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Defense / National Security Law Program
Republicans confirm Rogers as ranking member of the House Armed Services CommitteeRep. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.) on Dec. 3 was officially selected to serve as the top Republican on the House Armed Services Committee in the 117th Congress. Departing ranking HASC ...
By Sarah Mineiro
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Trump’s postelection power plays risk troubles at home and abroad
Since President Donald Trump lost his bid for reelection last week, his lies and lawsuits and his fuming and firings have left the country and the world wondering: Is he just ...
By Richard Fontaine
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Trump's baseless election attacks undermining U.S. image abroad
President Trump’s repeated demand on Thursday morning to “STOP THE COUNT!” of votes in the presidential election, combined with his other recent statements casting doubt on th...
By Richard Fontaine
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Here’s how Trump and Biden stack up on crucial foreign policy issues, from Iran to China
In The News
In one week, the United States will either reelect President Donald Trump or send former Vice President Joe Biden to the White House. In addition to contending with the corona...
By Richard Fontaine
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As Trump’s Language Grows More Heated, Fears Rise of Political Violence
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The arrest of more than a dozen right-wing extremists who are accused of targeting the governors of Michigan and Virginia is only the latest example of threats of violence, in...
By Carrie Cordero
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Election Less Than a Month Away, Trump Leans on Barr and Pompeo for a Lift
President Trump forced the State Department on Friday to commit to releasing at least some of Hillary Clinton’s emails before next month’s election, resurrecting a four-year-o...
By Carrie Cordero
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Technology & National Security / National Security Law Program
TikTok ‘not a great look’ for lawmakers, security experts sayDespite official warnings for nearly a year about the security risks of the Chinese-owned TikTok video-sharing app, several politicians who might be ideal targets for Beijing’...
By Ainikki Riikonen
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Trump’s debts and foreign deals pose security risks, former intelligence officials say
Security teams at U.S. spy agencies are constantly scouring employee records for signs of potential compromise: daunting levels of debt, troubling overseas entanglements, hidd...
By Jeffrey Edmonds
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Energy, Economics & Security / National Security Law Program
Leaked Treasury Documents Prompt Fresh Calls for Updated Anti-Money-Laundering RegulationsA leak of U.S. Treasury Department records on red-flagged financial transactions underscores a message that national security officials, banks and regulators have been sending...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Indo-Pacific Security / National Security Law Program
The Trump foreign policies Biden might keepIt’s the type of question that does not land well with advisers to Joe Biden: Aren’t there some Donald Trump foreign policy decisions they should keep, and maybe even build up...
By Richard Fontaine
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Are China and Iran meddling in US elections? It’s complicated.
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This spring, the Chinese state-run news agency Xinhua posted a roughly two-minute video titled “Once Upon a Virus” on social media, including on official Chinese government ac...
By Carrie Cordero
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Lawmakers question DHS crackdown tactics in protest cities
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The military tactics utilized by Homeland Security officers to control protesters in Portland, Oregon, and other cities are being decried by congressional lawmakers and invest...
By Carrie Cordero
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Intelligence Transparency and Foreign Threats to Elections
In the midst of a global pandemic, historic unemployment, a summer of civic unrest and violence, and a highly charged political environment, the United States faces another lo...
By Cole Stevens
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Technology & National Security / National Security Law Program
As Congress pushes ‘piecemeal’ AI bills, two lawmakers press for cohesive strategyAs anxiety over Chinese advancements in emerging technologies spikes in Washington, Congress is scrambling to pass legislation to shore up America’s position in the global rac...
By Martijn Rasser
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‘It’s not good for our democracy’: Calls grow for federal officers to shed military-style uniforms
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As authorities crack down on protests in Portland, Ore., military leaders, lawmakers and former government officials have intensified calls for federal officers to shed the ca...
By Carrie Cordero
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Trump Threatens to Send Federal Law Enforcement Forces to More Cities
President Trump plans to deploy federal law enforcement to Chicago and threatened on Monday to send agents to other major cities — all controlled by Democrats. Governors and ...
By Carrie Cordero
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DHS leaders, filling jobs on temporary basis, carry out Trump agenda
The Department of Homeland Security, at the center of some of the administration's most controversial and political actions from immigration restrictions to an aggressive resp...
By Carrie Cordero
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Middle East Security / National Security Law Program
Why Jewish Americans are shifting position on Israel"I've had people tell me, ‘Things have shifted more in the past two weeks than I’ve seen them shift in the past ten years,’” Emily Mayer said. Mayer is the co-founder and poli...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Mattis says Trump ‘tries to divide us’ in stinging rebuke
Jim Mattis, a retired general and former defense secretary, castigated Donald Trump as an immature president making “a mockery” of the constitution, as he joined a chorus of r...
By Richard Fontaine
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Transatlantic Security / National Security Law Program
Americans losing faith in elections as Trump discredits voting systemsThe diatribes are as unnerving and unrelenting as they are untrue: An incumbent president warning that the nation’s voting systems are cauldrons for fraud and ripe for rigging...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
