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

Conservative activists say that declaring a national emergency would allow Trump to assert sweeping authority over elections. They're wrong.

AI may be a “normal” technology in the boardroom. In the military, where costs are externalized and secrecy is default, it’s anything but.

The Trump administration will treat Congress’ failure to limit its military campaign as tacit approval. This interpretation is inconsistent with the War Powers Resolution.

The justices agree that Congress should play the leading role in some realms, but they disagree on when—and how to get there.

Lawfare is now accepting Summer 2026 internship applications.

What does the AI company mean by “mass surveillance” and “lethal autonomous warfare”?

Over the past year, the United States has moved toward an AI governance model that is flexible yet profoundly inadequate: regulation by contract.

AI is already amplifying the destabilization of financial markets. 

A proposal to authorize the private sector’s use of offensive cyber operations raises old questions without offering many new answers. 

Conspiracy theories about 2020 fraud are being dredged up again as pretext for consolidating federal control over elections.