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After Trump told reporters he had reached out to Gavin Newsom, California's Governor refuted the claims and suggested that Trump may be suffering from dementia. COURIER has the details.

COURIER covered footage of Donald Trump telling reporters that anyone who protests his $45 million birthday parade will face 'very heavy force.' Who's going to tell him about the First Amendment? 

Trump has waged an all-out war on California this week as the state protests the administration's I.C.E invasion. COURIER's national correspondent, Camaron Stevenson, breaks down what you need to know. 

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Football analyst, writer, and podcast host Denny Carter makes the case in his op-ed for COURIER that politicians like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez — and Bernie Sanders — shouldn't be ignored. 

Washington isn’t broken by accident — it’s been rigged over time. Michael Jones writes for COURIER about the Democrats pushing for the End Corruption Now agenda, a sweeping seven-bill package aimed at restoring public trust.

Executive Director of the People's Action Institute, Sulma Arias, unpacks in an op-ed for COURIER how Trump’s treatment of immigrants "is the tip of the spear of an overall agenda to enrich the greedy few at everyone else’s expense."  

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Lansing, Michigan invested in a program that reaches the people most likely to pick up a gun — but now Trump’s Department of Justice is abruptly pulling its support. COURIER's Michigan newsroom, The 'Gander, has the full story.

Trump’s new budget threatens 64,000 wild horses with slaughter by slashing protections and funding. Advocates call it “a bullet to the head” of America’s iconic herds. COURIER's The Nevadan has the story.

COURIER's Arizona outlet, The Copper Courier, highlights the lack of birthing hospitals across the state and how cuts to programs like Medicaid will exacerbate already existing healthcare issues across the country.