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This week, Alan and Scott sat down with Lawfare Senior Fellow Molly Reynolds and Fellow in Technology Policy and Law Eugenia Lostri to talk through another week of big national security news, including:

• \u201cBye Biden.\u201d President Biden made the historic decision to withdraw from the 2024 presidential race over the weekend. He swiftly endorsed his Vice President Kamala Harris, who now appears poised to become the Democratic candidate at the party\u2019s convention next month. How might Harris be different from Biden, both as a candidate and as a president? And what will the change mean for the 2024 race?
• \u201cThe CrowdStrikes Back.\u201d Countless businesses around the world found their Windows computers disabled this past week, due to a faulty update pushed out by the prominent cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike. The consequences continue to ripple out, including waves of canceled and rescheduled flights at numerous major airlines. What can this incident teach us about the security of our computer infrastructure? And are there ways to avoid similar incidents in the future?
• \u201cNetanya-who?\u201d Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduled to give his long-awaited speech to Congress later today. But the normally high-profile event has been overshadowed by recent news relating to the 2024 presidential race, potentially mitigating some of its intended effect. What should we expect from Bibi\u2019s speech? And how will it impact progress towards a ceasefire in Gaza\u2014and U.S.-Israeli relations more broadly?

For object lessons, Alan recommended Jeffrey Eugenides\u2019 novel "The Marriage Plot." Scott sent a love letter to the New York Times\u2019 odd coverage of world culture, including this week\u2019s expos\xe9 on Japanese backpacks. Molly gave the people what they want, with a new public radio podcast recommendation: NPR\u2019s "Embedded: Supermajority." And Eugenia carried on a longstanding tradition of bringing in video game recommendations, this time for the cozy agriculture sim Stardew Valley. 

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