Latest in Executive Branch
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The Situation: The President’s Approval Rating Takes a Hit
How the president’s poll numbers actually affect presidential power. -
Rational Security: The “Video Killed the Podcast Star” Edition
Scott Anderson, Natalie Orpett, Eric Columbus, and Molly Roberts talked through the week’s big national security news stories. -
Trump’s Immigration Policies Overlook AI Talent
Foreign-born researchers power America’s AI advantage, but the administration has not treated them as a priority. -
Reckoning With Bivens
Reflections from a Justice Department insider who helped build its cage. -
Lawfare Daily: Tim Wu on ‘The Age of Extraction’
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Mum’s the Word on FISA Section 702 Reauthorization
Successful reforms from last year’s reauthorization may sell a clean extension in 2026. -
Counting the Boots: Tracking Domestic Deployments, One Missing Report at a Time
A monthlong effort to track domestic deployments revealed a troubling lack of transparency on why and how military forces are used on U.S. soil. -
Oral Argument Summary: Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump (Tariffs)
At stake is whether IEEPA authorizes tariff measures and, if so, whether that delegation violates constitutional principles of nondelegation. -
What’s Up With the Terror Indictment Against Alleged Antifa Members?
The Justice Department’s tacked-on charges are just for show. The larger plan is not. -
Lawfare Daily: The Trials of the Trump Administration, Nov. 7
Listen to the Nov. 7 livestream as a podcast. -
More Trouble for the Comey Indictment?
Public documents may undermine a core premise underlying the charges against James Comey. -
The Situation: I’ll Wait and See on the Tariffs Case
The Supreme Court is dead to me whatever it does.


