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Consolidating the Terrorist Watchlisting Bureaucracy
President Donald Trump and his advisors have demonstrated an intense focus on “protecting the nation from foreign terrorist entry.” Although much public and media attention has justifiably centered on th... -
The Lawfare Podcast, Special Edition: Sessions Versus the Committee with No Bull
Attorney General Jeff Sessions faced questioning from the Senate Intelligence Committee today. He answered questions on his recusal, on his role in James Comey's firing, on his disputed conversation with... -
Liveblog: Jeff Sessions Testifies Before Senate Intelligence Committee
Today at 2:30 PM Attorney General Jeff Sessions will testify before the Senate Intelligence Committee. He will answer questions about the FBI's ongoing Russia probe and is expected to respond to former F... -
How Trump’s Executive Order Could Have Stopped the WannaCry Attack
Last month, a ransomware attack—one of the most far-reaching cyberattacks in history—affected thousands of hospitals, corporations, and other institutions in more than 150 countries. As expected, an atta... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Attorney General Jeff Sessions will testify about Russian interference in an open hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee today at 2:30 p.m. The New York Times reports that the testimony is expe... -
Reminder: Hoover Book Soiree on Thursday, Daniel Drezner's The Ideas Industry
This is a reminder that the next in our series of book soirees at the Hoover Institution will take place this Thursday, June 15, from 5-7 pm. Jack Goldsmith will interview Daniel Drezner on his new book,... -
Qatar Braces for a Long Fight, Islamic State Loses Ground in Raqqa, and Terrorists Attack on Iranian Soil
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Liveblog: Rod Rosenstein Testifies Before Senate Appropriations Subcommittee
This morning at 10:00 ET Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein will testify on the Justice Department's FY2018 budget request before the Senate Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Ag... -
The Ninth Circuit’s Refugee EO Decision: Methodically Misreading the Immigration Statute
On Monday, the Ninth Circuit issued a decision that relied on statutory grounds in declining to vacate most of the preliminary injunction against President Trump’s revised refugee executive order (EO). W... -
Ninth Circuit (Mostly) Upholds the Preliminary Injunction in Hawaii v. Trump: An Overview
Yesterday the U.S. Court of Appeals of the Ninth Circuit, in a per curiam opinion, affirmed in part a preliminary injunction against the Trump administration's revised travel ban issued by a federal dist... -
Blocking Twitter Users from the Presidential Account
President Trump’s alleged blocking of members of the public on Twitter on what appear to be viewpoint-based considerations, preventing them from reading his tweets and responding to them, raises serious ... -
If Trump Fires Mueller (Or Orders His Firing)
There are growing indications that President Trump may be thinking about getting rid of Special Counsel Robert Mueller. Last weekend one of the President’s private lawyers would not rule out the possibil...
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