Early Edition April 27, 2026

Your curated weekday guide to the biggest national security and foreign policy developments over the past 24 hours. Compiled by the Just Security team and read by an automated voice, The Early Edition is an essential resource for anyone shaping a just and secure world.Published April 27, 2026, on Just Security.  ICYMI: Last Week on Just Security:Fool’s Gold: Speaker Johnson’s Section 702 proposal would place no limits on backdoor searches By Elizabeth Goitein and Hannah JamesThe Poverty of the DOJ Indictment of the Southern Poverty Law Center By Andrew WeissmannCybersecurity Meets Geopolitics at Top EU Court By Patryk Pawlak