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Today’s Headlines and Commentary
The British navy seized a tanker off the coast of Gibraltar suspected of carrying Iranian oil to a refinery in Syria in violation of EU sanctions, the BBC reports. The Spanish government plans to lodge a... -
Trump’s Economic Proposal Is an Opportunity in Disguise
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The Mueller Report and the Limits of Theatrics
“[T]he work speaks for itself,” said Special Counsel Robert Mueller of his office’s report on election interference and potential obstruction of justice. On June 24, the organization Law Works agreed, pr... -
Ninth Circuit Declines to Stay Preliminary Injunction of Border Wall
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit declined to stay of a lower court's preliminary injunction of President Trump's reallocation of funds for the construction of a border wall. The decision i... -
SinoTech: Xi and Trump Agree to Restart Trade Talks
Xi and Trump Agree to Restart Trade Talks, With Slight Reprieve for Huawei in Sight -
Today’s Headlines and Commentary
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday that Iran would increase its enrichment levels to whatever level is needed, the Washington Post reports. The move to raise enrichment levels above 3.67 ... -
Federal Court Orders Bond Hearings for Imprisoned Asylum Seekers
The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington ordered the government to provide bond hearings to asylum seekers who were apprehended crossing the border irregularly and whose asylum clai... -
Parsing the State Department’s Letter on the Use of Force Against Iran
Recent tensions between the United States and Iran have led many members of Congress to speculate about what legal authority the Trump administration may claim it has to go to war without congressional a... -
Rational Security: The 'OMG20' Edition
President Trump takes his show on the road to Osaka, Japan, for a meeting of world leaders. A man at the center of the Russia probe has disappeared, and conspiracy theorists have tried to fill the void. ... -
Today’s Headlines and Commentary
Police in Hong Kong retook control of the Legislative Council building which protestors broke into and occupied on Monday for almost three hours, CNN reports. The Chinese government called the protests a... -
House Ways and Means Committee Sues for Trump Tax Returns
The House Committee on Ways and Means has filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against the Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service in order to obtain Pre... -
The Lawfare Podcast: WTF, Hong Kong?
Early this week, about 200 protestors broke into and occupied the seat of Hong Kong's legislative assembly. The protests began with a controversial law about extradition to mainland China. That law was w...
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