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A stylized graphic of Elon Musk

I was wrong about DOGE.

A full accounting of the initiative’s impact.
DOGE

All USAID posts

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What we got right and wrong in 2025, Part 1.

Does Tangle's editorial team make the grade?
2025 review
President Donald Trump listens to the Office of Management and Budget Acting Director Russ Vought delivers remarks in October, 2019 | Official White House photo, Wikimedia Commons

Congress claws back $9 billion in spending.

Plus, our editors weigh in on CBS canceling Stephen Colbert's show.
Rescission
Elon Musk leads the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). | Credit: Free Malaysia Today

The legal fight over DOGE's budget cuts.

Plus, how does Tangle decide who's on the right and left?

The Sunday — February 9

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. What just happened. Here are a few stories that have broken since our last newsletter on Thursday.
The Sunday
Pallets of food, water, and supplies from USAID staged to be delivered. | Credit: USAID

The future of USAID.

Plus, can you separate a political position from a moral one?
USAID