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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. -
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. -
Lawfare Daily: Nick Bednar on Trump's Civil Service Executive Orders
How is President Trump reshaping the civil service? -
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. -
Can the 9/11 Plea Withstand the Appointments Clause?
The D.C. Circuit will decide if Secretary Austin gave ex ante guidance on the plea and if performance of the deal had already begun. -
Trump Fired 17 Inspectors General—Was It Legal?
Probably so, but Congress has lawfully constrained the president’s authority to replace the fired IGs. -
Lawfare Daily: Discussing President Trump’s First Batch of Executive Orders
What do the EOs do? -
Divided by Hate: Confronting Antisemitism and Islamophobia in the Netherlands
The political response to recent incidents like the attack targeting supporters of an Israeli soccer team is making polarization worse. -
The Week That Was
Your weekly summary of everything on the site. -
Presidential Action on Security Clearance for White House Employees
The action grants the highest level security clearance to certain individuals immediately, without full investigations. -
What Do Trump’s Weaponization and Censorship Executive Orders Actually Do?
It’s not clear. But that’s not exactly reassuring. -
The Need for Tech Regulation Beyond U.S.-China Rivalry
Focusing tech policy solely on Chinese security risks overlooks systemic flaws in the U.S. tech ecosystem—demanding a different approach. -
Lawfare Daily: Aram Gavoor on the Trump Administration's AI Pivot: Trading Safeguards for Stargate
How is the Trump administration approaching AI policy? -
Reconstruction and the Pursuit of ‘Loyal’ Governance
A review of Mark A. Graber, “Punish Treason, Reward Loyalty: The Forgotten Goals of Constitutional Reform After the Civil War” (University Press of Kansas, 2023). -
ChinaTalk: Patents and National Power
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ChinaTalk: DeepSeek R1 and the Future of AI Competition with Miles Brundage
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The Situation: A User’s Guide to Following the News
Seven principles for navigating the chaos -
Federal Judge Blocks Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Executive Order Nationwide
The restraining order is to remain in effect for 14 days. -
Lawfare No Bull: Confirmation Hearing for Secretary of Homeland Security Nominee Kristi Noem
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President Trump and The Civil Service: Day 1
This week’s actions to reshape personnel policy enable the Trump administration to more easily politicize the ranks of the federal workforce and diminish its size.
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The Unitary Artificial Executive
Previous expansions of presidential power were still constrained by human limitations. Artificial intelligence eliminates those constraints. -
Rational Security: The "Tyler's Revenge" Edition
Scott Anderson, Ari Tabatabai and Tyler McBrien talked through the week’s big news in national security. -
The Case Against Unbounded Delegation in Trump v. V.O.S. Selections
Unlike IEEPA, all foreign affairs delegations mentioned in the Court’s canonical Curtiss-Wright decision were cabined delegations.
