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A witness recounts the planned execution of Christa Pike at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution

The failed execution of Christa Pike.

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The Sunday — October 4

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. In this week’s Suspension of the Rules episode, we start by having
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Is the global fertility decline a crisis?

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Mississippi State quarterback Kamario Taylor throws a pass against South Carolina

The Protect College Sports Act passes the Senate.

Breaking down the bipartisan bill.
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The ACA cancelations.

Plus, what’s going on with the Trump administration’s new PSAs?
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The 2026 midterms preview.

Plus, a hacking incident at the FBI.
2026 midterms
Tangle founder Isaac Saul (left) and Editor-at-Large Kmele Foster (right) chatting during a team retreat in Maine. Photo: Michele Teodori

I’m going back to my roots.

And a very special announcement.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Donald Trump at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland | REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst, edited by Russell Nystrom

The UN assembly and Trump–Xi summit.

Plus, how do legal challenges to Trump’s actions compare to past administrations?
President Xi
Winchester College chapel buttresses, 1980s | Mark Draisey, edited by Candida Hall

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
The Sunday
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Is President Trump okay?

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

Plus, the stories we didn’t cover this week.
GLP-1
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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