Trump Signs Executive Order Purporting to Restrict Mail-in Voting
The order broadens the administration’s effort to expand federal input in state and local elections.
U.S. Government Agrees to $1.25 Million Settlement in Michael Flynn Suit
Lawfare obtained the settlement document through a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit filed in federal…
Southern Poverty Law Center Indicted on Federal Fraud Charges
The indictment accuses the prominent civil rights non-profit of defrauding donors by paying informants inside…
Trump Administration Releases 2026 Counterterrorism Strategy
The 16-page memo signed by President Trump reiterates the administration’s plan to pursue cartels, jihadists,…
Former Cuban President Raúl Castro Indicted
The indictment accuses Castro of ordering the shootdown of two civilian-flown planes in 1996, killing…
What Do Trump’s Weaponization and Censorship Executive Orders Actually Do?
It’s not clear. But that’s not exactly reassuring.
Trump’s Attacks on Justice Department Independence, Then and Now
What the first Trump administration carried out slowly, the new administration is doing at once.
Donald Trump and the Department of Justice
On the loyalty of lawyers and the attitude of voters
Don’t Count on Courts to Rein In Unregulated AI
The courts are too slow for AI’s pace—and delay is already shaping the outcomes.