Howdy, folks!

You may notice there's something *a little* different about this week's newsletter. 

Here at COURIER, we've loved watching SO many of you become fans of our weekly readouts that we've decided to turn them into an official newsletter. 

So without further ado, I'm proud to introduce you to 'ROUNDUP.' Here, we'll be taking a look at COURIER's coverage of national and local news stories, trending social posts from the past week, and new product launches from the COURIER network.

Now to introduce myself: I'm Charlotte Robertson, the Deputy Director of Social and Brand here at COURIER's national team. I'm excited to be your ROUNDUP wrangler from here on out. 

I hope you all enjoy this week's edition! 

Charlotte Robertson

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This week, COURIER launched Below the Belt(way), a daily newsletter from national correspondent Camaron Stevenson that breaks down what – and who – you need to be watching in the world of politics.

Now for social ...

COURIER's social media accounts received over 125 million views this past week. We're seeing millions of new viewers paying attention to our accounts — and we're excited!

And in case you're curious, here was the most popular post this past week on COURIER's Instagram with 48,000+ likes and 3.3+ million views, and here was the most popular post on COURIER's TikTok with 638,000+ likes and 6.8+ million views. 

Three hundred billboards are going up outside America’s national parks reminding park-goers exactly who is responsible for staff shortages, reduced hours, and increased trash accumulation, reports COURIER's Instagram.

COURIER rolled out the trailer for Represent, a docuseries following activist and content creator Deja Foxx's run for Congress in Arizona's 7th district. Follow COURIER on YouTube to catch the first episode on June 2. 

Elmo parodies took the internet by storm this week after Trump ordered federal funding to end for NPR and PBS. Eliminating this funding impacts children's television shows like Sesame Street. COURIER rounded up responses here.

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President Donald Trump created another nonexistent victory with the announcement Tuesday that Saudi Arabia agreed to a $140 billion weapons deal. COURIER'S new daily newsletter, Below the Belt(way), has the readout.

"[Trump] knows that many in the media feel obligated to act like the president is telling the truth, even when the president is the most notorious liar of our time," writes Mark Jacob in this week's Stop the Presses.

Trump's recent Executive Order would make it mandatory for voters to provide documentary proof of citizenship. Robert Weiner of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law explains what that could mean for Americans in his op-ed for COURIER.

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Nevada State Senator Roberta Lange writes in an op-ed for COURIER's The Nevadan about how Trump's war on clean energy and economic chaos is raising costs for Nevadans while damaging the state's climate resilience.

A video posted by State Sen. Dawn Keefer called for a second Whiskey Rebellion and used a flamethrower on Gov. Josh Shapiro’s proposed budget, reports COURIER's The Keystone.

A Dominion executive told investors last week that President Donald Trump’s tariffs  could end up adding a total of $500 million to the major wind farm project in Virginia. COURIER's Virginia outlet, Dogwood, has the story.

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