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Washington Post: A new WashPost-Schar School poll shows a texting scandal has done little to change voters’ minds in the Virginia gubernatorial race.
FOX5: David Ramadan comments on Virginia Democrats’ plan to redistrict.
Chicago Business (subscription may be required): Former generals warns against troop deployment in Chicago (Michael V. Hayden mentioned).
Chronicle of Higher Education: James Finkelstein explains why college presidents make high incomes (search firms could be the blame).
BBC (audio option; UK): Donald Trump has authorized covert CIA operations in Venezuela (Larry Pfeiffer interviewed). Pfeiffer starts at the 3:40 mark.
CNN (subscription may be required): These are the signals to watch from the New Jersey and Virginia governor races (A Washington Post-Schar School poll cited, with Mark J. Rozell quoted). Similar in The Washington Post (audio option), Bloomberg (subscription may be required), Washington Blade, Network Today, and other media outlets.
Greater Greater Washington (ARLnow pickup): Breakfast links: Median households can’t afford Arlington homes (Keith Waters quoted).
The State News (Michigan State University): President’s childhood friend serving in $300K ‘senior advisor’ role (Jim Finkelstein quoted).
WBUR (local NPR affiliate in Boston, MA; audio option): From unthinkable to politics as usual: The government shutdown story (Jeremy Mayer discusses topic).
The New York Times (audio option): Comey attacks charges as vindictive and prosecutor as improperly named (Andrew McCabe mentioned). Similar in The Washington Post, CNN, CBS News, NewsBreak, KRDO13 (local ABC affiliate in Colorado Springs, CO), KESQ3 (local ABC affiliate in Palm Springs, CA), and other media outlets.
Newsweek: Spanberger’s chances of beating Earle-Sears two weeks before election-polls (A Washington Post-Schar School poll cited). Similar in NOTUS.
Reuters: Iran risks severe economic downturn, unrest as renewed UN sanctions bite (Umud Shokri quoted). Also in U.S. News & World Report, MSN, The Straits Times (Singapore), The Times of Israel, Prensupa Digital (Argentina), Iran International, TradingView, Market Screener, Street Insider, and Infobae (Argentina) Baird Maritime, Investing.com, Al-Monitor, The Japan Times, and other media outlets.
Irregular Warfare Podcast (Small Wars Journal): Small Wars Journal: Insurgent armies and state formation after victory (Philip A. Martin discusses topic).
Kuwait Times (Reuters pickup): Iran risks severe economic downturn, as UN sanctions bite (Umud Shokri quoted). Also in World Israel News.
People: Rebecca Ferguson shares emotional clip from “A House of Dynamite”: ‘The tension was quite high’ (Larry Pfeiffer quoted). Also in Yahoo! Entertainment and AOL.
The Independent (UK): Trump and his team – who paved over the Rose Garden – have new pitch for DC residents under takeover: Fresh grass! (A Washington Post-Schar School poll cited). Also in AOL.
Financial Times (subscription may be required): ‘Problem with the brand’: Democrats sweat as governor races tighten (Mark J. Rozell quoted).
The Richmond Times-Dispatch (subscription may be required): Va. sees jump in unemployment claims by furloughed workers (Terry L. Clower quoted). Also in InsuranceNewsNet.
The Daily Progress (The Richmond Times-Dispatch pickup; subscription may be required; Charlottesville, VA).): Mark Rozell: Perception about candidates’ demeanor linger weeks after chaotic debate (Op-ed by Mark J. Rozell).
The Conversation: 1 in 3 U.S. nonprofits that serve communities lost government funding in early 2025 (Op-ed co-authored by Mirae Kim).
WUSA9 (local CBS affiliate in Washington, D.C.): Virginia Governor’s Race 2025: Spanberger and Earle-Sears get major endorsements from Obama and Trump (Democracy Lab students mentioned).
Fairfax County Times: Earle-Sears and Spanberger face off in fierce debate (Terry L. Clower and Jeremy D. Mayer quoted, and social media comments by unnamed students cited).
SpyTalk: Stage fright in the Sit Room (Comments to the SpyTalk podcast by Larry Pfeiffer cited). Similar in SpyTalk (podcast) and Direct-Actu.fr (France).
USNI News (U.S. Naval Institute): China deploys buoys, security officers to Scarborough Shoal amid Philippine drills (Taiwan Security Monitor mentioned).
GovTech: Alan R. Shark writes about balancing innovation, risk, and trust when using AI in the public sector.
Virginia Business Magazine (subscription may be required): Back to school, back to buying? How gall affects Northern Virginia homebuyers (Research by Center for Regional Analysis cited).
WVTF (Virginia’s Public Radio; audio option): The latest campaign finance numbers show a tightening race for governor (Jennifer Victor quoted). Also in WMRA (Harrisonburg, VA).
The Washington Post (audio option): Democrats raised more cash in Virginia elections through September (A Washington Post-Schar School Poll cited). Similar in The Advocate, Yahoo! News, and other media outlets.
The Guardian (UK): U.S. ‘on a trajectory’ toward authoritarian rule, ex-officials warn (Larry Pfeiffer quoted).
Porland Press-Herald (Maine; paywall): Jeremy Mayer weighs in on the Democratic race for the Senate.
Virginia Mercury: James Finkelstein, et al., write about partisan board appointments in higher ed.
Osmanqizi English: Richard Kauzlarich analyzes the reengagement between leaders of Russia and Azerbaijan. In a second broadcast, he revisits a 1997 visit to the White House by Azerbaijani diplomats.
Daily Caller: Ricardo Roselló discusses why political outrage wins and how to flip it.
Iran International: Mark N. Katz writes about relations between Iran and Russia.
The GW Hatchet (George Washington University): District economy slows as mass layoffs, government shutdown roil workers (Terry L. Clower quoted).
Greater Greater Washington: MPA graduate Mike English writes an op-ed about who has more clout to make neighborhood decisions—longtime residents or newcomers.
Punto por Punto (translation may be required; Mexico): U.S. targets cartels for drone surveillance of authorities (Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera quoted).
Vijesti (The New York Times pickup; Montenegro): How social media has undermined Western democracy (Op-ed in which Jack Goldstone quoted).
Associated Press: Comey’s lawyers says case against him is driven by Trump’s ‘personal animus’ and must be thrown out (Andrew McCabe mentioned). Similar in WJCL22 (local ABC affiliate in Savannah, GA), Bastille Post Global (China), Hoy Diario Magdalena (Colombia), and other media outlets.
The Hill (audio option): Jack Smith calls out Trump’s revenge indictments (Op-ed in which Schar School event is mentioned). Also in Ru24.net (Russia) and PolitoMix.
The Minnesota Star-Tribune (subscription may be required; Minneapolis, MN): The fierce urgency of Omar Fateh (Alum and Minnesota state senator Omar Fateh, bachelor’s degree and master’s degree in Public Administration, ‘15, profiled).
New York Post: Virginia GOP candidate holds debate with AI clone of opponent after she refused to participate (A Washington Post-Schar School poll cited). Similar in Washington Blade, News India Times and Head Topics.
ARLnow: Study of possible governance changes in Arlington will get underway soon (John Miliken quoted).
McLean, VA Patch (Schar School’s newsdesk pickup): Intelligence expert at GMU’s Schar School in new Netflix movie (Larry Pfeiffer quoted). Similar in El Universal (Mexico), News Flash, Martin CID Magazine (Vietnam), Martin CID Magazine (Italy), Martin CID Magazine (Sweden), Martin CID Magazine (Poland), Martin CID Magazine (Denmark), Martin CID Magazine (Germany), and Martin CID Magazine (Brazil).
Taiwan Security Monitor
Books
Professor Emeritus Hugh Sockett has published a novel, “The Lawyer and the Slave,” a tale of race and romance in Victorian England, and a memoir, “CALLED: The Life of Benjamin Sockett, Priest,” a history of his father.