United States: Terrorism, Homeland Security & Defence

The Department of Defense has proposed sweeping new rules that would extend foreign ownership screening requirements beyond classified contractors to the entire defense supply chain. Under this framework, contractors and subcontractors holding DoD contracts valued above $5 million would face mandatory disclosure and mitigation obligations, fundamentally reshaping how the Pentagon manages national security risks across its industrial base.

On May 20, 2026, the Justice Department unsealed a superseding indictment against Cuba’s Raúl Castro and five co-defendants for the 1996 shoot-down of two unarmed civilian aircraft over international waters...

On June 2, 2026, President Trump signed an Executive Order titled Promoting Advanced Artificial Intelligence Innovation and Security. The order directs federal agencies to harden government and critical infrastructure...

On 7 May 2026, the Department of War (DoW) released a proposed rule that would, for the first time, extend foreign ownership, control, or influence (FOCI)...

The U.S. Department of War has proposed a sweeping expansion of foreign ownership disclosure requirements that would extend FOCI vetting to unclassified defense contracts valued above $5 million...

The Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) has come under scrutiny amid calls for reform or elimination, but wholesale changes could undermine critical transparency mechanisms in foreign lobbying.

As the school year buzzes through its hectic May-to-June blur, many schools and administrators are now dealing with the impacts from a data protection incident involving Canvas, the widely used learning management...

Legal risk for contractors and cross-border businesses is not driven solely by statute or regulation — it is shaped by geopolitics, Administration and congressional priorities, and enforcement discretion.

This is one in a series of GT Alerts examining the president’s FY 2027 budget request to Congress, breaking down the president’s budget for the Department of War (part 1). Part 2 focuses on the U.S. Army’s FY 2027...