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A review of Steve Benen, “Ministry of Truth: Democracy, Reality, and the Republicans’ War on the Recent Past” (Harper Collins, 2024) and Jason Stanley, “Erasing History: How Fascists Rewrite the Past to ...

Despite the gloom in New York, member state coalitions have responded to Security Council deadlock and other UN dysfunction with diplomatic innovations.

A new executive order deploys a contested theory of presidential authority—and uses it to target the public servants responsible for conducting America’s foreign relations.

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

The Patel-Bongino era at the FBI

Firing military leaders for perceived disloyalty is often part of a strategy to consolidate regime power—even as it weakens the military.

The failure of the agreement to provide Ukraine with security guarantees should be remedied as part of ceasefire negotiations.

The prospective chancellor wants to invest in European security but will have to overcome legislative opposition.

We rely on providers to resist improper surveillance. The Justice Department uses a “moot and scoot” tactic to hobble this protection.

Trump’s attempts to fire Office of Special Counsel head Hampton Dellinger threaten a crucial guardrail in the civil service system.

Mechanisms for investigating the White House have proven inadequate and have been undermined by partisanship and Trump v. United States.