Rethinking Treasury's Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Office
The U.S. doesn’t need a new agency—it needs existing ones to work. Upgrading Treasury’s financial intelligence office offers a start.
Can Frontier AI Labs Lawfully Agree to Pause?
Anthropic raised the possibility of a coordinated, verified AI development pause. Antitrust law might prevent that.
What’s up with Trump’s Mail-In Voting Executive Order?
Agency actions and court decisions make it easier to understand how insidious, and how illegal, the EO will turn out to be.
‘Nihilistic Violent Extremism’ Isn’t a Thing, and I’m Tired of Pretending It Is
The catch-all category is misleading and a mistake.
Lawfare Live: The Trials of the Trump Administration, June 26
Join the Lawfare team at 4 pm ET for a discussion of the litigation surrounding the Trump administration.
Harsh Confinement
A review of W. Fitzhugh Brundage, “A Fate Worse Than Hell: American Prisoners of the Civil War” (Norton, 2026).
Keep Lawfare Paywall Free
Donate today!Highlights
-
Rethinking Treasury's Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Office
The U.S. doesn’t need a new agency—it needs existing ones to work. Upgrading Treasury’s financial intelligence office offers a start. -
Can Frontier AI Labs Lawfully Agree to Pause?
Anthropic raised the possibility of a coordinated, verified AI development pause. Antitrust law might prevent that. -
What’s up with Trump’s Mail-In Voting Executive Order?
Agency actions and court decisions make it easier to understand how insidious, and how illegal, the EO will turn out to be. -
‘Nihilistic Violent Extremism’ Isn’t a Thing, and I’m Tired of Pretending It Is
The catch-all category is misleading and a mistake. -
The Week That Was
Your weekly summary of everything on the site. -
Harsh Confinement
A review of W. Fitzhugh Brundage, “A Fate Worse Than Hell: American Prisoners of the Civil War” (Norton, 2026). -
Open-Weight Model Advances Make the Mythos Debate Moot
The latest edition of the Seriously Risky Business cybersecurity newsletter, now on Lawfare. -
At a Mosque in San Diego, Trump’s Counterterrorism Strategy Falls Flat
The administration’s strategy trades an accurate assessment of the threat landscape for political rhetoric. -
The Missing Resistance in China’s AI Debate
As Washington negotiates AI guardrails with Beijing, it must understand why the AI debate in China is so quiet: control, not consent. -
The EU Cloud and AI Development Act
Inside the European Union’s latest bid to achieve technological sovereignty. -
The Drone Threat to America’s Cities
Drones are coming for our cities. The tech is cheap, the threat is real, and our defenses are nearly nonexistent. -
Tulsi Gabbard’s Fauci Files Don’t Prove What She Says They Prove
Gabbard’s declassification theater is a case study in politicizing intelligence. -
The Counter-UAS Certification Bottleneck
While recent amendments to 6 U.S.C. § 124n permit state and local authorities to address drone threats, a critical restraint remains. -
‘Voluntary’ Until the Government Is Your Customer
The new AI executive order disclaims a licensing mandate. Federal procurement can impose one anyway. -
First Amendment Questions for AI Transparency Laws
State regulations mandating AI firms to disclose information may run afoul of the First Amendment. California is an early test case.
.jpg?sfvrsn=2f856ee3_5)
.jpg?sfvrsn=5d0f4c8e_5)
.jpg?sfvrsn=68f3cd7e_4)
Featured Podcast
Live Coverage
For real-time updates of Lawfare’s coverage of the Trump administration’s legal challenges, follow on Bluesky or below:
What's Old Is New Again
With every new administration comes new promises and new actions on national security. But what’s “new” has often been proposed or even tried before—which means there’s a good chance Lawfare has already analyzed some of the legal and policy implications they present. So we’re making that past content readily accessible as it becomes newly relevant.
-
The Return of Schedule F
The Trump administration has proposed new rules to remove due process protections for thousands of federal employees. -
Donald Trump and the Department of Justice
On the loyalty of lawyers and the attitude of voters -
Trump’s Attacks on Justice Department Independence, Then and Now
What the first Trump administration carried out slowly, the new administration is doing at once.
Documents
-
White House Releases Executive Orders on Quantum Computing
-
White House Releases Executive Order on AI
-
Former Cuban President Raúl Castro Indicted
-
Trump Administration Releases 2026 Counterterrorism Strategy
-
Southern Poverty Law Center Indicted on Federal Fraud Charges
-
U.S. Government Agrees to $1.25 Million Settlement in Michael Flynn Suit
-
Trump Signs Executive Order Purporting to Restrict Mail-in Voting
-
ODNI Releases 2026 Threat Assessment
The Lawfare Podcast 
-
Lawfare Daily: ‘The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI’—A Conversation with Cory Doctorow
Cory Doctorow discusses his perspective on artificial intelligence. -
Lawfare Daily: The Trials of the Trump Administration, June 26
Listen to the June 26 livestream as a podcast. -
Lawfare Daily: Excavating Arctic Frost
Other Lawfare Podcasts
Other Podcasts
Videos & Webinars
Lawfare Live: The Trials of the Trump Administration, June 26
Join the Lawfare team at 4 pm ET for a discussion of the litigation surrounding the Trump administration.
-(2)-(2)-(1).jpg?sfvrsn=21cee67a_7)
Explore
Congress
Armed Conflict
Foreign Relations & International Law
The Lawfare Institute:
Hard National Security Choices
Lawfare is a non-profit multimedia publication dedicated to “Hard National Security Choices.” We provide non-partisan, timely analysis of thorny legal and policy issues through our written, audio, and other content—all of which you can find here.
