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ChinaTalk: The AI Attention War
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The Law Firms’ Deals with Trump Are Even Riskier Than They Seem
By settling with Trump, law firms have much more than a moral stain to worry about. -
The Thing About Facebook
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Lawfare Daily: What Trump’s Middle East Trip Means for Gaza and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, with Joel Braunold
Discussing recent updates in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. -
Chinese Mobile App Encryption is Suspiciously Awful
The latest edition of the Seriously Risky Business cybersecurity newsletter, now on Lawfare. -
Class Actions and the Alien Enemies Act
Class actions are critical tools for noncitizens subject to assertions of emergency authority, and the Northern District of Texas’s recent refusal to certify an AEA detainee class created a major procedu... -
Rational Security: The “Doodle Ordinance” Edition
Scott Anderson, Natalie Orpett, Tyler McBrien, and Daniel Byman talked through the week’s big national security news. -
Why OpenAI’s Corporate Structure Matters to AI Development
OpenAI's potential corporate shift from its “capped-profit” model may conflict with its AGI-for-humanity mission. -
Trump’s 'Emergencies' Are Pretexts for Undermining the Constitution
The president’s abusive invocations of emergency powers threaten American liberty and the constitutional system. -
Lawfare Daily: How China Might Coerce Taiwan
What can be done to reduce the risk of Taiwanese coercion? -
The Situation: Abandoning America
Yale intellectuals congratulate themselves for moving to Canada. -
Lawfare Live: Trials of the Trump Administration, May 16
Join the Lawfare team at 4 pm ET for a discussion of the litigation targeting actions from President Trump. -
Romania, Foreign Election Interference, and a Dangerous U.S. Retreat
The candidates may sound typical for today’s Europe; however, the ongoing Romanian election has been anything but. -
AI Agents Must Follow the Law
Before entrusting AI agents with government power, it’s essential to verify that they’ll obey the law—even when instructed not to. -
Lawfare Daily: Cullen O’Keefe on the Impending Wave of AI Agents
What are AI agents and how do we ensure they operate safely? -
How Trump Is Disappearing Migrants
From CECOT to domestic jails, the Trump administration is engaging in incommunicado detention to cut migrants off from legal protections. -
The Trump Admin’s Attempt to Redefine a ‘Foreign Affairs Function’
Courts will likely reject this effort to shield all of the executive’s cross-border actions from Administrative Procedure Act review. -
What’s Going on at the IRS?
Breaking down the reduction in tax workforce, DOGE’s attempts to access sensitive data, and the politicization and erosion of agency independence at the IRS -
Lawfare Daily: Ukraine Peace Negotiations with Mykola Bielieskov
Discussing recent developments in the Russo-Ukrainian War. -
The Situation: A Used Plane That Needs Work
I have problems with the Qatar plane deal.
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Trump Offers First Legal Justification for Venezuela Boat Strike
The 48-hour War Powers report claims the president acted on the basis of his Article II authority as an act of “self-defense.” -
Did the President’s Strike on Tren de Aragua Violate the Law?
By applying the tools of war to civilians, the Trump administration is entering unprecedented—and deeply problematic—legal territory.