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October 23, 2026

Trump’s women’s health promises run into his own budget

COURIER congressional correspondent Michael Jones examines the disconnect between what the administration says it wants to achieve and where it proposes to spend.

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October 21, 2026

New Mexico Sues Epstein’s Lawyer and Accountant to Stop Them From Cashing In on His Estate

New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez sued Jeffrey Epstein’s longtime associates Darren Indyke and Richard Kahn to halt any transfer of funds to the men from Epstein’s 1953 trust.

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October 19, 2026

An Official Report Called a Close Epstein Associate a Neuroscientist. He Was Anything But.

Al Seckel was a strange character who was woven through much of Epstein’s later years and science-focused philanthropic endeavors.

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October 15, 2026

Senate Democrats are sending staffers to watch the polls. Here’s what they can actually do.

COURIER congressional correspondent Michael Jones explores the Senate effort to establish an independent record of election activity in competitive states as concerns grow over Trump’s election policies.

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October 9, 2026

Inside the legislative logjam waiting after Election Day

COURIER congressional correspondent Michael Jones examines the legislative deadlines looming over Congress and the uncertainty surrounding lawmakers’ plans after the midterms.

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October 5, 2026

The Scientific Institute That Fascinated Jeffrey Epstein

The Santa Fe Institute attracted the attention of Jeffrey Epstein several decades ago, and the extent of his connection to the research organization remains unclear.

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October 1, 2026

What two failed Senate votes tell us about the midterms

COURIER congressional correspondent Michael Jones looks at how election-year incentives turned broad agreement on data center costs and congressional stock trading into partisan Senate fights.

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September 24, 2026

Congress is playing catch-up with Flock cameras

COURIER congressional correspondent Michael Jones highlights the bipartisan push to regulate and increase oversight over automated license-plate readers.

September 24, 2026

Zorro Ranch investigation sparks action on outdated sex crime laws

A definition buried in New Mexico’s legal code allowed Jeffrey Epstein to avoid registering as a sex offender. Decades later, officials have a plan to finally close that door behind him.

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September 21, 2026

New Mexico’s ‘Epstein loophole’ is still on the books. It’s not the only one.

A legal technicality allowed Epstein to avoid registering as a sex offender in the state, and is one of a number of loopholes nationwide that fails to protect survivors of abuse.

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September 18, 2026

LaMonica McIver’s case for turning Black women’s resilience into power

COURIER congressional correspondent Michael Jones dives into the duality of celebrating Black women’s perseverance and reckoning with why that perseverance is so often required in the first place.

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September 11, 2026

Why the backlash to Laura Loomer’s attacks on Black women matters

COURIER congressional correspondent Michael Jones explores what the attacks reveal about the normalization of anti-Blackness in American politics.