Lawfare Daily: The Trials of the Trump Administration, May 15
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Lawfare Daily: The Trials of the Trump Administration, May 15

May 18, 2026 · 1h 43m

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<p><a href="https://youtube.com/live/9fmxAScLyeY?feature=share" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><u>In a live conversation on YouTube</u></a>, <em>Lawfare </em>Editor in Chief Benjamin Wittes sat down with <em>Lawfare </em>Senior Editors Anna Bower, Eric Columbus, and Roger Parloff to discuss Judge Boulee denying Fulton County’s motion for the return of the 2020 election ballots seized by the FBI, a judge ordering the National Endowment for Humanities to rescind DOGE-backed cancellation of grants, oral argument in <em>Mark Kelly v. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, </em>and more.</p><p>You can find information on <a href="https://www.lawfaremedia.org/trumplitigationtracker" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><u>legal challenges to Trump administration actions here</u></a>. And check out <em>Lawfare</em>’s new homepage on the <a href="https://www.lawfaremedia.org/projects-series/trials-of-the-trump-administration" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><u>litigation</u></a>, new <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/trumplitigation.lawfaremedia.org" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><u>Bluesky account</u></a>, and <a href="https://thelawfarestore.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><u>new WITOAD merch</u></a>.</p><p>To receive ad-free podcasts, become a <em>Lawfare </em>Material Supporter at <a href="http://www.patreon.com/lawfare" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.patreon.com/lawfare</a>. You can also support <em>Lawfare </em>by making a one-time donation at <a href="https://givebutter.com/lawfare-institute" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><u>https://givebutter.com/lawfare-institute</u></a>.</p><p>Support this show <a target="_blank" rel="payment" href="http://supporter.acast.com/lawfare">http://supporter.acast.com/lawfare</a>.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>