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The Washington Post (audio option): Most D.C. residents oppose Trump’s city police takeover, poll finds (With Mark J. Rozell quoted). Similar in The Hill.
The Washington Post (audio option): Vance says DC police takeover an example for other cities (A Washington Post-Schar School poll cited). Similar in The New Republic, The Associated Press, CNN, The Hill (audio), MSN, Politico, Axios, Fox 5 DC (video), NBC Boston, The Daily Mail (UK), Yahoo! News, Mediaite, KION-46 (local CBS affiliate in Salinas, CA), SSBCrack, WOKV 104.5 (Jacksonville, FL), Citrus County Chronicle (Inverness, FL), Yakima Sun Herald (Yakima, WA), The Japan News, Internewscast, NewsBreak, and other media outlets.
The Washington Post (audio option): How should Trump fight crime in D.C.? (Op-ed in which a Washington Post-Schar School poll cited). Similar in The News and Observer (Bloomberg pickup; subscription may be required; Raleigh, NC) and ArcaMax.
Washington Post: David Brunori comments in a story about how a post-pandemic office slump is hitting cities’ tax coffers.
The New York Times (audio option): Trump wants to fight Democrats on crime. They’re treading cautiously. (A Washington Post-Schar School poll cited). Also in The Economic Times (India).
Fox 5 (video): Jeremy Mayer details the results of the Washington Post-Schar School poll regarding the federalization of D.C.’s law enforcement.
CNN (video): Ex-official slams Trump’s new loyalist appointee: ‘Exactly what the FBI doesn’t need’ (Andrew McCabe interviewed). McCabe starts at the 2:40 mark. Also in Raw Story and Nordot.
Le Monde (France): Mexico steps up cooperation with the US on drug trafficking (Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera quoted).
The Hill (audio option): Gabbard strips security clearances of 37 intelligence officials, including many with Biden ties (Comments on X by Larry Pfeiffer cited). Also in NewsBreak.
America’s Quarterly: Heidi Jane Smith is one of the experts asked about Trump policies in Latin America.
Forbes (subscription required): What’s in a name? Polling on the Washington Commanders (A Washington Post-Schar School poll cited). Also in BitcoinEthereumNews.com.
The Richmond Times-Dispatch (subscription may be required; audio option): No debates yet for governor, but attorney general candidates will face off (Mark J. Rozell quoted). Also in The Culpeper Star-Exponent (subscription may be required).
Route Fifty: Alan R. Shark writes that public leaders need to trust their instincts when it comes to using AI.
Northern Virginia Magazine: Former Virginia Governor Robert McDonnell joins the faculty.
The Infrastructure Show (podcast): Jonathan Gifford discusses financing transportation through public-private partnerships.
The Richmond Times-Dispatch (subscription may be required; audio option): Commentary: In defense of George Mason’s president, and his DEI values (Op-ed by James Finkelstein).
The Boston Globe (New York Times pickup; subscription may be required): Trump wants to fight Democrats on crime. They’re treading cautiously. (A Washington Post-Schar School poll cited).
The Daily Mail (UK): Police £15,000 reward for capture of gunman who left innocent nine-year-old girl with bullet lodged in her brain – as accomplice in Turkish gangland shooting is found guilty (Mahmut Cengiz quoted). Also in Internewscast Journal (UK).
Milenio (translation may be required; subscription may be required; Mexico): Corruption in the U.S.? Elon Musk paid more than $25 million in gifts to set up his base on the Mexican border (Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera quoted).
FFXnow (Schar School newsdesk pickup): Morning notes for August 20, 2025 (Former Gov. Bob McDonnell profiled).
Middle East Forum: Umud Shokri writes in an op-ed what Iran has to do to get off international sanctions.
Vermont Public Radio (local NPR affiliate in Colchester, VT): Phil Scott rejects second request to deploy Vermont National Guard, this time to Washington, D.C. (Michael V. Hayden quoted). Also in CT Public, New Hampshire Public Radio, and other media outlets.
Kyiv Post: Richard Kauzlarich comments on the Putin-Trump meeting in Alaska.
People’s World: Trump’s D.C. military rule—CPUSA warns: ‘Your town could be next’ (A Washington Post-Schar School poll cited).
Mississippi Today: Judith Wilde comments on the search for a new president of Jackson State University.
The Atlantic: Trump’s Revenge Campaign Has a Weakness (Op-ed in which Andrew McCabe mentioned). Also in MSN.
Bloomberg (subscription may be required): Crime stats aren’t the best way to make people feel safe (Op-ed in which a Washington Post-Schar School poll cited). Also in The Anchorage Daily News (Anchorage, AK).
Law360: David Brunori writes in an op-ed about recent municipal tax news that caught his eye.
Texas Metro News: Black America responds to Trump sending in FBI and DEA agents to combat crime in DC (Comments to CNN by Andrew McCabe cited).
Sky News (UK): The Turkish gang war behind the shooting of a nine-year-old girl (Mahmut Cengiz quoted). Also in Great Yorkshire Radio (UK), Radio Royal (UK), Church Hill Blog (UK), and other media outlets.
Tenemos Noticias (translation may be required; Venezuela): Will Trump attack drug cartels in Mexico? (Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera quoted).
Cardinal News (audio option): Youngkin promised a ‘rip-roaring economy.’ Did he deliver? Here are the numbers. (An op-ed in the Richmond Times-Dispatch by Mark J. Rozell cited).
Hora Do Povo (translation may be required; Brazil): Maduro rejects “absurd threats from a decaying empire” (Andrew McCabe quoted).
The Daily Caller: ‘Wake Up From Being Woke’: Joe Scarborough Calls Out Dems For Ignoring Black Residents’ Crime Fears In DC (Op-ed in which a Washington Post-Schar School poll cited). Also in MSN.
Milenio (translation may be required; Mexico): The other migration: Mexicans seek refuge in Argentina, Bolivia, and Costa Rica (Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera quoted). Also in MSN Mexico.
Washington Examiner: Trump centralizes power, consolidates control over his second-term agenda (James Pfiffner quoted).
Haqqin.az (translation may be required; Azerbaijan): And Trump has his own war. He’s taking Washington (A Washington Post-Schar School poll cited).
Cardinal News (audio option): Chief justice called his actions ‘tawdry’ but George Mason hires former Gov. McDonnell as a visiting professor anyway (Op-ed in which George Mason and former Gov. Bob McDonnell, Schar, are mentioned).
La Opinión (translation may be required): China and the United States: Farewell to the American Empire (III) (Op-ed by Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera).