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D.C. Circuit Hears Oral Argument on Guantanamo Pleas
A dispatch from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C Circuit on the Guantanamo plea agreements. -
The Trump Defense Department’s First Border Deployment: A Return to the Past
Trump’s first southern border deployment retreads old ground and almost certainly relies on non-emergency authorities, many of which were also employed by the Biden administration. -
Trump Issues Memorandum to Detain Migrants at Guantanamo
The president directs the secretaries of defense and homeland security to expand the migrant operations center to “full capacity.” -
The Patel Dossier
Everything you want to know about Kash Patel—and so very much more. -
Prosecuting Journalists Complicates Biden’s Press Freedom Legacy
During the Biden administration, the Justice Department pursued criminal cases that threatened to criminalize newsgathering and undermine journalist protections. -
Lawfare Daily: Understanding the Impoundment Crisis
What is going on with the federal government funding freeze? -
ChinaTalk: DeepSeek: What It Means and What Happens Next
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Rational Security: The “Don’t Cry for Me, Lawfare” Edition
Scott Anderson, Kevin Frazier, Eugenia Lostri, and special guest Peter Harrell dived deep into the week’s national security news. -
Sanctuary, Supremacy, History, and the Deep Country
The Trump administration lacks the legal power to coerce state and local authorities to enlist in its deportation campaign—and ignores the history of similar failed efforts. -
Lawfare Daily: Peter Hyun on the Tech Supply Chain and National Security
What are the FCC’s data security and cybersecurity enforcement authorities? -
The Trouble With AI Safety Treaties
The key to global AI safety is continued American leadership in AI innovation, not more international treaties. -
The Situation: The Stakes in Those Justice Department Firings
What does ousting career prosecutors have to do with the nomination of Kash Patel? -
Trump Executive Order Targets Transgender Service Members
The order reverses a 2021 Biden administration directive allowing transgender troops to serve openly—which itself had overturned an earlier ban from the first Trump administration. -
A Primer on the Impoundment Control Act
Refusals to undertake required spending are already a major theme of Trump’s second term, but the law limits such executive action. -
Trump Orders Pause on Federal Financial Assistance
The memorandum directs agencies to pause funding and conduct a review of programs implicated by executive orders. -
Lawfare Live: Patel, Gabbard, and Kennedy Confirmation Hearings
Watch the discussion on Jan. 30 at 4 pm ET. -
What DeepSeek r1 Means—and What It Doesn’t
China's AI breakthrough doesn’t invalidate America’s export controls—but it does expose real weaknesses in its AI policy. -
Lawfare Daily: Nick Bednar on Trump's Civil Service Executive Orders
How is President Trump reshaping the civil service? -
Donald Trump and the Presidential Communications Privilege
Trump’s use of the presidential communications privilege to delay his prosecution is a tale of due process failure. -
The Situation: Horsepeople of the Trumpocalypse
Kash Patel, Tulsi Gabbard, and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. have one thing in common: They believe things that aren’t true.
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Border Militarization Blurs the Distinction Between ‘Policing’ Immigration and ‘Combating’ Immigrants
NSPM-4, President Trump’s order on the military’s “mission for sealing the Southern Border,” obscures the fine-grained limits that ought to clearly and unambiguously regulate lethal force. -
Can the U.S. Government Compel States to Enforce Immigration Law?
Trump’s efforts to force state cooperation on immigration raise pressing questions about the constitutional limits of federal authority. -
Lawfare Daily: Andrew Bakaj on Whistleblowing and DOGE’s Activities at the NLRB
Discussing the declaration from a NLRB whistleblower.
