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I’m going back to my roots.

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The UN assembly and Trump–Xi summit.

Plus, how do legal challenges to Trump’s actions compare to past administrations?
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The Sunday — September 27

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. Suspension of the Rules. It’s a Big Apple episode for apple season. On the most recent
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Is President Trump okay?

I asked the same question about Biden in 2021.
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The rise of GLP-1s.

Plus, the stories we didn’t cover this week.
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President Donald Trump, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, and Greenlandic Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen at a signing ceremony in New York City

The U.S.–Greenland Deal.

How big of a deal is it?
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CNN correspondent Kaitlan Collins reports from the briefing room at the White House on Jan. 28, 2025

The White House press bans.

Plus, why Speaker Johnson keeps sending the House home.
Freedom of the press
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A potential new front in the Iran war.

Plus, can President Trump vote as a convicted felon?
Iran
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The Sunday — September 20

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 right is doodling. What the left is doodling. Suspension of the Rules. For this week’s Suspension of the Rules, Kmele defends his position on
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Graphic by Candida Hall and Aidan Gorman

The case for the Democratic Socialists of America.

What critics miss.
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The EPA’s power plant deregulation.

Plus, it’s Constitution Day.
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