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How Appropriations Are Transforming the Defense Department’s Domestic Operations
Congress and the Trump administration are using appropriations law to entrench the Defense Department’s roles in migrant detention and immigration enforcement. -
Evaluating Congressional Sentiment Toward the Iran Strike
Media commentary suggested that President Trump’s June airstrikes overrode broad congressional opposition. The truth is more nuanced. -
Rational Security: The “Game Changers” Edition
Scott Anderson, Molly Reynolds, and Alan Rozenshtein talked through the week’s big national security news. -
Lessons From 1955: A Framework for Navigating Technological Change
A 1955 congressional report on automation offers a blueprint for AI governance: Focus on economic growth, human development, and adaptation. -
Beyond Bans: Expanding the Policy Options for Tech-Security Threats
How policymakers, technical experts, and businesses should work together to develop a new toolkit to mitigate tech national security risks. -
Lawfare Daily: A Right to Warn: Protecting AI Whistleblowers with Charlie Bullock
Why should there be AI industry-specific whistleblower protections? -
White House Releases Letter Notifying Congress of Iran Strikes
In line with the War Powers Resolution, the letter informs Congress of U.S. military action taken in Iran at the president’s direction. -
Defining ‘Rebellion’ in 10 U.S.C. § 12406 and the Insurrection Act
Congress has a duty to precisely define the conditions that trigger a president’s emergency use of the military on American soil. -
Lawfare Daily: Trump’s Rescissions Request, Impoundments, and the Litigation Over Foreign Assistance
Discussing President Trump's recission package recently sent to Congress. -
The War on Nonprofits
Persecuting NGOs in the name of national security often serves as a pretense for government efforts to quiet dissent and consolidate power. -
Is Internet Content Too Engaging?
By targeting design rather than content, lawmakers hope to regulate social media without constitutional roadblocks. Here’s why that’s a problem. -
A Whistleblower Incentive Program to Enforce U.S. Export Controls
A program modeled on the successful SEC program would help America overcome its export control enforcement woes.
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