The Ukraine war. Yesterday, as Ukraine's counteroffensive appeared to be underway, news broke that  a major dam and hydroelectric power... more

Pride month. June in the United States is Pride Month, when members of the LGBTQ community celebrate lesbian, gay, bisexual,... more

California home insurers. Last week, State Farm said it would stop selling new insurance policies to homeowners in California as... more

RFK Jr. In April, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. filed paperwork to run for president in 2024 as a Democrat. The... more

The Clean Water Act. On Thursday, the Supreme Court established a more stringent test to determine whether the Clean Water... more

The debt ceiling deal. Days before a potential default, President Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy announced an agreement to... more

Ron DeSantis. Florida's Republican governor officially announced his 2024 presidential campaign on Wednesday; first by releasing a campaign launch video,... more

Twitter v. Taamneh and Gonzalez v. Google LLC. On Thursday, the Supreme Court ruled against the family of a 2017... more

Tim Scott. On Monday, South Carolina Republican Tim Scott officially announced his bid for president in 2024. Scott, a 57-year-old... more

F-16s for Ukraine. The United States and its allies are planning to provide F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine as part... more

The debt ceiling. Negotiations over the debt ceiling appear to be coming to a head. President Joe Biden and House... more

The Durham report. On Monday, special counsel John Durham released his long-awaited report examining how the FBI handled its investigation... more

The Daniel Penny charges. Daniel Penny, who was seen putting Jordan Neely in a chokehold on a New York subway... more

The Biden investigation. Last week, the House Oversight Committee released an interim report saying it had unearthed evidence that Biden's family members,... more

Title 42. On Thursday, May 11, the controversial Trump-era public health restriction will come to an end at midnight. Title 42... more

Today's topic contains descriptions of sexual assault and language that may be inappropriate for some readers. Donald Trump and E. Jean... more

North Carolina's Supreme Court. Earlier this month, the North Carolina Supreme Court sided with Republicans in three major rulings: upholding... more

Jordan Neely's death. On Monday afternoon, Neely was aboard a subway train in New York City when he began shouting... more

The Chevron deference. On Monday, the Supreme Court said it would reconsider the so-called Chevron deference, a 1984 precedent that... more

Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA). The 89-year-old senator has served in the Senate for more than 30 years, making her the... more

Supreme Court ethics. In the last few weeks, calls for a Supreme Court code of conduct have grown louder. On... more

The debt ceiling. On Wednesday, House Republicans narrowly passed a bill to raise the debt ceiling to $31.4 trillion while... more

Michael Morell. Last week, Representative Jim Jordan (R-OH), chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, sent a letter to Secretary of... more

Biden 2024. On Tuesday, President Joe Biden officially announced his plan to run for president in 2024, setting up a... more

Tucker Carlson. On Monday, Fox News announced it was parting ways with Tucker Carlson, its most popular primetime host and... more

The Supreme Court's mifepristone order. On Friday night, the Supreme Court granted a request from the Biden administration and a... more

Evan Gershkovich. On Tuesday, a Russian court upheld the detention of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who was arrested... more

The Fox-Dominion settlement. On Tuesday, Fox News agreed to pay Dominion Voting Systems $787.5 million to settle their defamation lawsuit and avoid... more

Bud Light. Last week, one of America's most iconic beer brands became the center of a culture war controversy after... more

Jack Teixeira. On Thursday, the 21-year-old U.S. Air National Guardsman was arrested by the FBI for allegedly leaking classified military... more

Tennessee’s legislators. On Wednesday, Tennessee lawmaker Justine Pearson was reinstated to the state House after a unanimous vote from the... more

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Last month, a trove of about 100 pages of classified documents began appearing on Discord, an app for group discussions.... more

On Friday, mifepristone, the most commonly used method of abortion in the United States, was thrown into legal ambiguity after... more

Yesterday, former President Donald Trump was arraigned and Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg unsealed his indictment and statement of facts in the case. At... more

On Tuesday, voters in Wisconsin will vote in an election that could impact not just abortion rights in Wisconsin and... more

In mid-March, we covered the "imminent" Trump indictment after the former president said he was going to be arrested in... more

On Friday, House Republicans passed an education bill focused on "parental rights" in the classroom, making a major political statement... more

Earlier this month, Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed HB1410, known as the "Youth Hiring Act of 2023." Most controversially,... more

On Monday, weeks of protests in Israel hit a fever pitch as hundreds of thousands of residents took to the... more

Last week, the Federal Reserve raised interest rates for the ninth time since March of 2022, this time by a... more

On today's episode, we sit down with political psychologist Steven Kull and talk about developing new methods for giving us... more

Members of Congress are proposing a TikTok ban. What are the best arguments for and against it? Plus, a reader... more

This week marks the 20th anniversary of the beginning of the Iraq War. On March 17, 2003, former President George... more

On Saturday, the International Criminal Court accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of war crimes, and issued a warrant for his... more

On Saturday, former President Donald Trump claimed he is going to be arrested on Tuesday and called for supporters to... more

On Monday, Fox News published the results of a questionnaire it presented to every leading Republican presidential candidate about their... more

On Monday, the Biden administration said it was going to approve an oil drilling project in Alaska's North Slope, a... more

Over the weekend, U.S. regulators took over Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) after it collapsed on Friday morning. In a matter... more

On Thursday, President Joe Biden released a $6.8 trillion budget plan for 2024 that he says will cut deficits by... more

On Monday, Fox News host Tucker Carlson aired his first segment on January 6 after receiving some 41,000 hours of... more

Last week, a Republican bill to prevent pension fund managers from basing their investment decisions on things like climate change... more

We're covering Trump's dominance at CPAC, his speech, and the reactions to it from the right and left. Plus, a... more

Today, we're breaking down the debate over the Washington D.C. crime bill and Biden's decision to oppose it. Plus, a... more

Last week, the Biden administration announced a new temporary rule that will penalize asylum seekers who cross the border illegally... more

On Tuesday, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a challenge to President Biden's student debt cancellation program. Members of... more

On Sunday, The Wall Street Journal reported that the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) concluded the Covid-19 pandemic most likely... more

We covered the story of East Palestine in a special Friday edition, which included original reporting on what happened there.... more

On Tuesday, the Supreme Court heard arguments in Gonzalez v. Google, a case that could change the liability social media... more

On Monday, President Biden made a surprise visit to the capital of Ukraine. It was the first time in the... more

On Wednesday night, Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) checked himself into Walter Reed National Military Medical Center to receive treatment for... more

In late January, the seven states that rely on the Colorado River for water failed to strike a water-sharing deal... more

In a matter of eight days, U.S. fighter jets have shot down four objects across North America. The first was... more

On today's special episode of Tangle, as a way to celebrate Valentine's Day, I sat down and interviewed my wife.... more

During last week's State of the Union address, President Biden claimed that "some Republicans" want to sunset Social Security and... more

Manu Meel is the CEO of Bridge USA, a nationwide movement on college campuses that aims to promote open discussion... more

On Saturday, the Democratic National Committee approved President Biden's proposed changes to the primary calendar for 2024, making South Carolina... more

Last night, President Biden delivered his second ever State of the Union, an annual address to Congress and the country... more

Ilhan Omar. Rep. Omar (D-MN) was voted off of the Foreign Affairs Committee on Thursday. Last week, we covered the... more

On Saturday, a United States military fighter jet shot down a suspected Chinese spy balloon over the Atlantic Ocean, about... more

Yesterday, news broke that the former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley will be announcing an official campaign for president on... more

The end of the Covid emergency. On Monday, the White House said it is planning to end its emergency declarations... more

The House committees. Last week, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) formally removed Reps. Adam Schiff (D-CA) and Eric Swalwell (D-CA)... more

Today, we're covering the death of Tyre Nichols, and the footage that was released on Friday. Plus, an under-the-radar story... more

On today's podcast, we are sitting down with Paul Summers and Steve Rosenthal, two of the men behind the Keep... more

On Wednesday, after weeks of deliberation, the German government said it would send 14 of its modern Leopard 2 main... more

On Friday, the Florida Department of Education said it will not allow an Advanced Placement (AP) class on African American... more

Last week, a committee in San Francisco released a reparations proposal for the city that includes $5 million for each... more

Biden's classified documents. We first covered this story on January 12. Hours after we published that piece, Attorney General Merrick... more

Gas stoves. Last week, Richard Trumka Jr., a commissioner on the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, said his agency was... more

Rep. George Santos (R-NY). In the November election, Santos flipped New York's 3rd District red, defeating Democrat Robert Zimmerman. But... more

The debt ceiling (or debt limit). During the recent debate over the next Speaker of the House, one of the... more

Today, we're covering the classified documents found at a Biden think tank, and the latest news about a batch of... more

President Biden has announced a tougher stance on immigration at the border, saying the U.S. would begin turning away Cubans,... more

Last month, Congress passed a $1.65 trillion government funding bill that provides record allocations for defense and sends more emergency... more

McCarthy is finally in. On Saturday, the 57-year-old Republican representative Kevin McCarthy from California was elected Speaker of the House... more

Rick is a 61-year-old maintenance technician at a Steel Mill in Butler, Pennsylvania. He is married with four children aged... more

Kristen (who sometimes goes by Jon) is from Des Moines, Iowa. They are a Christian, raised Catholic in a moderate... more

Bradley Pierce is a 40-year-old Christian, attorney, father of 10, husband of one, who says he is pro-parental rights, anti-abortion,... more

Miriam Stein is a Gen X woman from Yucipa, California, a mom of 2 teens & married for 25 years. She... more

Jamie Costello is a 39-year-old American woman from Maryville, Tennessee, who feels politically homeless. She is also a disabled combat veteran... more

In our last preview of the 2022 election, I cited Democratic strategist Simon Rosenberg as a "unique voice" in a... more

We're rounding up the year and giving you an opportunity to tell us what you think. Take the survey: https://forms.gle/SiKB4mMtDMYVQ68w6 Need a gift?... more

In the 2022 midterms, Republicans won the House of Representatives 222-213, grabbing the same number of seats Democrats currently hold... more

Last month, consumer prices rose 7.1% from a year ago, down from 7.7% in October and the peak of 9.1%... more

The Respect for Marriage Act. Yesterday, President Biden signed the Respect for Marriage Act into law, a bill that codifies... more

We're covering Parts 2, 3, 4 and 5 of the Twitter files. Plus, a question about the Nord Stream pipeline... more

We're covering the two immigration bills that are being debate in the lame-duck session of Congress. Plus, a very big... more

We're covering Kyrsten Sinema's decision to leave the Democratic party and a reader question about what is going to happen... more

We're covering the independent state legislature theory, and the arguments around it that happened before the Supreme Court on Wednesday.... more

In today's issue, we're covering the Supreme Court case where a Colorado web designer is challenging the state's anti-discrimination laws.... more

It's Election Day in Georgia, where voters are deciding between Sen. Raphael Warnock and challenger Herschel Walker. Plus, a question... more

Today, we're covering Twitter's decision to suppress the Hunter Biden story and the new leaks showing internal discussions. Plus, an... more

Congress is trying to stop a potential railroad workers strike. But is Biden on the right side of the issue?... more

Today, we're covering one of the most complex stories Tangle has ever seen: The Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978.... more

We're breaking down the protests in China and what they mean for the world. Plus, a question about mass shooting... more

In today's edition of Tangle, we're going to be breaking down the Colorado Springs shooting and what we know about... more

Thanks from Isaac and the whole Tangle team.  In the spirit of giving, we ask that you share this url: www.readtangle.com/give.... more

We're breaking down the appoinment of another special counsel investigator to look into Trump. Plus, a question about who Democrats... more

Nancy Pelosi steps down from her leadership position. Plus, an update on a reader question from last week about candidate... more

We're going long on Sam Bankman-Fried and FTX, the complicated story of a Democratic mega donor and cryptocurrency exchange going... more

We're covering Trump's big announcement for another presidential run. Plus, we've got a new survey on how you're feeling about... more

We're covering the latest inflation numbers and what they mean (some good news, maybe?)... plus, a question about what candidates... more

We're covering the results from the 2022 midterms, including Democrats officially taking the Senate. Plus, a question about why some... more

We're covering everything that didn't make it into the newsletter yesterday, a reader question, and Isaac's thoughts on some of... more

We're taking a look at Democrats suprisingly strong night, where the midterm race stands now, and what to expect in... more

We're giving our final preview and rundown of the midterms, what we're watching, and what to expect. Plus, a question... more

Today, we're covering the return of Lula. We also have a reader question about how to prepare for the midterms. You... more

Election day is in four days. Today, Tangle founder Isaac Saul discusses the reasons most people don't vote, and why you... more

Today, we're covering the debate over affirmative action, and going long on the arguments for and against it. Plus, a... more

We're breaking down the Elon takeover of Twitter. Plus, a question about "grassroots" movements and an important reader survey about... more

Today, we're covering the progressives criticism of Biden's approach in Ukraine — and then the backtracking. Plus, a correction and... more

Today, we're covering the John Fetterman vs. Dr. Mehmet Oz debate. Plus, a question about how I think of Tangle,... more

Today, we're covering the results from the "Nation's Report Card," which showed significant drops in learning for fourth and eighth... more

We're breaking down the lawsuits that threaten Biden's student loan plan. Plus, a reader question about the Republican party platform... more

Ivan Moore is one of Alaska's top pollsters. Today, he sits down with Tangle to discuss ranked choice voting, the... more

We're covering the new rules about contractors and the gig economy, which could impact millions of workers. Plus, a question... more

We're discussing the scandal in Los Angeles over a leaked audio recording of racist remarks. Plus, a question about why... more

We're covering the latest inflation numbers from the Labor Department, what they mean, and who has gotten most of this... more

We're covering Biden's announcement of a wave of pardons. Plus, a question about state residency and running for office, and... more

Today, we're covering some harrowing updates from the war in Ukraine. Plus, a question about drawing the perfect congressional map. You... more

We're covering the protests in Iran and what they mean for Iranians and the U.S. Plus, a question about how... more

We're covering the decision by OPEC+ nations to cut oil production — and what it means for gas prices and... more

We're covering the voting rights cases in front of the Supreme Court. Plus, a preview of tomorrow's edition. No listener... more

We're taking the day (mostly) off in observation of Yom Kippur. To those of you observing, we wish you an... more

We're covering the latest from the war in Ukraine — including the annexations of four regions and Ukraine's advances. Plus,... more

We're covering the upcoming Supreme Court term. Also, a reader question about finding good presidential candidates and a brief note... more

Today, Isaac apologizes for not answering your email, announces some changes at Tangle, and launches our charity drive. Links: Our advertising policy: https://www.readtangle.com/tangle-advertising-policy/ Advertise... more

Unpacking the global whodunnit. You can read today's podcast here, today’s “Under the Radar” story here, and today’s “Have a nice... more

The controversial permitting reform bill. Plus, a question about how Isaac starts his day, and a special shoutout to three... more

The elections in Italy and a question about talking to people who believe in conspiracies. You can read today's podcast here,... more

We're covering the New York attorney general's lawsuit into Trump. Plus, a question about food prices. You can read today's podcast... more

On today's episode, we sit down with election expert Michael McDonald. Michael is the author of the new book From... more

We are covering the Electoral Count Act reforms and skipping our reader question. Plus, a preview of tomorrow and a... more

Plus, a question about Lindsey Graham's abortion bill. You can read today's podcast here, today’s “Under the Radar” story here, and... more

Lindsey Graham's abortion bill, a question about the migrants in Martha's Vineyard, and the incoming challenge to student debt cancellation. Click... more

The Martha's Vineyard story. Plus, a question about where migrants cross the border. You can read today's podcast here, today’s “Under... more

We're covering the latest inflation news. Plus, some reader feedback, a preview of tomorrow's subscribers-only newsletter, and a question about... more

The race that could decide the Senate. Plus, a question about Gov. Abbott's immigration policy. You can read today's podcast here,... more

Happy 1 year anniversary to the Tangle Podcast! Advancing Ukrainian troops have made sudden gains with "shocking speed" in the northeastern... more