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On AI Policy, Congress Shouldn’t Cut States Off at the Knees
A sweeping preemption provision tucked into a federal budget bill would be a major step backwards in AI policy. -
The Return of Schedule F
The Trump administration has proposed new rules to remove due process protections for thousands of federal employees. -
Lawfare Daily: The Trials of the Trump Administration, May 16
Listen to the May 16 livestream. -
Ceding American Biodefense Is a Gift to Russia
The world banned biological weapons 50 years ago, but the threat is still growing. -
The Shifting Landscape of U.S.-China Economic Relations
Both countries are expanding their efforts to influence politics through trade regulation. -
The Situation: A Nasty Surprise From the National Symphony
I won’t be going to further events sponsored by Michael Flynn. -
The Week That Was
Your weekly summary of everything on the site. -
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
A Review of Sarah Wynn-Williams’s “Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism” (Flatiron Books, 2025) -
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.
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Rational Security: The “Happy FrAIday” Edition
Scott Anderson sat down with his Lawfare colleagues Kevin Frazier, Roger Parloff, and Molly Roberts to talk through some of the week’s big news in AI. -
Harsh Confinement
A review of W. Fitzhugh Brundage, “A Fate Worse Than Hell: American Prisoners of the Civil War” (Norton, 2026). -
Open-Weight Model Advances Make the Mythos Debate Moot
The latest edition of the Seriously Risky Business cybersecurity newsletter, now on Lawfare.
