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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This New York Race Is a Microcosm of Democrats’ Identity Fight

June 19, 2026 05:13 a.m.
Zohran Mamdani and AOC’s Split Endorsements Are Raising Eyebrows

June 18, 2026 05:24 a.m.
Trump Made It Easier to Build a Wall Through Big Bend

June 12, 2026 11:57 a.m.
Two House Republicans Will Face Off for California’s 40th District

June 10, 2026 08:42 a.m.
Ex-Fox News Host Steve Hilton to Face Xavier Becerra in California Governor’s Race

June 09, 2026 08:10 p.m.
Nithya Raman Beats Out Spencer Pratt to Challenge LA Mayor Karen Bass

June 08, 2026 08:56 p.m.
New York State Assembly Advances Redistricting Amendment

June 03, 2026 10:28 p.m.
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June 03, 2026 05:20 a.m.
Supreme Court Allows Republican-Friendly Alabama Congressional Map

June 02, 2026 10:01 p.m.
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June 02, 2026 06:33 p.m.
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June 01, 2026 05:00 a.m.
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May 29, 2026 02:12 p.m.
South Carolina Republicans Rebuff Trump’s Call to Redistrict

May 26, 2026 04:57 p.m.
Federal Court Blocks Alabama’s Republican-Friendly Redistricting

May 26, 2026 12:28 p.m.
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May 22, 2026 03:10 p.m.