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How to learn to stop worrying and love the EU’s new security and defense agreement.

Egyptian authorities are using a "debauchery" law to justify a crackdown on gay and trans people.

Robert Mueller got hold of emails from the presidential transition and the Pentagon has been researching sightings of UFOs. Yes, seriously.

Signs are mounting that the House Intelligence Committee plans on prematurely abdicating its work. 

A modest proposal to solve a growing problem in America’s judicial system.

And that's going to lead to even bigger problems down the road.

From possibly obstructing justice to keeping his finances under wraps, President Trump is giving new meaning to “when you’re a star, they let you do it.”

It might be a dramatic breakthrough in the investigation of Donald Trump — or a revelation of Robert Mueller’s weak hand.

Inviting foreign investors into a closed economy is a lot easier said than done.

The Russian president cloaks himself in nationalism, but that’s not where his heart is.

The former national security adviser's plea deal must be understood in the context of various deceits by the president and his associates.

And what it means, legally, if Trump does.

Mike Flynn may be cooperating with Mueller’s investigation, but the president thinks there’s nothing to worry about.

When China complained about a plan for the Navy to make port calls in Taiwan, Congress listened.

Donald Trump is pining for Time magazine’s recognition, but he has competition in his own White House.

Robert Menendez is credibly accused of serious crimes, but his party has never seemed to have a problem with him.

Hillary Clinton doesn’t have to worry about a special prosecutor, and three other takeaways from the Attorney General’s latest Congressional testimony.

Does democracy go down in the DMs? The folks at Lawfare discuss.

Congress is starting to chip away at tech companies’ claims that they're just "platforms".

It’s never too late to make sure future votes are secure from foreign interference. Here’s how.

But talk of Guantánamo, “extreme vetting,” and ending the Diversity Immigrant Visa Program is just a distraction from the real threat.

Sanctions regimes aren't simple, and they only work when their negative secondary effects do not outweigh their primary achievements.

Not all lies, even under oath, are prosecutable crimes.

Paul Manafort's arrest was a sign that the Justice Department knows it's been too lax on foreign agents.