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The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act makes it illegal for U.S. businesses to bribe foreign officials – and Trump just signed an executive order putting that law on pause. COURIER correspondent Allan Piper has the breakdown. 

COURIER correspondent Liz Fleming unpacks the new Department of Transportation memo that allocates funding to areas with higher than average marriage and birth rates, seemingly attempting to incentivize people.

The internet was quick to react to Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl Halftime Show and his apparent swipe at Donald Trump, who left the game halfway through Lamar’s performance. We've got your debrief over on COURIER's Instagram.

Nina Burleigh, author of the American Freakshow newsletter, has your debrief on who exactly Russell Vought, Trump's new OMB director, is – and why he is trying to take down the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Veteran journalist and author of the Stop The Presses newsletter Mark Jacob explains Trump's ongoing strategy of using lawfare to intimidate and harass media organizations into silence.

For COURIER, Debbie Cox Bultan, CEO of NewDEAL Leaders, reflects on her conversations with candidates and elected officials over the last cycle and offers her recommendations on how the Democrats can rebuild and win in 2025. 

COURIER's Pennsylvania newsroom, The Keystone, reports on how Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth hired Sean Parnell to be the top Pentagon spokesperson –  both have been accused of domestic violence by former family members.

Per COURIER's North Carolina newsroom, Cardinal & Pine, Duke Energy joined 9 other power companies in asking Trump's newly-confirmed EPA administrator Lee Zeldin to weaken environmental regulations for natural gas and coal ash. 

The bill is a top legislative priority for Republican Gov. Greg Abbott – and Democrats in the Texas Senate didn’t have the votes to stop it, so it now moves to the Texas House. COURIER DFW has the info you need to know.