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Too hot for government servers, the Jan. 6 select committee’s records find a permanent home on Lawfare.
Democrats are repeatedly turning to a strategy that enables them to secure Republican support for competition legislation, but with steep long-term costs for content moderation.
There’s consensus in Congress that facial recognition needs to be reined in, but not nearly enough action to bring about effective rules. A new bill could jump-start the debate and move the nation toward the comprehensive set of limits that are needed.
On Oct. 17, the Justice Department reccomended that former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon be sentenced to six months in prison and fined him $200,000 for defying a subpoena issued by the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
The Justice for Victims of War Crimes Act would finally give the U.S. the ability to prosecute suspected war criminals found inside U.S. borders, regardless of nationality, and now Congress needs to close other loopholes in order to promote justice for international crimes.
What happened now in the fight over Trump’s tax returns?
The CHIPS and Science Act is a major, bipartisan plan to compete more effectively with China. But it places too much emphasis on subsidies and state direction.
The new bipartisan bill is a substantial improvement over the 1887 Electoral Count Act.
The D.C. Circuit ruled in Trump v. Mazars. Can the House Oversight Committee access former President Trump's financial records?
A look at the history, law and questions relevant to Congress’s consideration of creating a new legal office.