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Trump’s attempts to dominate allies come with many costs and few benefits.

A federal judge with a unique style in punctuation.

The latest edition of the Seriously Risky Business cybersecurity newsletter, now on Lawfare.

Prompt injection attacks against AI models are not simple attacks; they are the first step of a kill chain. Understanding this gives defenders a set of countermeasures.

How precision strikes became visual performances—and why that matters for law, legitimacy, and civilian harm.

A primer on digital age assurance methods and a survey of the laws—both enacted and proposed—requiring them.

DHS’s threats to create a database of anti-ICE protesters raise troubling First Amendment concerns.

Three bottlenecks between AI capability and access to justice.

Unpacking the Don Lemon indictment, its factual allegations, the elements the government must prove to convict, and the potential defenses available to the accused.

The bizarre saga that unfolded in the weeks leading up to Don Lemon’s indictment illustrates just how far the Justice Department has fallen.

They really are an important civil liberties protection.

As Washington falls out with some of its closest, most enduring allies, Belarus, long isolated by the West, has gained favor.

Both parties have tried coalitions of the willing. Trump’s Board of Peace repeats the mistake—only worse, with autocrats and a fee.