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Screenshot from a NewsNation segment on Jeffrey Epstein on Feb. 19, 2026

The winds change.

We've been really busy lately.
Smoke rises following an explosion, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Tehran | Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS, edited by Russell Nystrom
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing — March 3, 2026
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
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.
A child stands next to a missile in Qamishli, Syria — March 4, 2026 | REUTERS/Orhan Qereman, edited by Russell Nystro
Texas Senate candidate James Talarico (D) attends his primary election night party in Austin, Texas | REUTERS/Joel Angel Juarez, edited by Russell Nystrom
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
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 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
A photo of West Texas, where construction of a new border wall may push forward. Image: Isaac Saul
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.