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 It's been a wild week here at COURIER HQ. Between the Pope shooing away JD Vance to Trump's 'investigation' into Harris campaign performers, we've been busy. I'm excited to share more of what we've been working on below. 

But before we get into it, I have exciting news! 👀

COURIER's newest series, How Is This Better?, is launching in partnership with Akilah Hughes this week. Subscribe now to COURIER's YouTube and turn on notifications to be the first to watch the soon-to-be released teaser. 

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On social week ... COURIER's TikTok received 73 million views this week alongside almost 7 million likes. Here was our most viewed video, with 8.2 million views (and here is the runner-up, with 6.8 million views). 

On COURIER's Instagram, you can see the top post of the week here with 72,000+ likes and 3.1+ million views (check out that side-eye from Pope Leo).

This week, COURIER released our metrics for the first five months of the year. We're proud to report that our national accounts received 2 billion views and 244 million engagements. As the year continues, we'll keep working to engage more people and reach folks where they're at with mission-driven news! 

Trump is turning one January 6th insurrectionist’s family into millionaires using taxpayer dollars, reports COURIER's Instagram. Ashli Babbitt was fatally shot by police while storming the nation's Capitol.

In a must watch video on COURIER's Instagram, Democratic Senator Maggie Hassan schooled Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem at Tuesday's Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

In more Kristi Noem news ... in a truly dystopian turn of events, the Secretary of Homeland Security is pitching a reality television show for immigrants to compete for U.S. citizenship. COURIER's Instagram has it covered.

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"While latching onto right-wing terminology, major media also amplify MAGA storylines without skepticism," Mark Jacob writes in this week's Stop the Presses. Read his critique on journalists' willingness to parrot politicians.

This week, Trump’s DOJ charged a congresswoman for opposing his admin, ICE forged documents, and a VT congresswoman passionately took to the House Floor — COURIER's new daily newsletter, Below the Belt(way) has you covered.

Omaha's Mayor-elect John Ewing Jr. writes about his campaign to defeat a three-term Republican incumbent — and why Democrats need to stop ignoring races happening in 'flyover country' — in his exclusive op-ed for COURIER. 

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Iowa will comply with a federal order to provide data to the federal government on the state's 259,300 Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) beneficiaries. COURIER's Iowa outlet, Iowa Starting Line, has the story.

A U.S. House panel has voted to stop allowing Planned Parenthood to get reimbursed by Medicaid, and TX Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher is speaking out. COURIER Texas reporter, Salina Heller, has the story.

COURIER's Pennsylvania outlet, The Keystone, reports on the 80 members of Congress who are calling on the Trump administration to unfreeze funding for a grant program that helps local communities better prepare for natural disasters.