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The U.S. Capitol on September 30, 2025, hours before a partial government shutdown | REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY, edited by Russell Nystrom

The government shuts down.

Plus, how could a president theoretically seek a third term?
Government shutdown

All Mike Johnson posts

President Trump with House Speaker Mike Johnson | Screenshot: C-SPAN

What's next for the big beautiful bill?

Plus, how does the Supreme Court decide their rulings?
2026 budget
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer | wikimedia commons

Democrats split after short-term funding bill passes.

Plus, is the Tangle audience skewing left?
Senate
Can Senate Democrats prevent a government shutdown?

Can Senate Democrats prevent a government shutdown?

Plus, why doesn't Tangle feature libertarian perspectives?
Congress
A special New Year's edition of The Sunday newsletter

The Sunday — December 29

A special New Year’s edition.
The Sunday
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson in Arizona in August 2024. | Gage Skidmore, Flickr

The looming government shutdown.

What was in the funding bill, and why did the GOP kill it?
Stopgap funding bill
Rep.-elect Sarah McBride (left) at a book signing. Image: Wikicommons

A trans bathroom controversy in Congress.

We get into a recently proposed bathroom bill for federal buildings.
Sarah McBride
The SAVE Act and government funding.

The SAVE Act and government funding.

A stopgap funding bill looks poised to pass (without any new voting laws).
SAVE Act
Three things I was wrong about.

Three things I was wrong about.

And one thing I got right.
Samuel Alito
My conversation with former Rep. Ken Buck (R-CO)

My conversation with former Rep. Ken Buck (R-CO)

I sit down with recently retired Representative Ken Buck (R-CO).
Ken Buck
House Speaker MIke Johnson (R-LA) speaking to reporters after passing a foreign aid bill. Image: MSNBC YouTube

House passes foreign aid, TikTok bills.

Plus, a reader question about foreign investment in U.S. colleges.
Ukraine

The Sunday — April 21

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. Reader essay. Scarborough, Maine, is booming. That’s mostly great news, but the town’s growth has
The Sunday