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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. -
U.S. Sanctions Relief for Syria Is an Important Start, but Not Enough
The Trump administration must offer bolder reforms if it wants to prevent the new Syria from descending into chaos. -
Lawfare Daily: Former Deputy Chief of the Justice Department's Capitol Siege Section Alexis Loeb on President Trump's Pardons
Discussing the Jan. 6 pardons. -
Justice Dept Memo Calls for Investigations of State and Local Officials
The new policy directs department attorneys to investigate and potentially prosecute those officials who refuse to enforce Trump’s hard-line immigration enforcement policies. -
Trump Releases Memorandum on ‘America First Trade Policy’
The memo calls for a reassessment of trade agreements and recommendations to “defend” U.S. economic and national security. -
Trump Directs State Department to Recommend Cartels for Terrorism Designation
The order also directs the attorney general and secretary of homeland security to “make operational preparations” to implement any decision the president may make “to invoke the Alien Enemies Act.” -
Trump Issues Proclamation on ‘Guaranteeing the States Protection Against Invasion’
The proclamation exercises both statutory authority alongside broad new assertions of constitutional authority to implement new restrictions on immigration. -
How American Institutions Failed to Meet the Moment
The Constitution provides tools with which to defend against a demagogue. But political elites have refused to use them. -
Rational Security: “The Next First Day of the Rest of Our Lives” Edition
Scott Anderson, Benjamin Wittes, Quinta Jurecic, and Alan Rozenshtein talked through the week’s big—and we mean BIG—national security news -
An Emerging Road Map for Trump’s Use of the Military to Combat Immigration
Trump’s executive orders reveal the range of legal theories (some uncontroversial, others quite radical) that may be used to justify military deployments to combat immigration. -
Lawfare Live: President Trump's Executive Orders
On Jan. 23 at 4 pm ET the Lawfare team will discuss the national security and foreign policy EOs.
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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.
