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Today’s Headlines and Commentary
Britain’s former foreign secretary Boris Johnson won the Conservative Party vote on Tuesday to succeed Theresa May as Prime Minister, and will take office three months before the planned Brexit date, rep... -
Department of Homeland Security Expands Expedited Removal Designation
On July 23, the Department of Homeland Security expanded the scope of its expedited removal designation pursuant to its authority under the Immigration and Nationality Act. Previously, for undocumented m... -
Livestream: FBI Director Christopher Wray Testifies Before Senate Judiciary Committee
On July 23 at 10:00 a.m., the Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing titled, ”Oversight of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.” The committee has called FBI Director Christopher Wray as a witnes... -
The Hybrid Benefits of the National Guard
On March 1, 2018, the governor of Colorado issued the first-ever state emergency declaration based on a ransomware attack. He did so to deploy cybersecurity specialists in the state’s National Guard. -
Today’s Headlines and Commentary
The Chinese military will have exclusive access to a Cambodian naval base on the Gulf of Thailand, per an undisclosed agreement signed by the Chinese and Cambodian governments, according to U.S. and alli... -
Partisan Politics and Federal Law Enforcement: The Promise and Corruption of Reconstruction
PDF Version. A review of Charles Lane, ‘Freedom’s Detective: The Secret Service, the Ku Klux Klan and the Man Who Masterminded America’s First War on Terror" (Hanover Square Press, 2019) *** -
The Week That Will Be
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Mueller on Trump: Everything the Special Counsel’s Report Says the President Did, Said or Knew
Robert Mueller is testifying before Congress on Wednesday, and members will no doubt ask him repeatedly for his views and findings about President Trump. Mueller has made clear that he has no intention o... -
Syrian Refugees in Turkey Need Better Access to Formal Jobs
Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared on Order from Chaos. Eight years after Syrians began to flee en masse from the growing violence in their country, Turkey now hosts 3.6 million Syrian refu... -
Managing and Mitigating Foreign Election Interference
Editor’s Note: With the exception of the president of the United States, we all know that Russia and other powers have run amok in their attempts to influence U.S. elections and those of other democracie... -
The Lawfare Podcast: Jack Goldsmith Talks to Former Secretary of Defense Ash Carter
Jack Goldsmith sat down in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to have a conversation with former Secretary of Defense Ash Carter. They talked about Carter's time as head of the Pentagon, the challenges of conveyi... -
The Week That Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
Susan Hennessey and Benjamin Wittes introduced Lawfare’s new podcast series, entitled The Report, which tells the story contained in Robert Mueller’s 448-page report. The first episode is available on al...
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