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The Supreme Court case on healthcare for trans minors
05 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On Wednesday, a majority of Supreme Court justices signaled that they were willing to allow states to pass laws limiting access to treatment...
Kash Patel’s nomination
04 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On Saturday, President-elect Trump announced the nomination of Kashyap "Kash" Patel as the new director of the Federal Bureau of Investigati...
The Hunter Biden pardon.
03 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On Sunday, President Joe Biden announced that he had issued a full and unconditional pardon of his son, Hunter, for any criminal acts betwee...
We're taking a break, and you should too (please, hear me out).
27 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Here at Tangle, we’ve just had a year straight of one of the longest, wildest, most unpredictable, campaign seasons I've ever witnessed. From two as...
Trump’s pick for Labor secretary.
26 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On Friday, President-elect Donald Trump named Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-OR) as his nominee for Labor secretary. Chavez-DeRemer, who narrow...
The transgender bathroom bill in Congress
25 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Last Monday, Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) introduced a resolution requiring Members, officers, and employees of the House of Representatives to us...
FULL EPISODE: The Sunday Podcast: Ari, Will, Magdalena, and Jon play a game, talk about DOGE, and air some grievances.
24 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Please enjoy this fully unlocked preview episode of our Sunday podcast. These editions are normally available exclusively for premium podcast members....
PREVIEW: The Friday Edition: Talking money in politics with Dave O'Brien.
22 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week, editor Will Kaback sat down with Dave O’Brien, the policy director for RepresentUs, to ask him some of the questions our readers alw...
The Matt Gaetz ethics report
21 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On Wednesday, a bipartisan House ethics panel investigating sexual misconduct claims against former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) voted not to release&n...
The Pennsylvania Senate race
20 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On Monday, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled 4-3 that undated or misdated mail ballots should not be counted in the 2024 election, reaffi...
Biden authorizes Ukraine to use long-range weapons in Russia.
19 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On Sunday, President Joe Biden authorized Ukraine to use U.S.-supplied long-range weaponry — called Army Tactical Missile Systems, or ATAC...
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as HHS secretary
18 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On Thursday, President-elect Donald Trump announced he would nominate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Servi...
PREVIEW - The Sunday Podcast: Isaac and Ari talk about Trump's cabinet nominees, DOGE, and Jake Paul v Mike Tyson.
17 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On today's episode, Isaac and Ari discuss the recent political appointments made by President Trump, particularly on the controversial nomination...
PREVIEW - The Friday Edition: One last look at why Harris lost the 2024 election.
15 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
More than a week has now passed since Election Day, and before we fully pivot to focusing on the end of Biden's presidency, the current Supreme Court ...
Trump pushes for recess appointments.
14 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On Sunday, President-elect Donald Trump tweeted that any Republican senator hoping to obtain the position of majority leader would have to a...
Trump's mass deportation plan
13 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the week after the election, President-elect Donald Trump reaffirmed his campaign promise to deport millions of immigrants living in the ...
The Trump White House comes into focus.
12 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the week since his electoral victory, President-elect Trump has begun announcing his picks for his cabinet and key White House staff. These selecti...
We're off for Veterans Day, but...
11 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the madness of election week, we forgot to note that we are off for Veteran's Day today. As longtime readers and listeners know, the Tangle team ob...
The Friday Edition - Ken Block Interview
08 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Isaac conducts an intriguing interview with Ken Block, who was hired by the Trump campaign shortly after the 2020 election to investigate the allegati...
Kamala Harris’s concession speech
07 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
At 4:00 pm ET on Wednesday, Vice President Kamala Harris addressed a crowd of supporters at her alma mater of Howard University in Washingto...
The 2024 election result
06 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Former President Donald Trump will become the 47th president of the United States, with all major newsoutlets calling the rac...
Election Day Interview
05 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
First, and most importantly, we want to let you all know that we'll be covering the election live from Tangle HQ in Philadelphia, Pennsylvan...
The final polls of 2024
04 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Over the weekend, several respected pollsters released their final surveys of the 2024 election, offering a snapshot of the presidential race in its l...
The Sunday Podcast: Issac and Ari talk about election night thoughts, a possible red bubble, and play some games.
03 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Isaac and Ari share their thoughts about potential election night results, the potential we are in a red bubble, play some game, and talk with editor ...
The Decision
03 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
With the election just days away, we questioned our undecideds about some of the comments they have individually made throughout the series, probed fu...
The Friday Edition - Can Kamala Harris win? And 25 closing thoughts on the election.
01 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A couple weeks ago, I made my final predictions about the 2024 election. In that post, one of my headline predictions was that Vice Pre...
Harris’s closing argument
31 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On Tuesday, Vice President Kamala Harris delivered a speech at the Ellipse in Washington, D.C., that was billed as the closing argument of h...
Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally
30 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On Sunday, October 27, former president and Republican nominee Donald Trump held a rally at a sold-out Madison Square Garden in New York City. A...
National newspapers decide not to endorse.
29 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On Friday, The Washington Post announced it would not endorse a presidential candidate in this year's election and would continue to forgo presidentia...
The presidential race in Michigan
28 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A week out from Election Day, Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are neck and neck in the critical battleground state. Har...
The Sunday Podcast: An interview with Dr. Noam Weissman
27 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Since Isaac is off coaching his frisbee team to a national championship, Ari and he couldn't record a Sunday podcast for you all. So to make up for th...
Trump's "enemy from within" controversy.
24 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the past two weeks, former President Donald Trump has made repeated references to “the enemy within” the United States, suggesting he would use...
Early voting data
23 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
23 million Americans have already voted, according to the University of Florida’s Election Lab. On September 20, Minnesota, South Dakota, and V...
Trump's visit to McDonald's.
22 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On Sunday, former president and Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump manned the fry station and handed out drive-through orders at a...
Yahya Sinwar’s death
21 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On Thursday, the Israeli military announced it had killed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in an operation in southern Gaza the day prior. Sinwar w...
The Sunday Podcast: Isaac and Ari share their predictions about the presidential, house and senate races. Also, the truth is finally spoken about the robots.
21 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Isaac and Ari share their predictions about the presidential, house and senate races as well as events surrounding the election. Also, the truth is fi...
Primetime
18 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We spoke our undecided voters about the Democratic National Convention, Kamala Harris' first interview, and the debate between Harris and former Presi...
SPECIAL EDITION: The Senate races.
17 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On November 5, in addition to presidential, House, state and local elections, voters will be casting ballots in 34 Senate elections in 33 di...
Kamala Harris’s latest economic proposals
16 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On Monday, Vice President Kamala Harris unveiled new proposals focused on helping black men build wealth, capitalize on economic opportuniti...
FEMA funding and the disaster response.
15 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Last Wednesday, Hurricane Milton made landfall in Florida as a Category 3 storm, knocking out power to 3.2 million people and killing&n...
The Sunday Podcast: Tangle gets some love, the Jack Smith filing and Isaac and Ari argue about cooking techniques and more
13 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On today's episode, Tangle gets some love from some big pod casters, Isaac and Ari argue about cooking techniques, talk about the Jack Smith filing an...
FULL EPISODE - The Friday Edition: 2024 Ballot 10 ballot initiatives that will define the election.
11 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today, we’re focusing on 10 ballot initiatives that we think exemplify this moment in U.S. politics. In Tangle fashion, we’ll give a neutral overv...
The Supreme Court takes up ghost guns.
10 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Garland v. VanDerStok, a case challenging a 2022 Biden administration rule that regulated u...
Donald Trump and Elon Musk
09 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On Saturday, the tech executive joined former President Donald Trump at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, the site of the attempted assassina...
Jack Smith's new filing on Donald Trump.
08 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan unsealed special counsel Jack Smith’s latest filing in United States v. Donald Trump,...
The first anniversary of Oct. 7
07 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Monday marks one year since Hamas’s attack on Israel, in which the U.S.-designated terrorist group killed approximately 1,200 people and t...
The Sunday Podcast: Isaac and Ari talk about Israel and Iran, The State of the Race in Every Swing State and more
06 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On today's episode, Isaac and Ari talk about Israel and Iran maybe going into a major war, we play a little game where Ari guesses the state of the ra...
PREVIEW: The Friday Edition - The state's right to kill its citizens.
04 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
You are listening to a preview of our new Friday Edition podcasts. These were exclusively for newsletter subscribers, but now, we are bringing them to...
The dockworkers go on strike.
03 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The dockworkers’ strike. On Tuesday, thousands of longshoremen and port operators along the East Coast and Gulf Coast went on strike after...
A special announcement about our podcasts
03 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The short and sweet: We are now (finally) offering ad-free podcasts if you subscribe to our premium podcast channel. You can sign up at tanglemed...
SPECIAL EDITION: The vice presidential debate.
02 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The vice presidential debate. On Tuesday evening, vice presidential candidates Ohio Sen. JD Vance (R) and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) faced off in the...
Hurricane Helene and the disaster relief efforts.
01 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On Thursday, Hurricane Helene made landfall in Florida's Gulf Coast as a Category 4 hurricane before moving inland and hitting the southeast...
The Eric Adams indictment.
30 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On Wednesday, The New York Times reported that federal prosecutors had indicted New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) as part of a corruption i...
The Sunday Podcast: Isaac and Ari talk about Eric Adams, The Electoral College, and play a little game.
29 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On today's episode, Isaac and Ari talk about the recent indictment of New York Mayor Eric Adams, other cases of political corruption and accountabilit...
Kamala Harris’s filibuster comments
26 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On Monday, Vice President Kamala Harris said she supports eliminating the Senate’s filibuster rule to pursue legislation codifying abortio...
The Mark Robinson Controversy
25 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On Thursday, CNN published an exclusive report on Mark Robinson, North Carolina's Lieutenant Governor and Republican gubernatorial candidate...
The SAVE Act and government funding.
24 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On Sunday, congressional leaders introduced a bipartisan spending bill to fund federal agencies until December 20, avoiding a government shu...
The pager attack in Lebanon.
23 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The pager attacks in Lebanon. On Tuesday, hundreds of pagers carried by members of Hezbollah, a U.S.-designated terrorist group, detonated simult...
The Sunday Podcast: Isaac and Ari Talk Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Philly and the Burbs
22 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On today's episode, Isaac and Ari talk about Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Philly, the burbs and more. Ari gives two hot takes on Supreme Court with Isaac...
The Federal Reserve’s rate cut
19 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On Wednesday, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve met in Washington, D.C., and agreed to a 0.5% — or 50 basis point — cut to t...
The new report on the Supreme Court.
18 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Chief Justice John Roberts. On Sunday, The New York Times released a behind-the-scenes report on Chief Justice John Roberts’s role in craf...
The Potential Sale of U.S. Steel
17 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On Friday, The Washington Post reported that President Joe Biden is unlikely to make a decision on whether to block Japanese steelmaker Nipp...
A second Trump assassination attempt.
16 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The second Trump assassination attempt. On Sunday, former President Donald Trump was targeted in what the Federal Bureau of Investigation (F...
The Sunday Podcast: Isaac and Ari interview Scott Keeter from Pew Research Center
15 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On today's episode, Isaac and Ari interview Scott Keeter, a senior survey advisor at Pew Research Center. They discuss polling methodologies, accuracy...
The Haitian Immigrant Controversy in Ohio
12 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In Wednesday’s presidential debate, former President Donald Trump claimed that migrants in Springfield, Ohio, were eating residents’ pet...
SPECIAL EDITION: The Trump-Harris debate.
11 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The first Harris-Trump debate. On Tuesday evening, Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump faced off for their first debate at ...
The Georgia School Shooting
10 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Last week, a 14-year-old boy killed two fellow students and two teachers and wounded nine others when he opened fire inside Apalachee High School in W...
The Latest On The Economy
09 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the past week, the August jobs report and a series of new proposals from Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump have put ec...
The Sunday Podcast: Isaac and Ari Rank Presidental Races from 1988 on
08 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On today's episode, Isaac and Ari repetitive comments, a New York Times article about Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, and a ranking of presid...
The latest in the Ukraine-Russia war
05 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On Tuesday, two Russian ballistic missiles hit a military institute and a hospital in Poltava, Ukraine, killing 51 and injuring 271, accordi...
The Trump-Arlington Cemetery Controversy
04 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Last week, NPR reported that an official at the Arlington National Cemetery (ANC) had a confrontation with Trump campaign staff members who ...
The Harris-Walz CNN interview.
03 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Harris-Walz interview. On Thursday, Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz spoke with CNN’s Dana Bash in their first inte...
The Sunday Podcast: Our Team Retreat, Kamala Harris' first interview, and reader questions answered.
01 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On today's episode, Isaac and Ari discuss our recent team retreat in central Oregon, including some fun (very late) nights, beautiful views, and discu...
30 Days
01 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Within a span of 30 days, the 2024 election became one of the most chaotic, surprising, and historic elections in history.We asked our undecided voter...
Mark Zuckerberg’s Letter to Congress
29 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On Monday, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg sent a letter to the Republican-led House Judiciary Committee claiming that the Biden administration had...
Israel and Hezbollah
28 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On Sunday morning, around 100 Israeli warplanes launched airstrikes targeting hundreds of rocket launchers across southern Lebanon; Israel s...
The Arrest of Pavel Durov
27 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On Saturday, French authorities arrestedTelegram founder and CEO Pavel Durov as part of an investigation into illicit activity on the messaging a...
RFK Jr.'s Campaign
26 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On Friday, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. suspended his presidential campaign and endorsed former President Donald Trump. Kennedy plans to remove his...
The DNC Platform
22 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On Sunday, the Democratic National Committee (DNC) released the party’s 2024 platform. In a press release, the DNC noted that th...
DNC Coverage
21 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I'm out at the Democratic National Convention this week in Chicago. A lot of readers have been asking why we didn’t go to the Republican National Co...
Prescription Drug Prices
21 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On Thursday, the Biden administration announced an agreement with drugmakers to reduce the prices of 10 of the most common prescription drug...
Kamala Harris’s Price Gouging Proposal
19 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On Friday, Vice President Kamala Harris announced a set of economic policy plans at a rally in Raleigh, North Carolina. Those proposals incl...
The Sunday Podcast: Isaac and Ari talk about questions for Kamala, no tax on tips, and Senate polls.
18 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On today's episode, Isaac and Ari talk about the questions they would ask Kamala Harris if she would actually sit for an interview, the no tax on tips...
The Latest In The 2024 Election
15 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Less than a month after President Joe Biden announced he was dropping his bid for reelection, Democrats have transformed their ticket, spurring a shif...
The UK Riots
14 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On July 29, three girls were killed in a stabbing attack at a dance class in Southport, England. Eight children and two adults were severely...
No Tax On Tips
13 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On Saturday, Vice President Kamala Harris told a crowd in Nevada that she would eliminate taxes on workers’ tips if she becomes president,...
Tim Walz's military record.
12 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Tim Walz’s service record. Over the past week, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the Democratic vice presidential nominee, has faced scrutiny over ...
The Sunday Podcast: Isaac talks with former Congressman Scott Klug.
11 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On today's episode, Isaac talks with Scott Klug, a former Congressman, journalist, and lobbyist. They discuss the polarization of American politics an...
The Olympic boxing controversy.
08 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Olympic boxing controversy. Last week, Imane Khelif became the center of an Olympic controversy when Italian boxer Angela Carini retired from thei...
Kamala Harris picks Tim Walz as her running mate.
07 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Tim Walz. On Tuesday, Vice President Kamala Harris announced Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate for the 2024 election. Walz is a 60...
Stock market turmoil and economic uncertainty.
06 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The global market disruption. On Monday, leading indices used to gauge the investor market across the globe plunged. In the United States, t...
The prisoner swap with Russia.
05 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The U.S.-Russia prisoner swap. On Thursday, the Biden administration announced a prisoner exchange between several European nations, the U.S...
The Sunday Podcast: Tangle's 5 year anniversary, Trump at the NABJ conference, Evan Gershkovich, and more.
04 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On today's episode, Isaac and Ari talk about Tangle's five-year anniversary, Kamala Harris's pick for a running mate, and the debate around Supreme Co...
Project 2025's director resigns.
01 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Trump and Project 2025. On Tuesday, The Heritage Foundation’s Paul Dans announced he was stepping down from his position as director of th...
The Venezuelan Election
31 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On Monday, the National Electoral Council (CNE) of Venezuela announced that President Nicolás Maduro had won Venezuela's presidential election, defea...
Biden proposes major Supreme Court reforms.
30 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Biden’s Supreme Court reforms. On Monday, President Joe Biden proposed a set of reforms for the U.S. Supreme Court. The proposal recommend...
Benjamin Netanyahu addresses Congress on the war in Gaza.
29 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Benjamin Netanyahu's speech to Congress. On Wednesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed Congress, his fourth such address...
The Sunday Podcast: Isaac and Ari talk about Kamala Harris and the road ahead.
28 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode, Isaac and Ari discuss Kamala Harris, her strengths and weaknesses, where she differs from Biden, and the potential criticisms comi...
Kamala Harris weighs her choices for vice president.
25 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Kamala Harris’s pick for vice president. Four days after President Joe Biden announced he was dropping his reelection bid, Vice President Kamala Har...
The Secret Service director resigns.
24 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Kimberly Cheatle’s resignation. On Tuesday, Kimberly Cheatle resigned her position as Director of the Secret Service (USSS) following the attem...