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Don't Expect a Starr-Like Report from Mueller
Benjamin Wittes and Quinta Jurecic have usefully reviewed the models that Special Counsel Robert Mueller might draw on deciding whether and how to tell the world what he learned in his investigation of t... -
Mohammed bin Salman, Son of the Iraq War
Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared on Order from Chaos. Two things come together this week that highlight the deep connection between today’s Saudi policies and the 2003 Iraq War: Saudi Cro... -
Summary from the Courtroom: Al-Alwi v. Trump Oral Argument
On Tuesday, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral argument in Al-Alwi v. Trump. Chief Judge Merrick Garland, Judge Karen LeCraft Henderson (joining remotely) and Judge Thomas Griffith reviewed the... -
Full Audio of Oral Argument in Al-Alwi v. Trump
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit heard oral argument on Tuesday in Al-Alwi v. Trump. The panel was composed of Chief Judge Merrick Garland and Judges Karen Henderson and Thomas Griffith. So... -
Livestream: House Foreign Affairs Hearings on U.S.-Saudi Arabia Nuclear Cooperation and China's Foreign Influence Operations
The House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa is holding a hearing on Wednesday at 2:00 p.m. on the “Implications of a U.S.-Saudi Arabia Nuclear Cooperation Agreement for the... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Against the advice of his national security advisers, President Trump called Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday to congratulate him on his victory in the country’s presidential election, the New... -
SinoTech: Trump Blocks Broadcom-Qualcomm Deal, Expected to Announce Tech-Related Tariffs and Penalties Against China
President Trump issued an executive order last Wednesday blocking Singaporean chipmaker Broadcom’s bid to acquire American competitor Qualcomm after the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United Stat... -
Live Stream: House Foreign Affairs Committee Hearing on the 2019 Foreign Assistance Budget
The House Foreign Affairs Committee is holding a hearing Wednesday at 9:30 a.m. on the Fiscal Year 2019 foreign assistance budget. The committee will hear testimony from Mark Green, the administrator of ... -
Live Stream: Senate Intelligence Committee Hearing on Election Security
The Senate intelligence committee is holding a hearing Wednesday at 9:30 a.m. on election security. The committee will hear testimony from the following witnesses: -
Tracking Down the NDAA Reports
Last week, Lawfare covered the release of a new war powers report required by the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year 2018. -
Privacy and Civil Liberties Under the CLOUD Act: A Response
In a post last week, Neema Singh Guliani of the ACLU and Naureen Shah of Amnesty International disagreed with our earlier arguments as to why the CLOUD Act is good for privacy and human rights. -
Will We Ever Learn What Bob Mueller Knows?
Over the weekend, Jon Lovett—a former speechwriter for President Obama and a fixture of the Pod Save America podcast—tweeted an interesting question: Question I don’t know the answer to - is it possib...
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