Tyler McBrien, Michael Feinberg, and Benjamin Wittes shared a new Lawfare archive of the Department of Justice’s press releases and materials related to the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, which the Justice Department has been removing from its website since May 2026 as part of an effort to remove “partisan propaganda” created by “the DOJ’s weaponization under the Biden administration.” The archive recovers 5,769 pages of press releases from the U.S. Attorney’s Office in D.C., the Justice Department, the FBI, and more.
On Lawfare Live, Wittes sat down with Anna Bower, Eric Columbus, Roger Parloff, and Molly Roberts to discuss the three legal challenges to the Justice Department’s $1.776 billion “Anti-Weaponization Fund,” developments in the Kilmar Abrego Garcia case after its dismissal, a probe by the Justice Department into a Democratic fundraiser, and more.
On Rational Security, Scott R. Anderson sat down with Molly E. Reynolds, Bower, and Columbus to unpack the creation of the “Anti-Weaponization Fund,” the benefits and costs of President Trump’s involvement in the congressional primaries, and more.
On Lawfare Daily, Wittes sat down with Bower, Columbus, and Parloff to unpack the Justice Department’s “Anti-Weaponization Fund,” oral argument in Anthropic v. U.S. Department of War and Secretary Hegseth before the D.C. Circuit, and more.
On Lawfare No Bull, Marissa Wang shared audio from acting Attorney General Todd Blanche’s testimony at the U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on May 19, in which senators questioned Blanche on the $1.776 billion “Anti-Weaponization Fund,” the proposed Justice Department budget cuts in the 2027 fiscal year, and more.
Bertina Kudrin examined how the U.S.-Iran War has exposed major tensions in international neutrality law, as Gulf states hosting permanent U.S. military bases attempt to claim neutrality while simultaneously enabling U.S. operations from their territory. Kudrin explained that modern overseas basing networks leave host states vulnerable to attack and create legal gray zones over when belligerents may lawfully strike foreign-operated bases located in “neutral” territory.
Madison Rinder and Ariane Tabatabai argued that although the U.S.-Iran War has significantly degraded Iran’s military infrastructure, it has also given the Islamic Republic the opportunity to test its military strategy and operational capabilities. Rinder and Tabatabai warned that the war may push Iran closer to pursuing nuclear armament and produce a more radical, militarized post-war regime.
On Lawfare Daily, Feinberg sat down with Sophia Yan to discuss her time reporting on the Chinese government, how she discovered the Chinese government was surveilling her, and more.
In the latest edition of Lawfare’s Foreign Policy Essay series, KaiChieh KJ Hsu unpacked how Chinese gray-zone campaigns in Taiwan are exemplary of authoritarian attacks that operate below the threshold of criminal prosecution and exploit openness, rather than traditional espionage. Hsu argued that Taiwan and other democracies facing similar challenges need to find new ways to recognize and defend against authoritarian influence before it escalates.
On Lawfare Daily, Justin Sherman sat down with Sean Wiswesser to discuss Wiswesser’s new book, “Tradecraft, Tactics, and Dirty Tricks: Russian Intelligence and Putin’s Secret War,” on the functions of major Russian security apparatuses. Their conversation covered the Russian “sticks-and-bricks” surveillance and counter-surveillance tradecraft, how they recruit new members, the future of the Russian intelligence threat to the U.S., and more.
Also on Lawfare Daily, Jimmy Rushton joined Anastasiia Lapatina to discuss how the balance of drone power in the Russia-Ukraine War seems to have shifted in Ukraine’s favor. They also discussed Russia’s latest missile strike on Kyiv, what it means for Russia’s broader strategic position in the war, and more.
Jacob Ware reviewed Simon Ball’s new book that delves into the historical use of assassinations as a political instrument, entitled “Death to Order: A Modern History of Assassination.” Ware unpacked how assassination has shaped the modern world (used by states and non-state actors from Sarajevo to contemporary counterterrorism campaigns), what lessons should be gleaned from two high-profile U.S. assassinations in 2025, and more.
On Lawfare Daily, McBrien sat down with Eve Fairbanks and Madeleine Schwartz to discuss The Dial’s forthcoming book, “How We See it: The World Looks at America in the Age of Trump,” which compiles several essays written by journalists around the world who explore their home countries’ complex relationships with the U.S. Their conversation covered what some of these essays reveal about global perspectives of the U.S., how the current administration has affected U.S. perception, and more.
Kevin Fraizer and Alan Z. Rozenshtein examined how the Trump administration’s canceled artificial intelligence (AI) executive order, which was already largely deferential to frontier AI developers, reveals weakness in the Trump administration’s resistance to pressure from the AI industry and could leave the U.S. vulnerable to chaotic regulatory decisions without a reliable governance framework.
Timothy Minter argued that the expansion of prediction markets into geopolitical and military events has created significant national security risks. Using the prosecution of U.S. Special Forces Master Sgt. Gannon Ken Van Dyke as a case study—in which the government alleges that Van Dyke illicitly bet on the covert operation against Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro—Minter described how existing frameworks are ill-suited to regulate the exploitation of classified information on prediction markets.
Spencer R. Fisher and Terence A. Check, Jr. examined how cybersecurity law has evolved into a central national security and corporate governance function in the past five years. The pair warned that many organizations still underinvest in cyber legal capacity and public-private coordination, even as cyber lawyers become essential for a safer, more secure digital world.
Rajeev Raghavan, Jared Engelking, and Grace Tang explained that as cyber threats intensify and AI accelerates offensive and defensive capabilities, the line between cyber defense and offense has increasingly blurred for private corporations. The authors warned that the absence of a clearer legal framework for private-sector cyber operations leaves these organizations vulnerable in an era of escalating cyber conflict.
On Scaling Laws, Frazier sat down with Melissa Hutchins to unpack the rise of deepfakes, non-consensual sexually explicit imagery, and the growing policy fight over online harms generated by AI.
Also on Scaling Laws, Frazier sat down with Adeel Khan and Ryan Trattner to discuss the rapid integration of AI tools into education by teachers and students, the regulatory and operational challenges associated with building these systems, the growing impact of regulations and public scrutiny on AI development and deployment, and more.
And that was the week that was.
