Lawfare Daily: Jan. 6, 2026: Five Years of Congressional Action and Inaction
Today is the fifth anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack at the U.S. Capitol. That day marked the beginning of a reckoning across the entirety of the U.S. government. How did this happen? What does ...
6 Jan 1h 4min
Lawfare Daily: The U.S. Strike on Venezuela and Capture of Nicolás Maduro
During a live YouTube discussion on Jan. 4, Lawfare Editor in Chief Benjamin Wittes sat down with Lawfare Senior Editor Scott R. Anderson, Foreign Policy Editor Dana Stuster, and Public Service Fellow...
5 Jan 49min
Lawfare Archive: How the FCC is Tackling National Security with Enforcement Bureau Chief Loyaan Egal
From October 9, 2024: For today’s episode, Loyaan Egal, the Chief of the Enforcement Bureau at the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”), sat down with Lawfare Senior Editor and General Counsel Sc...
4 Jan 55min
Lawfare Archive: Mayor Adams, the Feds, and a Whole Lot of Foreign Money
From September 30, 2024: New York Mayor Eric Adams is facing indictment in connection with a foreign influence scheme involving Turkey. It’s the latest in a long string of actions by the Justice Depar...
3 Jan 45min
Lawfare Daily: Ask Us Anything About 2025
Today's Lawfare Daily is Lawfare's annual "Ask Us Anything" mailbag episode where Lawfare contributors answered listener-submitted questions.Scott R. Anderson, Natalie Orpett, Benjamin Wittes, Kevin F...
2 Jan 1h 28min
Lawfare Archive: FISA 702 Passes the House
From April 16, 2024: Friday morning, the House of Representatives suddenly—after failing to do so earlier in the week—took up the reauthorization of FISA 702. They considered a bunch of amendments, on...
1 Jan 54min
Lawfare Archive: Russia’s Aggression Against Ukraine and the International Legal Order
From April 4, 2023: Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has tested the international legal order like never before. For many, the fact that a nuclear power and member of the U.N. Security Council would commi...
31 Dec 20251h 29min
Rational Security: The “Inadequate Chicken Moved to Inferior Location” Special End-of-Year Edition
For the podcast’s annual end-of-year episode, Scott sat down with co-host emeritus Benjamin Wittes, Senior Editor Anna Bower, and Managing Editor Tyler McBrien to talk over listener-submitted topics a...
30 Dec 20251h 4min
