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- Trump says U.S. will end Israel aid. · 26 minOn Tuesday, November 3, President Donald Trump announced that U.S. aid to Israel will end at the start of 2027, saying that the country “no longer need[s] it.” The president said…
- Trump names Stephen Miller chief of staff. · 26 minOn Friday, President Donald Trump announced he is elevating Stephen Miller to be his new chief of staff, while current Chief of Staff Susie Wiles will move to a position in the…
- PREVIEW: The Friday Edition. - The 2026 midterms mailbag. · 11 minOn Wednesday, Vice President JD Vance shared his assessment of Republicans’ midterm performance, arguing that the war in Iran was primarily responsible for the party’s…
- Vance’s midterm postmortem. · 27 minOn Wednesday, Vice President JD Vance shared his assessment of Republicans’ midterm performance, arguing that the war in Iran was primarily responsible for the party’s…
- Suspension of the rules. - Isaac, Kmele and Ari process the huge margins in the midterm elections and Representative Jake Auchincloss joins the show. · 1 u 4 minOn today's jam packed episode of Suspension of the rules, Isaac, Ari and Kmele go over the large margins in the election results. The episode explores how growing frustration…
- Democrats sweep the midterm elections. · 27 minOn Tuesday, Democrats flipped the House and Senate, winning majorities in both chambers by significant margins. As of 10:30 AM ET, Decision Desk HQ has called 54 Senate seats for…
- SPECIAL EDITION: The 2026 midterms are here. · 41 minToday is Election Day. Control of 35 Senate seats, 36 governorships, and all 435 House seats will be decided in this year’s midterms, in addition to a slew of state ballot…
- Haley Stevens endorses Mike Rogers. · 31 minOn Sunday, former Democratic Senate candidate Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI) endorsed Republican candidate Mike Rogers in Michigan’s Senate race. Stevens issued her endorsement after…
- FULL EPISODE: The Friday Edition. - Yes, you should vote. · 19 minYour participation has tangible and intangible effects. Hey everyone — Election Day is on Tuesday. If you haven’t yet voted, you should make plans to. Ahead of every midterm and…
- The Israeli elections · 25 minOn Tuesday, Israel held its first elections since Hamas’s October 7 attacks in 2023. With approximately 96% of ballots counted, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud…
- Suspension of the rules. - The 2026 midterm election episode. · 1 u 16 minIn today's jam packed election themed episode of Suspension of the rules, Isaac, Ari and Kmele explore controversial campaign tactics, political rhetoric, antisemitism in…
- A Grain of Saul - Okay, the polls are getting a little ridiculous. · 15 minIs the "blue tsunami" talk legit? Hey — I'm Isaac Saul, the founder and executive editor of Tangle. This is my new semi-regular newsletter A Grain of Saul, where I dive into…
- The Maine Senate election. · 28 minIn a Senate race that could determine the majority in the upper chamber, Democrat Troy Jackson holds a narrow polling lead over Republican incumbent Sen. Susan Collins in Maine…
- The $8 billion farmer relief package. · 29 minOn Monday, October 19, President Donald Trump announced the Harvest Fuel Relief Program (HFR), an $8 billion program to support farmers during a spike in diesel costs. The…
- The DOJ’s Alaska lawsuit. · 25 minOn Thursday, the Justice Department suedAlaska and its Division of Elections director, seeking to preemptively block certification of the state’s Senate election if it is…
- PREVIEW: The Friday Edition. - The corruption is still the story. · 12 minI spent five months tracking every Trump corruption story. Here’s what I found. Several hours ago, I had to abandon my contacts for glasses. My eyes are still dry and burning…
- The Ohio attack ad. · 25 minOn Tuesday, Ohio gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy’s (R) campaign released an advertisement featuring his opponent Amy Acton’s (D) mother, Donna Arthur, accusing her…
- Suspension of the rules. - Isaac, Kmele and Ari talk midterm predictions, riots in France, Amy Acton's crazy ads and a fun quiz on Europe. · 1 u 15 minIn today's episode of Suspension of the rules, Isaac, Ari, and Kmele discuss a controversial Ohio campaign ad, the prospect of a Democratic midterm wave, riots in France, and the…
- A Grain of Saul. - Are Americans just stupid? · 18 minThis is the debut edition of “A Grain of Saul,” a fresh newsletter from me, Isaac Saul, within the Tangle ecosystem. It’ll come out every week or two, and I’ll use it to explore…
- The U.S.–Ukraine policy shift. · 28 minOn Wednesday, October 14, Ukrainian officials reported that its access to the services it uses to coordinate drone missions was hampered, signaling a potential shift in U.S…
- The protests and riots in France. · 26 minFor the past month, protests and riots have broken out across France, with violence and disorder significantly escalating over the weekend. In mid-September, high school students…
- The Texas Senate race. · 24 minWith approximately two weeks until the midterm elections, state Rep. James Talarico (D) and state Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) are in a tightly contested race that could…
- PREVIEW: The Friday Edition - The window for a third party is wide open. · 4 minThe midterms could bring some surprises.Every election cycle, some pundits, voters, and activists inevitably end up musing about whether this is the moment a third party could…
- The Russia diesel deal. · 26 minOn Friday, President Donald Trump announced an agreement to lift sanctions on Russian oil exports in return for Russia releasing roughly 800,000 tons of diesel by the end of…
- Suspension of the rules. - Isaac, Kmele and Ari discuss corruption in the Trump administration, James Talarico's health and the Ilhan Omar investigation. · 1 u 11 minOn today's episode of Suspension of the rules, Isaac, Ari and Kmele discuss alleged corruption in the Trump administration, misinformation surrounding Texas Senate candidate…
- The Ilhan Omar investigation. · 26 minOn Monday, federal agents from Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) searched Rep. Ilhan Omar’s (D-MN) Washington, D.C. residence as part of an immigration investigation. The…
- The planned execution of the Fort Hood shooter. · 25 minOn Thursday, the Defense Department announced that it intends to livestream the execution of the former Army major who carried out the 2009 Fort Hood mass shooting. The convicted…
- PREVIEW: The Friday Edition - My honest thoughts on Hasan Piker. · 7 minThe streamer is an increasingly incendiary political figure. It’s hard to say how much your average American knows (or cares) about Hasan Piker. To political reporters like me…
- SCOTUS returns with a climate change case. · 28 minOn Monday, the new Supreme Court term began with oral arguments in a case over whether cities can sue energy companies for contributing to climate change. The arguments center on…
- Suspension of the rules. - Isaac, Kmele and Ari share their election hot takes, a focus group discussion on Abdul El-Sayed, and much more. · 1 u 18 minOn today's episode of Suspension of the rules, Isaac, Ari and Kmele share their election hot takes that are happening in the next few of weeks. We talk about some friends of the…
- The Cornell rape accusations. · 26 minOn September 28, New York prosecutors said they had reopened an investigation into an alleged sexual assault and gang rape by seven Cornell University students in October 2024…
- The FlyDubai plane attack. · 24 minOn Wednesday, the copilot of a FlyDubai commercial flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv allegedly attacked the plane’s captain and attempted to crash the aircraft in what Israeli…
- The failed execution of Christa Pike. · 22 minOn Wednesday, Tennessee failed to execute Christa Pike after administering two doses of a lethal drug. Pike had been sentenced to death for her role in the 1995 murder of Colleen…
- PREVIEW: The Friday Edition - Is the global fertility decline a crisis? · 7 minWhat an aging population and fewer young people could mean. A wide-ranging conversation. In this week’s Suspension of the Rules episode, we start by having some fun with Jack…
- The Protect College Sports Act passes the Senate. · 26 minOn Monday, the Senate voted 77–22 to pass the Protect College Sports Act with support from 50 Republicans, 26 Democrats, and one independent. The bill would create a national…
- Suspension of the rules. - Isaac, Kmele and Ari talk about the Trump ads, Jack Smith testimony and the Cornell University sexual assault case. · 1 u 20 minOn todays episode of Suspension of the rules, Isaac, Ari and Kmele get into the Jack Smith testimony, a few embarrassing moments for a certain Republican Senator, the Trump ads…
- The ACA cancelations. · 27 minLast Tuesday, September 22, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) said it had canceled healthcare enrollments for roughly 760,000 people under the Affordable Care…
- FULL EPISODE: SPECIAL EDITION - The U.S. has weapons in space — what happens next? · 36 minIn September, Air Force Secretary Troy Meink announced that the United States has “on-orbit space control weapons capable of defending the Joint Force against hostile adversary…
- The 2026 midterms preview. · 25 minTuesday marks 35 days until federal elections will be held for all 435 U.S. House seats and 35 of the 100 U.S. Senate seats. Additionally, 36 states will elect governors and 46…
- FULL EPISODE: PRESS PASS - I’m going back to my roots. And a very special announcement. · 17 minWhen I started Tangle seven years ago, it was just me and the blinking cursor on a blank Google document. As I look back on the newsletter editions I wrote during the early…
- The UN assembly and Trump–Xi summit. · 27 minLast week, world leaders gathered in New York City for the 81st United Nations (UN) General Assembly, with conflicts in Iran and Ukraine taking center stage. In a speech before…
- PREVIEW: The Friday Edition - Is President Trump okay? · 8 minIn June of 2021, I published a newsletter headlined “Is Joe Biden okay?” The president, I wrote, didn’t “seem quite right.” I preemptively shot down critics who thought it was…
- The rise of GLP-1s. · 29 minIn recent years, use of new weight-loss medications has risen in the United States. A 2026 Gallup poll found that a record 11% of U.S. adults are taking GLP-1 medications for…
- Suspension of the rules. - Isaac, Kmele and Ari talk about the historic speech at the UN General Assembly, Nikole Hannah-Jones and Hassan Piker. · 1 u 15 minOn today's episode of Suspension of the rules, Isaac, Ari and Kmele chat about the historic speech given at the UN General Assembly as well as the viral piece that Nikole…
- The U.S.–Greenland Deal. · 28 minOn Tuesday, President Donald Trump signed a defense agreement with Denmark and the semiautonomous territory of Greenland. The three-party compact was signed in New York City…
- The White House press bans. · 29 minOn Friday, President Donald Trump announced he is barring journalists from CNN, MS NOW, and Politico from the White House. The president accused the outlets of inaccurately…
- A potential new front in the Iran war. · 29 minAs the war in Iran nears its seventh month, new developments over the past week have prompted concerns about a widening conflict in the Middle East. On Saturday, the State…
- PREVIEW: The Friday Edition. - The case for the Democratic Socialists of America. · 10 minOne of the core tenets of Tangle’s mission is ideological diversity. As a big-tent news organization, we believe that we can be a space for readers of all political backgrounds…
- The EPA’s power plant deregulation. · 29 minOn Monday, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the repeal of Biden-era emissions regulations for power plants and proposed rolling back all remaining greenhouse…
- Suspension of the rules. - Isaac, Kmele and Ari chat about the threat of artificial intelligence, Mitch McConnell's return and more. · 1 u 19 minOn today's episode of Suspension of the rules, Isaac, Ari and Kmele chat about whether or no artificial intelligence will kill us all and some reflection on Mitch McConnell's…
