The Vatican on Friday confirmed Pope Leo XIV voted in the 2026 Illinois midterm elections using a mail-in ballot, becoming the first sitting pope known to vote in a U.S. election. The pontiff may be ...

Lula's victory last week carries a lesson about how online political mobilization can be a powerful tool for pro-democracy ...

How Congress can help bolster federal judges and help stop Trump administration noncompliance with court orders.

This article is part of Just Security’s Collection: 2026 Midterm Election Analysis and Commentary. What follows are the most significant court cases concerning the 2026 midterm elections. This public ...

The three changes that would make AI companies answer for the conduct of their systems and catastrophic risks.

European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde today announced her scheduled resignation on Feb. 7, 2027. EU leaders will now pick a successor before the date. Lagarde said “I leave this ...

The Trump administration is pushing Congress to extend Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (“FISA 702”), a warrantless surveillance power that will shut down in March unless ...

It is uncertain whether the U.S. election-security system can adapt at the same pace as foreign capabilities are expanding.

A deployment around an election that is perceived to be politically motivated would irreparably harm the military's standing ...

Seabed mining is in the news. Distinctions on who, what, where, when, and why this U.S. mining might occur to guide legal governance.

A U.S. military psychiatrist found the USS Cole bombing suspect to be suffering from PTSD but cogent enough to face trial at ...