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Summary: The Department of Homeland Security Authorization Act of 2017
On March 7, the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee voted 10-to-one to approve legislation authorizing the operations of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for the first ti... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
President Trump escalated his attacks on the special counsel investigation Monday morning, characterizing it as a “total WITCH HUNT with massive conflicts of interest,” the Wall Street Journal reports. -
It’s Time for Congress to Pass the Mueller Protection Bills
Over the weekend, for the first time, President Trump directly called out Special Counsel Robert Mueller by name—leading a number of congressional Republicans to publicly insist that Mueller’s investigat... -
Water Wars: Conflict in the Maldives Between Major Powers
India and China React to the Maldives’ Constitutional Crisis India and China have become entangled in a constitutional crisis in the Maldives, with both countries brandishing their navies while attempti... -
The President and His Lawyers, Part II: The Attorney General and the Saturday Night Pre-Massacre
As President Trump moves closer to an all-out assault on Special Counsel Robert Mueller, the question is: How will the lawyers around him respond? They understand that the president sees them as an exten... -
Why Israel Is Stuck with Hamas
Hamas—the anti-Israel Palestinian faction that rules the Gaza known for its terrorist attacks on Israel—is on the ropes. Although the violent back-and-forth with Israel goes on, Hamas spends much of its ... -
The Week That Will Be
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Andrew McCarthy's Puzzling Argument
National Review’s Andrew McCarthy has had a lot of criticism of the Mueller investigation recently. I’ve found those criticisms weak on the substance, and his latest column is no exception. I thought I ... -
In Pursuit of North Korean Human Rights and Denuclearization
Editor’s Note: North Korea may be both the world's most dangerous and most despotic regime. Understandably, most U.S. administrations have focused on the nuclear danger, but the Trump administration has ... -
The Lawfare Podcast: A Real, Live Framer of the Constitution
In 1963, John Feerick became a witness to and a framer of our constitutional history. Within two years of graduating from law school, Feerick had written an influential law review article on presidential... -
The Week That Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
The majority staff of the House intelligence committee closed the panel’s Russia probe this week. Matthew Kahn shared the statements released by the majority and minority members of the House panel and t... -
What We Know, and Don’t Know, About the Firing of Andrew McCabe
Anyone who is confidently pronouncing on the merits of Andrew McCabe’s firing Friday night is venturing well beyond the realm of known facts.
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