Latest in Executive Branch
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Lawfare Live: Supreme Court Allows White House Ballroom Construction to Continue
Watch the live discussion at 11am ET on September 1. -
White House Releases Executive Order Declaring a National Emergency Regarding the Electrical Grid
The order authorizes the secretary of energy to prohibit transactions with foreign entities deemed to be national security risks. -
The “GEC Files” Don’t Show a Censorship Operation
The State Department promised proof of a vast censorship scheme. The documents Sarah Rogers released show something else entirely. -
Lawfare Daily: The Trials of the Trump Administration, August 28
Listen to the August 28 livestream as a podcast. -
Lawfare Live: The Trials of the Trump Administration, August 28
Join the Lawfare team at 4 pm ET for a discussion of the litigation surrounding the Trump administration. -
Rational Security: The “All Takin’ and No Givin’” Edition
Scott Anderson, Benjamin Wittes, Julia Curlee, and Alex Zerden talk through the week’s big news in national security. -
The Boat Strikes Aren’t Part of a War. They’re Murder.
By debating war powers and war crimes, Congress is missing the simpler, graver truth: The president is directing summary executions. -
Lawfare Daily: Censorship Incentives with Julia Curlee and Mike Feinberg
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The Censorship Machine: Silencing the National Security Workforce
A campaign of public retaliation and personal incentives has taught current and former public servants to stay silent. -
The Federal Trade Commission After Trump v. Slaughter
AI governance and the remaking of an independent commission. -
OLC’s Dangerous, and Wrong, Opinion About the Posse Comitatus Act
OLC’s recent opinion about the PCA is unmoored from statute and case law and has dangerous implications for domestic uses of the military. -
Shutdown Reform’s Constitutional Blind Spot: The Two-Year Clause
A bill to automatically fund the government in an appropriations lapse would end shutdowns—except the Two-Year Clause forbids funding the Army permanently.


