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Iran war

U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office

Trump says U.S. will end Israel aid.

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Vice President JD Vance delivers remarks during a midterm campaign rally

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Plus, did Ukrainian strikes reduce the number of Russian bots online?
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Farmer Cliff Carter works on an irrigation system for one of his rice fields in Rector, Arkansas

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Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump in Anchorage, Alaska, in 2025

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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

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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
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The Bab el-Mandeb Strait connecting the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden as seen from the orbiting Gemini-11 spacecraft | NASA

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The USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) transits the Strait of Gibraltar in April, 2019.

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A water tower in Eagan, Minnesota | Joel Koyama/Minneapolis Star Tribune/TNS via ZUMA Wire

The cyberattacks on U.S. water systems.

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A view of the Minneapolis skyline obscured by wildfire smoke on July 15, 2026

The Canadian wildfires.

Plus, can families of deceased soldiers sue the government?
Canada wildfires
Biking to class on the first day of sophomore year | Photo from Dorothy Swanson Blaker, edited by Candida Hall

The Sunday — July 19

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A boy waves an Iranian flag as he demonstrates against airstrikes in Yemen | REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah, edited by Russell Nystrom

Fighting resumes in Iran.

Plus, a question on fraud and Social Security numbers.
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