The 19th is an independent, nonprofit newsroom reporting at the intersection of gender, politics, policy and power. https://19thnews.org/newslettershttps://bsky.app/profile/19thnews.orghttps://bsky.app/profile/19thnews.org/post/3mkqgpo5wwn24Felix, the most decorated woman Olympian in track, would be the first U.S. sprinter over 40 to compete in the Olympics. If she qualifies she’d be 43 at the time of the games, which will be held in her hometown of Los Angeles. She retired in 2022. https://bit.ly/4tHVojA30 Apr 2026 20:18 +0000at://did:plc:da7brobfvrhj77u5ao2sxmld/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkqgpo5wwn24https://bsky.app/profile/19thnews.org/post/3mkqe2oamhy24Six transgender Idahoans filed a lawsuit to prevent a new state law that criminalizes transgender people using bathrooms that align with their gender identity, including in private businesses, from going into effect. https://bit.ly/4tIPsXN30 Apr 2026 19:31 +0000at://did:plc:da7brobfvrhj77u5ao2sxmld/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkqe2oamhy24https://bsky.app/profile/19thnews.org/post/3mkq7vdvgr424President Donald Trump has withdrawn his nomination of Casey Means, a wellness influencer, for surgeon general after key Senate Republicans declined to support her. https://bit.ly/4d2s3tn30 Apr 2026 18:16 +0000at://did:plc:da7brobfvrhj77u5ao2sxmld/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkq7vdvgr424https://bsky.app/profile/19thnews.org/post/3mkpux3wfva2eThe ban is the first attempt in the country to prohibit websites or apps that promote digital undressing, where photographs of fully clothed people can be uploaded and manipulated with generative AI to appear nude. https://19thnews.org/2026/04/minnesota-nudification-ban-ai-deepfake/?utm_campaign=19th-social&utm_content=The%20ban%20is%20the%20first%20atte&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky30 Apr 2026 15:00 +0000at://did:plc:da7brobfvrhj77u5ao2sxmld/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkpux3wfva2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/19thnews.org/post/3mkptuqq5vf26“While I have the drive and passion, commitment and experience, and above all else – the fight – to continue on, I very simply do not have the one thing that political campaigns unfortunately require today: the financial resources,” Mills said in a statement Thursday. https://19thnews.org/2026/04/janet-mills-maine-senate/?utm_campaign=19th-social&utm_content=%E2%80%9CWhile%20I%20have%20the%20drive%20a&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky30 Apr 2026 14:41 +0000at://did:plc:da7brobfvrhj77u5ao2sxmld/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkptuqq5vf26https://bsky.app/profile/19thnews.org/post/3mknrdip47c2mIn a scathing dissent, Justice Elena Kagan said the court's conservative majority has completed its "demolition" of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. https://19thnews.org/2026/04/supreme-court-voting-rights-act-louisiana/?utm_campaign=19th-social&utm_content=In%20a%20scathing%20dissent%2C%20Ju&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky29 Apr 2026 18:50 +0000at://did:plc:da7brobfvrhj77u5ao2sxmld/app.bsky.feed.post/3mknrdip47c2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/19thnews.org/post/3mkn6raha4y22Affordability is leading voters’ concerns heading into the midterms. But Democrats are still embracing abortion as a top issue in some state Supreme Court and downballot races across the country. https://19thnews.org/2026/04/abortion-2026-midterm-elections-democrats/?utm_campaign=19th-social&utm_content=Affordability%20is%20leading%20&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky29 Apr 2026 13:18 +0000at://did:plc:da7brobfvrhj77u5ao2sxmld/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkn6raha4y22https://bsky.app/profile/19thnews.org/post/3mkl6foxbhg24The justices will hear arguments tomorrow in a case that asks them to decide whether a key Temporary Protected Status deadline will be extended, as local volunteers attempt to stave off a suite of restrictive state immigration measures. https://19thnews.org/2026/04/haitian-immigrants-springfield-supreme-court-temporary-protected-status/?utm_campaign=19th-social&utm_content=The%20justices%20will%20hear%20ar&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky28 Apr 2026 18:06 +0000at://did:plc:da7brobfvrhj77u5ao2sxmld/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkl6foxbhg24https://bsky.app/profile/19thnews.org/post/3mkjfuxyucy22Political violence is on the rise — and it's disproportionately affecting women lawmakers. We asked law enforcement agencies in all 50 states what they’re doing about it. https://19thnews.org/2026/04/political-violence-state-lawmakers-protection/?utm_campaign=19th-social&utm_content=Political%20violence%20is%20on%20&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky28 Apr 2026 01:15 +0000at://did:plc:da7brobfvrhj77u5ao2sxmld/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkjfuxyucy22https://bsky.app/profile/19thnews.org/post/3mkj25ff2io2h“I’m not a rapist. I didn’t rape anybody. I’m not a pedophile,” President Donald Trump said in a CBS interview, responding to writings of the suspected gunman in Saturday's presidential assassination attempt. Trump has faced a number of sexual misconduct allegations and has denied each one. https://19thnews.org/2023/10/donald-trump-associates-sexual-misconduct-allegations/?utm_campaign=19th-social&utm_content=%E2%80%9CI%E2%80%99m%20not%20a%20rapist.%20I%20didn&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky27 Apr 2026 21:44 +0000at://did:plc:da7brobfvrhj77u5ao2sxmld/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkj25ff2io2h