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Hey there 👋 As we enter this new MAGA era, COURIER is committed to getting you the info you need, both from our national and battleground newsrooms.

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It's been a big week... and we've had a lot of 👀s on our coverage. COURIER's Instagram received about 28.7 million views in total, and COURIER's TikTok received about 40 million views.

And, in case you're curious, here is the most-viewed post on COURIER's Instagram in the past week (with 4.4 million views and 250,000 likes), and here is the most-viewed post on COURIER's TikTok (with 13 million views and 746,000 likes).

COURIER National correspondent Camaron Stevenson explains how Donald Trump continues to throw out the idea of a third term every couple of weeks – and it usually signals he's trying to distract people from what he's actually doing.

A Texas children’s hospital is treating cases of vitamin A toxicity in children after RFK Jr. promoted the vitamin as a measles remedy. COURIER's Instagram has the details. 

COURIER correspondent Lucy Ritzmann unpacks how several Fox News hosts cracked jokes at the expense of a man who had been wrongly deported to El Salvador – and how the Trump admin now says it can't bring him back.

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Per COURIER's FWIW newsletter, public fascination with the families of high-profile politicians isn't new – but turning them into influencers is. And Kai Trump is fully embracing her new influencer status.

Mark Jacob, author of COURIER's Stop The Presses newsletter, unpacks why the New York Times' "may not care about being on the right side of history, but if it doesn’t get on that side soon, it may become a relic of history itself."

For COURIER, Dan Kanninen, a Democratic strategist and Obama alum, explains how Pete Hegseth had a long and problematic history before Signalgate happened – and how the Trump administration knew about all of it.

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Per COURIER's Michigan newsroom, The 'Gander, organizers said they decided to host the event in Michigan’s 10th congressional district because Republican US Rep. John James has refused to host a public town hall meeting of his own.

COURIER's Iowa Starting Line was on the ground at Tesla's Urbandale branch where protestors did their part in a nationwide movement to protest Elon Musk's purge of government services and agencies. 

President Trump has continued his attack on federal workers with an executive order to end collective bargaining with unions representing federal workers involved with national security work. COURIER's Dogwood has the story.