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Lawfare Daily: Rep. Sara Jacobs (D-CA) on Congress’s Role in Foreign Affairs
Representative Sara Jacobs joins Lawfare Daily to discuss the Iran War, U.S. foreign assistance, and more. -
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. -
Dominating AI Requires Understanding AI
AI dominance will require more than faster models—it will require breakthroughs in understanding, testing, and securing frontier AI. -
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. -
Lawfare Daily: What the War Powers Resolution Means for Iran
Is the WPR constraining President Trump's ability to wage war with Iran? -
Law and the Iran War, After the First 60 Days
The War Powers Resolution hasn’t been rendered irrelevant. Its relevance is just beginning. -
Rational Security: The “I’ve Never Done THAT Before!” Edition
Scott Anderson, Molly Roberts, Roger Parloff, and Tyler McBrien talked through the week’s big national security news stories. -
Trump Administration Releases 2026 Counterterrorism Strategy
The 16-page memo signed by President Trump reiterates the administration’s plan to pursue cartels, jihadists, and left-wing actors. -
Lawfare Daily: An Insider’s Account of the Trump Administration’s Dismantling of USAID
Nicholas Enrich discusses his experience within USAID as DOGE dismantled it from the inside. -
Drone Threats Are Evolving; Data Retention Rules Are Not
Drones threaten U.S. bases, but recent amendments to Section 130i force deletion of the data needed to identify patterns and adapt. -
Kicking the Tires: A Voluntary Path to Pre-deployment AI Vetting
The administration lacks authority to mandate frontier model vetting—but existing CAISI and CISA tools enable a voluntary alternative. -
What the Murthy v. Missouri and Daily Wire Consent Decrees Do—and Don’t—Establish
Despite the spin, these consent decrees are negotiated settlements—not court verdicts. They contain no judicial finding or admission that a Biden-era “censorship regime” existed.


