Before entrusting AI agents with government power, it’s essential to verify that they’ll obey the law—even when instructed not to.

From CECOT to domestic jails, the Trump administration is engaging in incommunicado detention to cut migrants off from legal protections.

Courts will likely reject this effort to shield all of the executive’s cross-border actions from Administrative Procedure Act review.

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

I have problems with the Qatar plane deal.

 AAUP v. Rubio challenges the administration’s policy of revoking visas for pro-Palestinian student activists.

The administration’s dismantling of humanitarian and refugee programs will profoundly affect Afghans.

China might use its expanding coercive toolkit to put Taiwan in its crosshairs.

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A review of Byron Tau, "Means of Control: How the Hidden Alliance of Tech and Government Is Creating a New American Surveillance State" (Crown, 2024).

Three lawsuits challenging EO 14203 raise important constitutional and statutory claims with far-reaching implications for U.S. engagement with international justice institutions.

If this growing patchwork of parochial regulatory policies takes root, it could undermine U.S. AI innovation.

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

Evaluating the dizzying math behind the attorney general’s fentanyl claims.