Schar School in the News: January 20th - 24th, 2025

Washington Post: The Post and the Schar School conducted a real-time poll to gauge responses to Trump’s inauguration speech. Also in this roundup. Similar in World Journal (China) and Sydney Today (China).

The New York Times (audio option): Trump Aims to Cut the Federal Work Force. It’s Already Historically Low. (Terry L. Clower quoted). Also in Espanol News (Spain).

USA TODAY: How will Trump try to fix inflation? Experts say he’ll focus on these areas (Jeremy Mayer quoted). Also in MSN, AOL, Yahoo! Finance, and the Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY).

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists: Gregory Koblentz coauthors a “memo to Trump” to create a biosecurity agency to oversee research.

Newsweek: In an op-ed, Justin Gest offers solutions to creating a social media “marketplace for the truth.”

WUSA9 (video): Jeremy Mayer discusses the new administration the day before the inauguration.

MSN: The national news outlet picks up the Schar School story about “rampage terrorism.”

BBC (video): Trump to enforce ‘remain in Mexico’ policy (Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera quoted).

StateTech (audio option): What the rising costs of AI means for government (Op-ed by Alan Shark).

Politico: There’s a reason to be worried about the plethora of pardons from Trump and Biden (Mark J. Rozell quoted). Also in Yahoo! News.

Albuquerque Journal (paywall): In an op-ed, Judith Wilde provides context for New Mexico’s challenge to an outgoing university’s severance package.

INFORMS (dot) org (video): Naoru Koizumi is interviewed about her career by the academic and industry science organization.

The Root: Trump cancelling remote work for federal workers could cause serious problems for everyone (Op-ed in which comments to WTOP by Terry L. Clower are cited).

Richmond Times-Dispatch (paywall): Stewart Malawer writes how trade wars will damage Virginia’s economy.

Homeland Security Today: Master of Public Administration grad Kristen Best takes the role of the Department of Homeland Security’s Coordinator for Countering Crimes of Exploitation and Protecting Victims.

WTOP: Terry Clower tells the radio news station that Trump’s demand for federal workers to return to the office could cause a rash of retirements.

Gulf International Forum: In an op-ed, Umud Shokri says Trump’s attempt to “surge oil production” faces challenges.

Yahoo! Finance: Q2i's PARCA Technology Moves to Phase II of National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Trial to Further Evaluate Its Efficacy in Increasing Community Supervision Success (Faye S. Taxman quoted).

Digi 24 (Romania; translation may be needed for intro; video): In a live shot from Mason Square, Ed Rhodes discusses Trump 2.0 for a Romanian audience. (He begins at 2:00.)

AARP: GVIP grad Riley Moore is profiled as a new Congressman from West Virginia.

Washington Post: In a story about federal teleworking, a Post-Schar School survey is cited.

DC News Now (video): Trump's executive order impact on federal workers (Terry L. Clower interviewed). Also in MSN.

Voice of America: Trump’s pick to lead CIA promises more focus, firmer posture (Larry Pfeiffer quoted).

SpyTalk: Waltz: “All gas, no brakes” on Trump priorities at White House NSC (Larry Pfeiffer quoted).

San Antonio Current (Texas Observer pickup): The Border Propogandist (Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera quoted).

Boston Herald (subscription may be required; audio option): Editorial: Trump and Biden given presidential pardons a black eye (Op-ed in which picks up comments to Politico by Mark J. Rozell cited). Also in the Daily Record (Cañon City, CO).

Hoy Newspaper (Inside Higher Ed pickup; translation may be required; Nicaragua): What could the exit package of the former president of WNMU pay for? (Judith Wilde quoted).

Kansas City Star (subscription may be required): Antidemocratic moves of Josh Hawley, Democrats are just symptoms of our real problem (Op-ed by Frank T. Manheim).

MLive: The State Policeman pushing Trump’s border agenda (Comments to the Observer by Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera cited).

Hoodline: Businesses Brace for Policy Shifts as Trump Begins Second Term and GOP Takes Congress (Comments to WTOP by Terry L. Clower cited).

Milenio (translation may be required; Mexico): Cartels buy precursors with cryptocurrencies from Chinese companies
(Research by TraCCC cited).

La Voz de Michoacan (translation may be required; Mexico): Designating Mexican cartels as terrorists could lead to more problems: experts (Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera quoted).

Outlook (audio option; India): Living At A Time When World War III Is Not Speculative Fiction (Op-ed by Ali Mammadov, PhD student).

The New York Times (audio option): Trump signs an executive order stripping security clearances from some former intelligence officials (Gen. Michael Hayden mentioned). Similar in USA TODAY, CBS News, Newsweek, Fox News, The Telegraph (Macon, GA), and other outlets.

Richmond Times-Dispatch (subscription may be required; audio option): Trump: Return to work: Virginia federal employees face Trump demands for return to office, loyalty to policies (Terry L. Clower quoted). Also in the Roanoke Times.

World Bank: In a blog for the Education for Global Development site, Maurice Kugler coauthors an opinion column about financing secondary vocational education.

Election Law Blog: Mark J. Rozell says James Madison was right in objecting to unchecked presidential pardons.