affordability, powered many of Dems’ big wins last night. Aside from the VA and NJ gov races, women made up a large % of those who flipped VA House seats + set a record for women’s representation in that chamber 19thnews.org/2025/11/demo...

New York City Mayor-elect Mamdani is kicking off with a big move: bringing former Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan to co-chair his transition team. It's a strong suggestion that he’s willing to take on powerful corporate interests as mayor. trib.al/99csETK

here is my story about how Zohran's focus on community amid the loneliness epidemic helped young people connect their politics to an organizing infrastructure, that interviewed ZM, and does not use the NYT's framing of "they don't know how to make friends" :-) and also ran 4 days before NYT's lol

In 2025, it's about damn time. Virginia state Sen. Ghazala Hashmi is projected to make history Tuesday night as the first Muslim woman ever elected to statewide office in the United States, according to Decision Desk HQ. via @19thnews.org

Abigail Spanberger, a former CIA operative who served three terms in Congress, is projected to become Virginia’s next governor and the first woman to hold the state’s highest office, according to Decision Desk HQ. @19thnews.org

There was no dispute from anyone in a federal district courtroom on Tuesday that a man in Washington pelted a federal agent with a freshly made deli sandwich in August. There was considerable dispute, however, over whether the act should be treated as a criminal offense.

thank you for the outpouring of support! those of us laid off from Teen Vogue yesterday are now sharing our GoFundMe to help us cover our emergency expenses now that we've lost our incomes, as we get back on our feet.

I’m excited to vote for Virginia’s first woman governor today! It’s a beautiful day to participate in democracy.

"Condé was content to hold Teen Vogue up as a prop for diversity, youth representation and progressive ideals when it benefited it, and then to unceremoniously discard the entire publication with a disingenuous press release when the winds shifted."   talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/what-we...

1/ Today is Election Day! 🗳️ It's an off-year, meaning there is no presidential election or midterm congressional election. However, there are key races in Virginia, New York, New Jersey and Michigan that we're keeping a close eye on:

The Guardian is doing better coverage of what’s happening in U.S. politics on this front than nearly anywhere else. Cool jobs.

thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting. now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.

The White House said that reporters could no longer access an area in the West Wing known as “Upper Press” that houses the offices of key communications staff members. Reporters said the move would hurt their ability to cover the president.

No private or public org finances anti-domestic violence work as broadly or as deeply as the US gov. Without federal funds, the work to prevent intimate partner violence, feed families in shelters fleeing abuse or help with legal protection would not exist on the scale it does today. @19thnews.org

"...a male correspondent was initially included on the layoff list but was removed after he appealed directly to the new editor-in-chief, Bari Weiss, leading to another female correspondent being added to the list at the last minute."

A small measure of justice for Sonya Massey. Her killing reignited calls for reform to policing, particularly in response to mental health crises. The case happened near the 9th anniversary of Sandra Bland’s death, raising awareness about police brutality of Black women. #SayHerName @19thnews.org

"more aggressive"

i cannot believe that “mamdani calls a close adult relative an ‘aunt’ even if they are not literally their parent’s sister” is what counts as a “scandal” these days

“I want to speak to the memory of my aunt who stopped taking the subway after September 11 because she did not feel safe in her hijab,” Mamdani said in a speech to decry what he called anti-Muslim attacks by his political opponents. @shefali.bsky.social writing for @19thnews.org

Women who lack permanent legal status, like Ramos Baten — asylum seekers, mothers and longtime residents — are now casualties [of Trump's deportations]. Her death leaves her teenage daughter orphaned in a country she hasn’t lived in since early childhood. @nadrakn.bsky.social for @19thnews.org

I'm tired of the screenshot without link posts

Picture of the East Wing demolition of the White House taken on my flight out of DCA.

@amandabecker.bsky.social talked to the lone woman who staged a ‘No Kings’ protest in rural West Virginia via @19thnews.org

The East Wing is home to the Office of the First Lady and has played a key role in women’s visibility in the White House. This week, bulldozers began to tear it down to clear the way for President Donald Trump’s $250 million ballroom.

First ladies made history in the East Wing. It was razed for Trump’s ballroom. Latest from @errinhaines.bsky.social and @amandabecker.bsky.social for @19thnews.org: 19thnews.org/2025/10/east...

The best and gayest news roundup is by far This News is So Gay with @kenschneck.bsky.social. This week @jazzmyth.bsky.social joined to talk about what LGBTQ+ people think about the biggest issues of the day per @19thnews.org & @surveymonkey.com annual poll.

After 25 years, the American Ballet Theatre’s first Black principal ballerina, Misty Copeland, performs her last show on October 22.

@shoeleatherkate.bsky.social is a terrific journalist and colleague @19thnews.org. I highly recommend this Storyboard interview with them on sustainably covering queer issues in today’s unrelenting political climate and how they honed their sense of the stories worth pursuing.

Before vaccines, children were infected with diseases that caused illness, long-term chronic ailments, sometimes death. Children who follow the vaccine schedule are less likely to become seriously infected by diseases & create herd immunity for those with compromised immune systems. @19thnews.org

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Anyone who knows Argentines, their culture and history would know this was a bad idea. They really don't like to be told what to do.

BREAKING: Georgia Public Broadcasting reports ICE has confirmed it will reopen a controversial detention center in Irwin County. The center was closed in 2021 amid allegations of medical abuse, such as forcibly sterilizing migrant women. Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DP4gepf...

"Immigration agents do have authority to detain Americans in limited circumstances. Agents can hold people whom they reasonably suspect are in the country illegally. We found more than 50 Americans who were held after agents questioned their citizenship. They were almost all Latino."

On September 23, Adelita Grijalva was elected to Arizona’s 7th Congressional District. But she still hasn’t been sworn in, leaving more than 800k constituents without representation in the House. Grijalva and Dems are crying foul. @gracepanetta.bsky.social covering for @19thnews.org

“Women have sacrificed their safety and their lives for our country and we are deeply alarmed by this Administration’s attempts to attack their merits. Any suggestion that women are unqualified is a profound insult to the service women who have contributed so much to our country.” @19thnews.org

My latest for @msnbc.com: The Trump administration's gutting the special education personnel not only betrays people with disabilities; it rolls back the work of four Republican presidents who passed bills for special education (Nixon, Ford, and the Bushes) www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

Several news organizations, including The New York Times, NPR and Newsmax, are refusing to sign a new set of restrictions on news gathering inside the Pentagon. n.pr/3ILiHaj

Lauryn Hill just shared a moving tribute to the late D’Angelo:

For all of the people who have urged the American news media to stand together in the face of the Trump admin's attacks – it's happening right now. All the major networks are speaking out against the Pentagon's new press restrictions:

Fact check: tickets haven't even gone on sale yet therefore they cannot be "sold out"

CAPE VERDE, POPULATION 560,000, QUALIFY FOR A FIRST-EVER WORLD CUP 🇨🇻 The second-smallest nation ever to achieve that feat. Every US state has a bigger population, yet the Blue Sharks are on their way to football's big dance. Astonishing and inspiring 🦈

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Cervical cancer is one of few cancers we can prevent with the HPV vaccine. But it falls at the intersection of three cultural issues with strong political opposition — broad access to low-cost or free reproductive health care, access to vaccines for children, and sex education. via @19thnews.org

Tish James, Fani Willis and Lisa Cook are all Black women who rose to the top of their field. Trump and his allies have regularly tried to undermine the authority of women of color by attributing their positions to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts. From Mariel Padilla for @19thnews.org

People are starving in Myanmar where the United Nations estimates 40% need humanitarian assistance and which once counted the U.S. as its largest humanitarian donor. Now, in Asia, it has become the epicenter of the suffering unleashed upon the world’s most vulnerable by Trump’s dismantling of USAID.

A WILD ONE: A man broke his leg during an arrest by ICE at a car wash south of L.A. ICE has held him under 24/7 guard at a hospital, registering him under a pseudonym, for *37 days* without telling him why. A judge has ordered his immediate release. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...