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International Terrorism Prosecutions During Winter 2019
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A New Resource: Announcing the Brookings House Oversight Tracker
When Democrats took control of the House of Representatives in January, they pledged that the transition would usher in a period of vigorous oversight of the executive branch. -
Rational Security: The 'Domestic is Global' Edition
The killing of 50 Muslims by a white supremacist in New Zealand prompts us to reconsider the meaning of domestic terrorism. The Pentagon identifies projects it will cut to pay for President Trump’s borde... -
SinoTech: U.S. and China Delay Bilateral Summit as Negotiators Work on Trade Deal
On March 14, Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin shared with reporters that the Trump-Xi summit, originally scheduled for late March, would be pushed back because American and Chinese trade negotiators are ... -
Confidence in Government on National Security Matters: February 2019
In July 2017, we began a polling project to measure public confidence in government institutions on national security matters on an ongoing basis. This post provides our data for the month of February 20... -
Supreme Court Reinforces Mandatory Detention of Immigrants
The Supreme Court’s March 19 decision on in Nielsen v. Preap rejected challenges to mandatory detention of certain noncitizens—“aliens” under the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). Generally speaking... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
U.S. officials have questioned Islamic State militants, detained by U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces in Syria, who are suspected of involvement in the January suicide bombing that killed multiple U.S... -
There Are Too Many Red Lines in Cyberspace
U.S. officials increasingly express old frustrations about the lack of standards for appropriate state behavior in cyberspace. As U.S.-China trade tensions soar, cybersecurity firms have reported that Ch... -
The Lawfare Podcast: African Elections and U.S. Interests
Demographic, technological, and geostrategic developments are disrupting the electoral landscape in sub-Saharan Africa. How do these shifts affect the political climate for democracy and participation ac... -
Document: Judge Clarifies Preliminary Injunction of Transgender Service Ban
On March 19, Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia clarified in a filing that the court's nationwide preliminary injuction of President Trump's transgender ... -
Document: Habeas Petition of Guantanamo Detainee Denied
In an opinion signed on Jan. 28 and released in redacted form on Mar. 15, Judge Royce C. Lambeth of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia denied a petition for a writ of habeas corpus from... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Search warrants obtained by the office of the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York in that office’s case against President Donald Trump’s former personal attorney, Michael Cohen, were unse...
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