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U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing — March 3, 2026

Trump fires Kristi Noem.

Plus, what do various designations of immigrants mean?
Kristi Noem

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The Sunday — March 8

The Sunday — March 8

This is the Tangle Sunday Edition, a brief roundup of our independent politics coverage plus some extra features for your Sunday morning reading. What the left is doodling. What the right is doodling. Monday, March 2. The attack on Iran. On Saturday, February 28, the United States and Israel carried
The Sunday
A "book mobile" serving children in Blount County, Tennessee, in 1943 | Wikimedia commons

Rebuilding a literate America.

What's behind the reading crisis, and its possible reversal.
Literacy
A child stands next to a missile in Qamishli, Syria — March 4, 2026 | REUTERS/Orhan Qereman, edited by Russell Nystro

The war in Iran expands.

Plus, when could the DHS shutdown end?
War with Iran
Texas Senate candidate James Talarico (D) attends his primary election night party in Austin, Texas | REUTERS/Joel Angel Juarez, edited by Russell Nystrom

The midterms officially begin.

Party primaries kick off in Texas, North Carolina, and Arkansas.
2026 midterms
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth arrives at the Capitol to brief senators on the situation in Venezuela — January 7, 2026 | REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst, edited by Russell Nystrom

What happened between the Pentagon and Anthropic?

Plus, a question about transgender youth and parental rights.
AI
An F/A-18E Super Hornet aircraft lands on the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford during Operation Epic Fury | U.S. Navy/Handout via REUTERS, edited by Russell Nystrom

The U.S. attacks Iran.

Iran's supreme leader was killed in the initial strikes.
Iran
The Sunday — March 1

The Sunday — March 1

This is the Tangle Sunday Edition, a brief roundup of our independent politics coverage plus some extra features for your Sunday morning reading. A special report. Last week, news broke that the Trump administration was waiving a series of environmental laws and regulations to begin awarding contracts for border wall
The Sunday
A photo of West Texas, where construction of a new border wall may push forward. Image: Isaac Saul

Trump is pushing a border wall in my backyard.

Plans for a hundreds of miles of border wall in remote West Texas are now moving forward.
Donald Trump
The United States Olympic men’s ice hockey team, with goaltender Connor Hellebuyck in front, at the State of the Union address — February 24, 2026

Proud to be an American.

This year’s Olympics was beautifully apolitical — until the very last moment.
Loving America
Reps. Tim Burchett (R-TN) and Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) at a news conference on legislation to ban members of Congress from trading stocks | REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst, edited by Russell Nystrom

Is it time to ban Congressional stock trading?

Plus, a look at the major questions doctrine.
STOCK Act
President Donald Trump delivers the first State of the Union address of his second term to a joint session of Congress in the House Chamber of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C.

Trump's State of the Union address.

What stood out from the first SOTU of Trump's second term?
State of the Union