Manuela Silva

Politics Reporter & AJI Fellow

Manuela covers politics and co-authors The Washington Sun’s morning newsletter.

She received her bachelors degree in Asian and Middle Eastern Cultures and Spanish and Latin American Cultures from Barnard College in May 2025. In college, she was the City News editor at the Columbia Daily Spectator, and interned at the Investigative Reporting Workshop, the Futuro Media Group and the Bronx Times.

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Minnesota Prosecutors Charge an ICE Agent With Assault

April 16, 2026 04:25 p.m.
Former Virginia Lt. Gov and Wife Found Dead In Apparent Murder-Suicide

April 16, 2026 11:00 a.m.
Democrats Introduce Articles of Impeachment Against Pete Hegseth

April 15, 2026 01:39 p.m.
Trump Threatens to Fire Powell If He Doesn’t Step Down Soon

April 15, 2026 10:17 a.m.
Utah’s Congressional Delegation is Financially Split in Two

April 15, 2026 05:01 a.m.
A Woman Accusing Eric Swalwell of Rape Plans to File a Police Report in Los Angeles

April 14, 2026 02:30 p.m.
Eric Swalwell to Resign From Congress Following Sexual Assault Allegations

April 13, 2026 05:46 p.m.
House Ethics Committee Opens Investigation Into Eric Swalwell

April 13, 2026 03:11 p.m.
Top Democrats Swiftly Call on Swalwell to Drop His Gubernatorial Bid Following Sexual Assault Allegations

April 10, 2026 07:49 p.m.
The Slow Race to Save the Rayburn Building

April 03, 2026 05:13 a.m.
The Trump Administration Won’t Rule Out the Possibility of Federal Agents at Polls

March 30, 2026 05:13 a.m.
Meet Some of the Families Swept Up in Trump’s Deportation Campaign

March 24, 2026 08:31 p.m.
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March 23, 2026 08:33 p.m.
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March 18, 2026 02:58 p.m.
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March 18, 2026 11:06 a.m.
Senators Want Markwayne Mullin to Rethink How the Administration Runs FEMA

March 18, 2026 05:13 a.m.