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COURIER correspondent Allan Piper breaks down the situation and shares the details of the bill – including how a lot of the funding for this tax break would come from Republicans slashing Medicare.

Rep. Maxwell Alejandro Frost referred to Donald Trump as the "Grifter-in-Chief" for using his public office to enrich himself – and, in response, the Republican chairman of the House Oversight Committee threatened to kick him out.

The selection of Bongino, a popular right-wing podcaster, to serve under Kash Patel in Donald Trump's FBI constitutes "the least experienced leadership pair in the history of a bureau" per the NYT. COURIER has your readout.

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In an op-ed for COURIER, Alex Lawson, Executive Director of Social Security Works, breaks down his recent appearance in front of Congress and his mission to ensure people understand what's happening to their Social Security.

Veteran journalist and author of COURIER's Stop The Presses newsletter Mark Jacob explains why legacy media's addiction to access – and unwillingness to stand up to the White House and potentially lose it – is incredibly dangerous.

Lucy Ritzmann, author of COURIER's FWIW newsletter, unpacks how Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has become such a powerful online messenger for Democrats, especially in this second MAGA era.

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Per COURIER's Iowa Starting Line, Iowa House Republicans have advanced a bill to remove gender identity from the list of protected classes under the Iowa Civil Rights Act

Nevada Democratic US Rep. Steven Horsford is making a renewed push for legislation that would outlaw the practice of paying tipped workers below the federal minimum wage – COURIER's The Nevadan reports out.

COURIER's Virginia newsroom, Dogwood, breaks down how a VA State Senator publicly blamed federal workers who have been impacted by the Trump administration's layoffs and stated that they had “piss-poor planning.”