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The Big, Beautiful Bill gets through the Senate.

What's in — and what's out — of the megabill, and part three of a reader question about Sudan.
Big Beautiful Bill

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The "Big Beautiful Bill" gets a Byrd bath.

The "Big Beautiful Bill" gets a Byrd bath.

Plus, our thoughts on jumping from broadcasting to governance.
Big Beautiful Bill
President Donald Trump in the Oval Office | Image: Heute.at

Trump's "skinny" budget proposal.

Plus, is Trump getting rid of the penny?
2026 budget
Image: Russell Nystrom & Magadalena Bokowa, Tangle.

Trump's first 100 days — Part One.

Our first part of a two-part series on President Trump's first 100 days.
Trump's first 100 days
Can Senate Democrats prevent a government shutdown?

Can Senate Democrats prevent a government shutdown?

Plus, why doesn't Tangle feature libertarian perspectives?
Congress
President Joe Biden in the Oval Office | Photo by Adam Schultz

Biden's mass clemency.

Plus, a question about government waste.
Joe Biden

The Sunday — September 29

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. Reader essay. As the Jewish holiday of Rosh Hashanah approaches, reader Dinah Bucholz used the period of
Israel-Hezbollah war
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
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA). Photo: Gage Skidmore / Flickr

Republicans and Democrats strike a deal.

Plus, a question about Trump's immunity.
Spending
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA). Photo: Gage Skidmore / Flickr

Republicans and Democrats strike a deal.

Plus, a question about Trump's immunity.
Spending
The return of earmarks (pork).

The return of earmarks (pork).

Thousands of earmarks were inside the $1.5 trillion bill.
Earmarks