Latest in Democracy & Elections
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The President Who Sued Himself
The Trump administration settles Trump’s lawsuit against the IRS with $1.776 billion for his allies and blanket immunity from government suits for the Trumps. -
Fewer Bots, More Ads: The Pentagon’s Evolving Online Influence Campaigns
Post-2022 efforts use ad buys to reach millions—drawing real reactions, Community Notes, and appeals to Grok. -
Ukraine’s Energy Corruption Scandal Just Got Much Worse
For the first time, there may be evidence that President Zelensky personally profited from corruption. -
A New Low? Presidential Records and the Role of OLC
An extraordinary constitutional claim from OLC threatens decades of practice—and now faces the courts. -
DHS’s Misleading Press Release Smears a U.S. Judge in Rhode Island
The judge has referred an assistant U.S. attorney for an ethics inquiry, but she has said that DHS was the truly bad actor. -
New Trove of Fulton County Case Materials Published
Lawfare expects to publish more materials obtained from the case file, as well as additional reporting and analysis drawn from these materials. -
The Politically Motivated Indictment of Southern Poverty Law Center
The political motivations, allegations, and gaping legal holes in the Justice Department’s cynical indictment of the Southern Poverty Law Center. -
U.S. Meddling in European Domestic Politics Is Backfiring
Hungary’s April election was the clearest test—and failure—of Trump’s Europe strategy. -
AI Companies Can’t Regulate Themselves. They Should Regulate Each Other.
Adapting a long-standing institutional model from financial regulation would let the industry write binding safety rules under government oversight. -
The Homeland Security Shutdown and the Power of the Purse
How the executive blunts congressional leverage. -
The Grand Conspiracy’s New Prosecutor May Be the Case’s Biggest Liability
Former Trump lawyer Joseph diGenova is one of the most vocal proponents of a conspiracy theory that he is now in charge of investigating. -
Rational Security: The “Sun-kissed to Death” Edition
Scott Anderson, Eric Columbus, Molly Roberts, and Loren Voss talked through a few of the week’s big national security news stories.


