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Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer | wikimedia commons
18 minute read

Democrats split after short-term funding bill passes.

Plus, is the Tangle audience skewing left?
Senate

All Mike Johnson posts

Can Senate Democrats prevent a government shutdown?
17 minute read

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
6 minute read

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
18 minute read

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
18 minute read

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.
17 minute read

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.
13 minute read

Three things I was wrong about.

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

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
18 minute read

House passes foreign aid, TikTok bills.

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

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
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA). Image: Gage Skidmore / Flickr
17 minute read

Separate bills for aid to Israel, Ukraine, and Taiwan.

Mike Johnson tries a new strategy to pass House legislation while keeping his job.
Ukraine aid
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA). Photo: Gage Skidmore / Flickr
16 minute read

Republicans and Democrats strike a deal.

Plus, a question about Trump's immunity.
Spending