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Reading—and Taking Seriously—the President’s New Tweet on the “Tapes”
When President Trump first tweeted his hint of “tapes,” he might have been just surrendering to his social media impulses. He did not have a lawyer at the time, or one he publicly admitted to having hir... -
Don’t Forget Non-Syrian Refugees in Turkey
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Soldier Self-Defense and the Strikes in Syria
On Tuesday, U.S. forces shot down an armed Iranian drone in southern Syria, a few days after a similarly justified strike on a Syrian aircraft that dropped a bomb near a U.S. training outpost. Combined w... -
Trump Claims No Recordings of Conversations with Comey
On May 12, following the dismissal of FBI Director James Comey, President Trump tweeted: James Comey better hope that there are no "tapes" of our conversations before he starts leaking to the press! — ... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
U.S. forces participated in the interrogation of al-Qaida militants detained in secret prisons managed by the United Arab Emirates and Yemeni forces in southern Yemen, preparing questions and obtaining t... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
A senior cybersecurity official at the Department of Homeland Security testified that Russian government-affiliated hackers attempted to infiltrate election-related computer systems in 21 states. -
The Incoherence of the Normative Case Against Bivens
I’ve already written at some length about the flawed analytical foundations of Justice Kennedy’s opinion for a 4-2 majority in Ziglar v. -
Climate Change-Induced Migration from Central America
Last Thursday and Friday, the United States and Mexico co-hosted top officials from Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras and other countries for the "Conference on Prosperity and Security in Central America.... -
Watch Today's Senate and House Intelligence Hearings on Russian Interference in U.S. Election
This morning the House and Senate Intelligence Committees will hold overlapping hearings on Russian interference in our election, with a focus on threats and activities affecting our election infrastruct... -
Senate Foreign Relations Committee -- Bipartisan Support for a New AUMF?
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee held a hearing today on a new Authorization to Use Military Force Against terrorist groups. Kathleen Hicks, former Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, and... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
The Supreme Court ruled yesterday in Ziglar v. Abbasi that a group of Arab men who were detained by federal law enforcement after the September 11th attacks cannot sue government officials that ordered ... -
U.S. Sinks Deeper into Syrian Civil War, Gulf Feud Starting to Shift Qatari Policy, U.S. Resumes Weapons Deliveries to Saudi Arabia
United States Slides Deeper into Syrian Civil War
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