Our research reveals common traits that thwarted municipal efforts to establish local civilian control over law enforcement surveillance.

The secretary of state has accidentally shed light on the burdensome restrictions that the State Department puts on its overseas employees and their families.

Over the course of two short days, figures affiliated with the GOP published three different deceptively edited videos on social media. Platforms can’t handle the challenge alone.  

As a foreign sovereign state, China can take a more creative approach to responding—or not—to lawsuits filed against it in U.S. courts concerning the coronavirus.

The majority fails to consider the relevant history of congressional oversight of the executive branch.

These procedures show promise as a complement to judicial oversight, but cities could do more to stop vendors from shielding surveillance tools from scrutiny.

The Constitution gives Congress a broad, and underappreciated, power to structure the armed forces, assign duties to offices and regulate military chains of command.

Shahab al-Muhajir inherits a weakened organization, but may benefit from a background that sets him outside of some local disputes.