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Spain Leaves Key Under Mat for Huawei
The latest edition of the Seriously Risky Business cybersecurity newsletter, now on Lawfare. -
Reductions in Force Challenges in the Federal Courts
The Supreme Court’s recent orders clear the way for the Trump administration to continue RIFs. -
Scaling Laws: Eugene Volokh: Navigating Libel and Liability in the AI Age
Discussing the complexities of libel in the age of AI. -
Privacy, Consent, and National Security After the 23andMe Bankruptcy
The sale of 23andMe’s DNA database underscores the need to ban the transaction of Americans’ genetic data as a corporate asset. -
How Appropriations Are Transforming the Defense Department’s Domestic Operations
Congress and the Trump administration are using appropriations law to entrench the Defense Department’s roles in migrant detention and immigration enforcement. -
Lawfare Daily: The End of USAID, with Nicholas Kristof
Discussing the global impact of the Trump administration's dismantling of the USAID. -
The Situation: No, Don’t Release the Epstein Files
I have a better idea. -
Partners or Provocateurs? Private-Sector Involvement in Offensive Cyber Operations
A structured framework to evaluate the risks and benefits of authorizing private companies to “hack back.” -
The Cybersecurity Patchwork Quilt Remains Incomplete
Trump’s first executive order on cybersecurity embraced more Biden initiatives than it overturned, but still misses the mark—accountability. -
Rational Security: The “Altered State” Edition
Scott Anderson, Benjamin Wittes, and Eric Ciaramella talked through the week’s big national security news stories. -
ChinaTalk: Xi Zhongxun: The Party’s Interests Come First
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Lawfare Live: Trials of the Trump Administration, July 18
Join the Lawfare team at 4 pm ET for a discussion of the litigation targeting actions from President Trump. -
Evaluating Congressional Sentiment Toward the Iran Strike
Media commentary suggested that President Trump’s June airstrikes overrode broad congressional opposition. The truth is more nuanced. -
U.S. Court of Appeals Allows Withdrawal from 9/11 Pleas
The decision overturns two lower courts’ opinions ruling that the Defense Secretary could not lawfully back out of plea agreements that had previously been approved. -
Lawfare Daily: Reparations for Russia's Aggression Against Ukraine with Markiyan Kliuchkovskyi and Patrick Pearsall
Discussing Ukraine's reparations strategy. -
Crossing the Rubicon: U.S. Government Cash for Human Rights Violations
With a payment to El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele, President Trump appears to have hired a foreign government to arbitrarily detain hundreds of men. -
The Awkward History of Russia’s Recent Recognition of the Taliban
A little over three decades after the Soviet Union and the mujahideen fought a long and brutal war, Russia officially recognized the Taliban as the government of Afghanistan. -
Scaling Laws: Cass Madison and Zach Boyd: State Level AI Regulation
What does state-level AI regulation look like today? -
Lawfare Daily: David Noll on Civil Contempt Against a Defiant Executive
How can courts enforce their rulings? -
The Situation: Real Housewives of the Justice Department
A new reality show playing out before eyes.
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Call for Papers – National Security Law “New Voices” Panel
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What Happened During Fed Governor Cook’s Hearing?
A play-by-play of Judge Cobb’s hearing in Cook v. Trump, a lawsuit challenging Trump’s attempt to fire a member of the Fed’s Board of Governors
