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Northern Virginia Magazine: The 50 Most Influential People in Northern Virginia in 2025 (Terry Clower and Dwight and Martha Schar, namesake for the Schar School, ranked).
The Washington Post: Mike Pence joins faculty for a year. The Hill (audio option): Pence joins George Mason as distinguished professor (Mike Pence profiled). Also in Yahoo! Malaysia, AOL, and NewsBreak. Similar in FOX News, The Washington Business Journal (subscription may be required), The National Review, Washington Examiner, The Gazette (Colorado Springs, CO), The Finnoexpert, Daily Truth Report, 29ru.net (Russia), and other media outlets. Fox 5 DC (video): Mike Pence accepts new job at George Mason University (Mike Pence profiled). Also in Yahoo! com. Similar in WUSA9 (local CBS affiliate in Washington, D.C.), WJLA7 (local ABC affiliate in Washington, D.C.), MSN, Northern Virginia Magazine, ARLnow, FFXnow (ARLnow pickup), InsideNoVa (audio option), DC News Now, Homeland Security Today, BizPacReview, Townhall, The Fourth Estate (George Mason University), and NewsNation.
Taipei Times: In an op-ed, Gerrit van der Wees takes exception to the idea that Taiwan has always been considered fair game for China.
WVTF (Virginia’s Public Radio; audio option): New campaign finance numbers show a significant lead for Spanberger (Mark J. Rozell quoted) Also in WMRA (Harrisonburg, VA).
BVM Sports (George Mason Athletics’ newsdesk pickup): Aaliyah Schinaman reflects on soccer journey with Philippine team (George Mason’s women’s soccer player Aaliyah Schinaman, graduate public policy major, profiled).
Middle East Forum: Umud Shokri writes about Iran’s risks to its energy sovereignty amid Russian influence.
Virginia Mercury: In an op-ed, James Finkelstein explains what a university rector is obligated to do.
Homeland Security Today: Mahmut Cengiz files a report from the 2025 Soufan Center Global Summit on Terrorism and Political Violence.
Osmanqizi English (video): Richard Kauzlarich comments on Armenia-Azerbaijan relations and the roles the U.S. and Russia play.
Detroit Free Press: James Finkelstein details the stepping down of Wayne State’s president. He also discusses her settlement package of $760,499. And in the Bridge (Michigan).
Public Square (A Congress for the New Urbanism Journal): Mixed use thrives, mixed income often doesn’t (2010 research by the Center for Regional Analysis cited).
Law360: David Brunori writes about the necessity of property taxes as Texas tries to do away with them.
CNN: DC mayor’s handling of Trump deployment roils residents who want more pushback (A Washington Post-Schar School poll cited). Also in KRDO-13 (local ABC affiliate in Colorado Springs, CO), KTVZ-21(local NBC, CW affiliate in Bend, OR), CBS58 (Milwaukee, WI), Yahoo! News Singapore, The Seattle Medium, and other media outlets. Similar in The Guardian (UK), Inkl, WJLA-7 (local ABC affiliate in Washington, D.C.), WACHFox57 (local Fox affiliate in Columbia, SC), ABC7 (Amarillo, TX), KFox14 (local Fox affiliate in El Paso, TX), NBC Palm Springs, NewsBreak, and other media outlets.
Raw Story (audio option): Experts say suspected Kirk killer made comments that will hurt him in court (Comments to CNN by Andrew McCabe cited). Similar in The Guardian (UK), Inkl, The Daily Beast, DNYUZ, NewsBreak, and other media outlets.
Citrus County Chronicle (Inside Sources pickup; audio option; Inverness, FL): Point: Serving the nation, not just the president (Op-ed in which Andrew McCabe mentioned).
Academia
Criminal Justice and Behavior: PhD student Olzhas Zhorayev, with Faye Taxman, publishes County Characteristics Associated with Implementation Strategies to Reform the Use of Jail for People with Behavioral Health Problems.
Animal Politico (translation may be required; Mexico): The Mayan Train attracts soldiers, not tourists, to Felipe Carrillo Puerto, Quintana Roo. (Research article by PhD student Elisa Norio, TraCCC Fellow, cited).