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Maggie Haberman and @jonathanswan.bsky.social recently joined @rparloff on Lawfare Daily to discuss their recent book, “Regime Change," how the Supreme Court’s immunity decision has shaped his conduct, and how close Trump has come to suspending habeas corpus. youtu.be/rKzqHb1mTbE
This week, both @annabower.bsky.social and @rparloff.bsky.social published dispatches from court hearings in the litigation challenging actions from the Trump administration. You can find their dispatches on this page:
Trump Administration Trial Coveragewww.lawfaremedia.orgICYMI: Watch @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org, @petereharrell.bsky.social, @ericcolumbus.bsky.social, @annabower.bsky.social, and @rparloff.bsky.social discuss legal challenges to President Trump’s new tariffs, developments in the Reflecting Pool prosecution, and more.
Lawfare Live: The Trials of the Trump Administration, July 31youtube.com"The models didn’t escape because they’re gods. They escaped because someone left the door open. Congress should regulate the door." @klonick.bsky.social discusses the real lesson from Hugging Face breach by an AI agent system from OpenAI.
The AI That Hacked Its Way Out and the Hype That Followed ItThe real lesson of the Hugging Face breach isn’t that AI went rogue—it’s how self-serving hype steers regulators toward the wrong fixes.www.lawfaremedia.orgCheck out the Week that Was, a roundup of Lawfare's articles and podcasts of the past week, compiled by Sarah Willrich.
The Week That WasYour weekly summary of everything on the site.www.lawfaremedia.orgThis conversation is now live! Tune in here: youtube.com/live/ou7AfSV...
Lawfare Live: The Trials of the Trump Administration, July 31YouTube video by Lawfareyoutube.comLawfareAt 4pm ET, @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org will sit down with @petereharrell.bsky.social, @annabower.bsky.social, @ericcolumbus.bsky.social, and @rparloff.bsky.social to discuss litigation over President Trump’s new tariffs, recent filings by James Comey in the “86” seashells prosecution, and more.
At 4pm ET, @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org will sit down with @petereharrell.bsky.social, @annabower.bsky.social, @ericcolumbus.bsky.social, and @rparloff.bsky.social to discuss litigation over President Trump’s new tariffs, recent filings by James Comey in the “86” seashells prosecution, and more.
Lawfare Live: The Trials of the Trump Administration, July 31YouTube video by Lawfareyoutube.comThe Supreme Court's decision expanding the president's removal authority removes the possibility of an independent federal agency for AI governance. Third-party regulatory frameworks may help address the issue of political independence, writes Daniel Wilf-Townsend.
How Trump v. Slaughter Strengthens the Case for Third-Party AI RegulationThe recent decision takes off the table one of the most popular proposals for AI governance: an independent federal agency, free from a president’s whims.www.lawfaremedia.orgOn this week's Rational Security, @sranderson.bsky.social, @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org, @tylermcbrien.com, @lapatina.bsky.social, and @kevintfrazier.bsky.social discussed President Zelensky and President Trump's Oval Office meetingand the Hugging Face hack. youtu.be/mK8PWD5DkFE
"Haygood moves back and forth between years, even decades, to place the Vietnam era in its rightful historical context. In doing so, he shows us how war and race are inseparable from the American story." @gregorydaddis.bsky.social reviews “The War Within a War" by Wil Haygood.
War, Race, and America’s ValuesA review of Wil Haygood, “The War Within a War: The Black Struggle in Vietnam and at Home” (Alfred A. Knopf, 2026).www.lawfaremedia.orgThis week's Seriously Risky Business looks at the Trump administration's attempts to address AI-related risks in recent months, the possibility of Iranian hackers targeting U.S. critical infrastructure in earnest, and more. Read the newsletter, from @tom.risky.biz.
Chipping Away at Chinese AI RisksThe latest edition of the Seriously Risky Business cybersecurity newsletter, now on Lawfare.www.lawfaremedia.orgToday's Lawfare Daily is a @scalinglaws.bsky.social crosspost where Kent Walker joined @kevintfrazier.bsky.social to discuss Google's proposal for a two-pronged approach to AI governance. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/scal...
On July 30, Judge Lin held a hearing on cross-motions for summary judgment in Anthropic's challenge of the Department of Defense’s designation of the AI company as a supply chain risk. @rparloff.bsky.social live-blogged the hearing:
Anthropic v. U.S. Department of War: A Hearing DiaryA live-blog of the summary judgment hearing over whether the U.S. Department of Defense designated Anthropic a “supply chain risk” to punish it for First Amendment protected speech.www.lawfaremedia.orgTreasury Secretary Scott Bessent, as well as Google, have called for a federally supervised self-regulatory organization akin to the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority for AI. Mark Thomas explores what a SRO for AI should look like and how to build it.
Designing a FINRA for Frontier AIScott Bessent, Google, and Demis Hassabis all want a FINRA for AI. This is what it should look like.www.lawfaremedia.orgIn Comans v. Executive Office of the President, a district court applied Slaughter, the Supreme Court's ruling letting the president remove 'subordinates.' Peyton Baker, @nicholasbednar.bsky.social, and Amy Wildermuth break down the decision, which upheld removal protections for inferior officers.
Inferior Officers Protections Post-SlaughterA district court judge has affirmed removal protections for inferior officers in the first case to consider the question post-Slaughter.www.lawfaremedia.orgWe are hiring an associate editor focused on the growing body of work at Lawfare exploring how AI intersects with national security. View the position and apply here:
Come Work With Us—As Our New AI Associate Editor!The Lawfare Institute—publisher of information and insight at the intersection of national security, law and policy—seeks a motivated full-time associate editor focused on artificial intelligence.www.lawfaremedia.orgThis month an AI agent system from OpenAI autonomously broke into the production systems of Hugging Face, an open-source platform that hosts AI models and datasets. @klonick.bsky.social looks into how it happened and what Congress could do to prevent future AI attacks.
The AI That Hacked Its Way Out and the Hype That Followed ItThe real lesson of the Hugging Face breach isn't that AI went rogue—it's how self-serving hype steers regulators toward the wrong fixes.www.lawfaremedia.orgA draft law before China’s legislature would let prosecutors sue foreign firms in the public’s name over an undefined “national interest,” in courts the prosecution itself supervises. Christopher Nye explores how Washington could respond to litigation targeting U.S. companies.
Sued by the State, Judged by the StateA draft law before China’s legislature would let prosecutors sue foreign firms over an undefined “national interest,” in courts the prosecution itself supervises.www.lawfaremedia.orgOn Lawfare Daily, @tylermcbrien.com hosted a series of conversations from the 2026 Aspen Security Forum, where he sat down with @markleongoldberg.bsky.social, @kschake.bsky.social, @alexzerden.bsky.social, and Alexandra Bell. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/lawf...