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   February 7, 2026
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  • How will Trump improve women’s health if federal research grants restrict the word ‘gender’?
    When Suzanne Bell saw President Donald Trump’s announcement this month about improving the future of women’s health research, she felt deep skepticism. Bell, a demographer at Johns Hopkins University, is part of a class-action lawsuit filed in September by a group of researchers accusing the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and other federal government entities […]Read more
    Source: The 19th News Published on: 2026-10-26
  • Matt Gaetz, wearing a bright blue suit and patterned tie, faces reporters in a crowded Capitol hallway. Journalists surround him with cameras, microphones and recording devices.
    A GOP House candidate did legal work for man accused in sex trafficking scandal
    Republican Mike Beltran, a former Florida legislator running to flip the state’s 14th Congressional District, filed a defamation lawsuit against a woman who had been trafficked as a teen — part of his legal work for an associate of Matt Gaetz who is being accused alongside the former congressman of participating in an alleged sex […]Read more
    Source: The 19th News Published on: 2026-10-26
  • Game on: The 19th is launching a sports desk
    The 19th launched as a nonprofit newsroom covering politics and policy through the lens of gender and race. We’re ready to expand our coverage to one of the most intersectional elements of American culture: women’s sports.  When The 19th began in 2020, the sports world was rattled by a growing pandemic. Though many leagues and […]Read more
    Source: The 19th News Published on: 2026-10-26
  • Katie Fire Thunder smiles while standing outside a rustic wooden building, holding campaign signs. Sunlight streams across the scene, with musical instruments and other attendees nearby.
    Katie Fire Thunder’s campaign could help Montana seat a record number of Native women
    BOZEMAN, Montana — Before the evening meet-and-greet with Democratic candidates, Katie Fire Thunder has already participated in a photo shoot, put together freshly printed campaign signs with her staff and filmed an endorsement with a state senator for her Instagram page.  It’s mid-September, a little less than eight weeks from Election Day, and Fire Thunder […]Read more
    Source: The 19th News Published on: 2026-10-26
  • It took years for Abortion.org to actually be about abortion
    Rebecca Nall was watching the numbers go up, and she needed to make a decision. Nall — the founder of I Need An A, an online directory of abortion providers — was in the running for multiple website domain names at an auction, but bids were rising fastest on the one she wanted the most: […]Read more
    Source: The 19th News Published on: 2026-10-26
  • Give them a C-O-N-T-R-A-C-T: The Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders are unionizing
    After years of fighting for better pay and benefits, the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders have unionized. The Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders Association announced Friday that the team has voluntarily recognized the cheerleaders as a collective bargaining unit following a “meaningful discussion.” That gives the newly formed union a green light to begin negotiating. If successful, they would […]Read more
    Source: The 19th News Published on: 2026-10-23
  • Texas district attorney opens forgery investigation into disputed transgender mailers
    A Republican district attorney in West Texas has opened a criminal investigation into pamphlets mailed to homes across Texas purporting to come from a transgender rights organization. Sarah Stogner, district attorney for Loving, Reeves and Ward counties west of Odessa, told The Texas Tribune that her office is investigating the mailers as a potential forgery […]Read more
    Source: The 19th News Published on: 2026-10-23
  • The cost of leaving: Why some women are crowdfunding their divorces
    Megan Harper started pumping gas at a marina when she was 14 — she’s always known how to turn a dollar.  Now a 41-year-old mother of three, she’s a marketing executive in a Charlotte, North Carolina, suburb and runs a six-figure social media agency on the side. She has also built an online following of […]Read more
    Source: The 19th News Published on: 2026-10-23
  • From left, Maxine Dexter, Yassamin Ansari, Mini Timmaraju and Adelita Grijalva stand outside the Eloy Detention Center in Arizona, in front of a chain-link fence topped with razor wire. Timmaraju gestures while speaking.
    Woman with history of stillbirth fears losing another pregnancy in ICE detention
    Lawmakers are calling for the immediate release of 24-year-old Maria Alejandra Valero Brinez, who said she is five months pregnant and having potentially dangerous complications while detained in Arizona’s Eloy Detention Center.  Three years ago, Valero Brinez experienced a stillbirth when she was eight months pregnant due to her placenta being attached to the lower […]Read more
    Source: The 19th News Published on: 2026-10-22
  • Colorado may face third major storm as November begins
    A dry stretch through Halloween could give way to heavy rain and mountain snow in early November, and the storm’s path will decide who feels it most. Colorado residents who have spent the past few weeks bracing for one storm after another are getting a brief reprieve. But forecasters are...Read more
    Source: Rolling Out Date: 2026-10-26 By Dempsey May Ayuco
  • How to layer skincare the right way for melanin-rich skin
    How you apply your products may matter more than what’s in your cabinet, especially when dark spots can linger for months. For years, the beauty aisle has sold a simple promise: more steps, better skin. Melanin-rich complexions often tell a different story. With deeper skin tones, the number of bottles...Read more
    Source: Rolling Out Date: 2026-10-26 By Dempsey May Ayuco
  • Texas Latino voters wake up in new districts they never moved to
    When José Cantú looked up his voter registration in early October, he was in for a surprise. The 20-year-old University of Houston medical student hadn’t moved, but his home was no longer part of Texas’ 29th Congressional District, represented by Democratic Rep. Sylvia Garcia, whom he has known since childhood....Read more
    Source: Rolling Out Date: 2026-10-26 By Tega Egwabor
  • FTC and 20 states hit Dollar General with a pricing lawsuit
    The Federal Trade Commission and 20 states have sued Dollar General, accusing the discount chain of charging customers more at the register than the prices shown on shelves, price tags and advertisements. The complaint was filed today, in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee. It alleges...Read more
    Source: Rolling Out Date: 2026-10-26 By David Kesiena
  • Nicki Minaj Gets a Shocking Shoutout From Trump on Stage
    The rapper’s latest campaign appearance with the president turned heads in Michigan, where an unscripted remark overshadowed her pitch to midterm voters. Nicki Minaj has spent the past year calling herself President Donald Trump’s biggest fan. On Sunday, the president made it clear the admiration runs both ways, though the...Read more
    Source: Rolling Out Date: 2026-10-26 By Dempsey May Ayuco
  • El Niño blamed as deadly floods swamp the Four Corners
    Floodwaters are receding in parts of the Southwest, but officials warn the danger isn’t over yet. A flood warning remained in effect Monday, Oct. 26, across parts of the Four Corners region, where Utah, Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico meet. As some waterlogged neighborhoods began cleaning up, residents were urged...Read more
    Source: Rolling Out Date: 2026-10-26 By Tega Egwabor
  • Viral pulpit moment divides Ohio church over 2nd wife
    A Cleveland-area pastor has set off a heated debate after introducing her husband’s second wife to the congregation during Sunday service. Pastor Lydia Ford made the announcement at LifeWorks Church on Oct. 25, telling members that she and her husband, Israel Ford, are living in a polygynous marriage. That is...Read more
    Source: Rolling Out Date: 2026-10-26 By David Kesiena
  • Will Anthony Edwards play? Here’s what we know
    Anthony Edwards is in danger of missing his first game of the season. The Minnesota Timberwolves list their star guard as questionable for Monday night’s road matchup against the Cleveland Cavaliers because of right knee injury management. Tipoff is set for 7 p.m. ET at Rocket Arena. Minnesota arrives at...Read more
    Source: Rolling Out Date: 2026-10-26 By David Kesiena
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