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Washington Post (subscription may be required; audio option): D.C. region saw more than 72,000 federal jobs lost in 2025, new data shows (Terry L. Clower, director of the Center for Regional Analysis/Schar, quoted). Also in DNYUZ.
The New York Times (subscription may be required; audio option): Trump Is Pushing a Culture War That Knows No Bounds (Op-ed in which Justin Gest and Jack Goldstone are quoted). Also in DNYUZ.
The Guardian (UK): Janine Wedel discusses possible corruption in the White House in this international podcast.
Roll Call: Congressional power, ending with a whimper, not a bang? (Op-ed by Steven Pearlstein).
Richmond Times-Dispatch (subscription may be required): UVa’s board chose speed over legitimacy. Predictable crisis to follow | Guest column (Co-authored op-ed by Judith Wilde and James Finkelstein).
Le Monde (France; translation may be needed): Undergraduate Sahar Choudhury and master’s student Chiara Grimes are featured, with their professor Todd LaPorte, in a story about climate change, higher education, and employment.
Richmond Times-Dispatch: Challenging Trump requires discretion by upcoming Democratic governor | Guest column (Op-ed by Mark J. Rozell).
Homeland Security Today: COLUMN: A Quarter Century After 9/11: Terrorism Trends in the United States and West in 2026 (Op-ed by Mahmut Cengiz cited).
Higher Ed Dive: James Finkelstein weighs in on the top six trends to watch in higher education governance.
Washington Business Journal (subscription may be required; audio option): Federal employment in D.C. region shrinks to lowest level since 2001 (Research by the Stephen S. Fuller Institute of the Center for Regional Analysis cited, with Terry L. Clower quoted). Also in ARLnow.
Atlantic Council: Arnold C. Dupuy writes about how NATO should respond to Russia’s military build-up in the wider Black Sea region.
Middle East Forum: Umud Shokri writes a recap of important 2025 energy news in the Middle East.
Sky News (translation may be needed): David Ramadan discusses the U.S. action in Venezuela for a Middle Eastern audience. Ramadan begins at :30 mark.
Homeland Security Today: COLUMN: Terrorism Trends in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East (Op-ed by Mahmut Cengiz).
Route Fifty: How preemption worsens the AI accountability gap (Op-ed by Alan R. Shark).
E-International Relations: Mark N. Katz writes about the “Mearsheimer Logic” underlying Trump’s national security strategy.
Bloomberg (subscription may be required; audio option): China holds military drills around Taiwan after US arms deal (Jaime Ocon, Taiwan Security Monitor, quoted). Also in MSN and Daily Kos.
Iran International (audio option): What Iran stands to lose after Maduro's downfall (Op-ed by Umud Shokri).
WTOP: David Ramadan comments on Governor-elect Spanberger’s cabinet.
Crain’s Cleveland Business: Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb names MPA grad Ryan Puente as chief of staff.
South Carolina Daily Gazette: James Finkelstein discusses the good and the bad regarding college presidents serving on corporate boards.
WTOP: How much of an impact did DOGE have on the DC region? (Terry L. Clower quoted and the Stephen S. Fuller Institute for Research quoted). Similar in WUSA9 and FFXnow.
WTOP: These 5 stories defined the DC-area in 2025 (Terry L. Clower and the Stephen S. Fuller Institute for Research mentioned).
WVTF (Virginia’s Public Radio; audio option): Reeves says he's out of U. S. Senate race (David Ramadan quoted). Also in WMRA.
Richmond Times-Dispatch (subscription may be required): Spanberger could fire college board members, experts say (David Ramadan quoted). Also in The Roanoke Times, The News & Advance, The Daily Progress, The News Virginian, and World News.
Central News Agency (translation may be required; China): US experts on the Taipei attack case urge efforts to curb the spread of conspiracy theories and enhance civil defense capabilities. (Michael A. Hunzeker quoted). Also in Yahoo! News Taiwan, Line Today Taiwan, and PC Home Online (Taiwan).
Homeland Security Today: What the Data Says: Understanding ISIS in Nigeria (A 2024 column by Mahmut Cengiz cited).
CapRadio News (NPR affiliate in Sacramento, CA): Pay hikes for Cal State presidents shed light on financial divide (Judith Wilde quoted).
News from the States (States Newsroom): College presidents on corporate boards can draw schools into controversy. It happened at Clemson. (James Finkelstein quoted and his research cited). Also in Yahoo! News.
Taiwan News: US weapons delivery delays to Taiwan hit NT$688 billion (Research by Taiwan Security Monitor cited).
Memesita: Sinaloa Cartel: ‘Los Chapitos’ Arrested – Mexico Drug War Update (Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera quoted).
The Baltimore Banner: With growth slowing, debates over tax hikes and budget cuts begin (Keith Waters quoted).
Richmond Times-Dispatch (subscription may be required): Mid-decade redistricting in Virginia isn’t without risk for Democrats | Guest column (Op-ed by Mark J. Rozell).
The Daily Progress (subscription may be required; Charlottesville, VA): Judith Wilde: UVa’s board chose speed over legitimacy. Predictable crisis to follow. (Op-ed by Judith Wilde).
Good Good Good (The Conversation pickup): This Florida program reduced preterm births by 30%. Could it be a model for other states? (Op-ed by Faye Taxman and PhD student Loveline Chizobam Phillips). Also in MSN.
CNN: Trump’s bulldozer view of laws hits the Kennedy Center (Mark J. Rozell quoted). Also in Yahoo! News and AOL.
The Telegraph (UK): America’s race to save Taiwan (Michael A. Hunzeker quoted). Also in MSN, MSN UK, Yahoo! News, and The Irish Independent (Ireland).
Washington Business Journal (subscription may be required; audio option): Housing market softens in Greater Washington as pending contracts fall and listings climb (Co-authored research by George Mason’s Center for Regional Analysis cited).
NJ.com: How popular was Trump in 2025? A look into the polls (A June 2025 Washington Post-Schar School poll cited).
CGTN (China): Cross-Strait Ties: Taiwan Affairs Office: national reunification is unstoppable (Research by Taiwan Security Monitor cited).
Houston Chronicle (Politifact pickup; subscription may be required): Fact check: Lawmaker claims Zohran Mamdani is 'bringing Sharia law to America' (Peter Mandaville quoted). Also in Yahoo! News and San Antonio Express-News.
UPI (audio option): A North Korean spring: evaluating the likelihood of political change in the hermit kingdom (Jack Goldstone mentioned and his book cited). Also in NewsBreak, Miami Herald, The Sacramento Bee, The State, Sun Herald, and many others.
The Japan Times (audio option; Japan): How Trump's Venezuela embargo could put Taiwan at risk (Michael A. Hunzeker quoted).
PlanSponsor: State Auto-IRA Programs Lead to More Employers Offering Plans (Sita Slavov quoted).
The Lion: Maine marks jump in homeschool population since pandemic, law removing exemptions for school-mandated vaccines (A 2023 Washington Post-Schar School poll cited).
WVTF (Virginia’s Public Radio; audio option): Why Virginia's cabinet secretaries moved from elected to appointed positions (John G. Milliken, Schar senior fellow in residence, quoted). Also in WMRA (Harrisonburg, VA).
Virginia Business Magazine (subscription may be required): Youngkin’s term as governor marked by economic wins, political division (Mark J. Rozell quoted).
Fairfax County Times: County residents now pay more for meals, prepared foods (Terry L. Clower quoted).
Fairfax County Times: A look back on stories from 2025 (Research by the Stephen S. Fuller Institute of the Center for Regional Analysis cited).
FFXnow: Delayed data shows jump in Fairfax joblessness, as region’s federal workforce shrinks (Research by the Stephen S. Fuller Institute of the Center for Regional Analysis cited with Terry L. Clower mentioned).
ALXnow: Realtors predict Alexandria will lead N. Va. in home value growth in 2026 (Research by George Mason’s Center for Regional Analysis cited). Similar in Alexandria Living Magazine.
Memesita: Trump & Latin America: Mexico & Venezuela Under a Second Term? (Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera quoted).
Talanei: Amata Says China Suffered Setback in Venezuela and By Extension the South Pacific (Gerrit van der Wees quoted).
Legacy (Washington Post): Obituary: MPP ’23 grad David Meyer, former press assistant to Schar School Distinguished Visiting Professor and Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe.
Yahoo! Finance (press release pickup): Northern Virginia Housing Market Poised for Balance in 2026 (Co-authored research by George Mason’s Center for Regional Analysis cited with Terry L. Clower quoted). Similar in Northern Virginia Magazine, ARLnow, and FFXnow.
Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung-Beirut Office: Mark N. Katz is cited in a story about Russia’s failure in Iran and its pivot to Syria.
Academia
Contemporary Issues in the Middle East (Sakarya University Press): Umud Shokri contributes a chapter titled “Minerals and Civil Nuclear Cooperation.”
Books
Deseret News (audio option): Historians shed light on Joseph Smith’s integrity (Co-authored book by Eric Shiraev cited). Also in Yahoo! News.