Schar School in the News: December 15th to 19th, 2025

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Reuters: Exclusive: U.S. briefly withheld some intelligence from Israel during Biden era (Larry Pfeiffer quoted). Also in MSN, Yahoo! News, The Taylorville Daily News (Taylorville, IL), AL-Monitor, Newsmax, Portfolio (Hungary), and other media outlets.

Tampa Bay Times (The Conversation pickup; subscription may be required): How one Hillsboro program reduced preterm births: Column (Op-ed by Faye Taxman and PhD student Loveline Chizobam Phillips). Also in Yahoo! News and The Miami New Times.

CNN (subscription may be required): How authorities got ahead of themselves in the Brown University shooting investigation (Andrew McCabe quoted).

The Washington Business Journal (subscription may be required; audio option): Federal job losses in D.C. region hit 41,500 as deferred resignations finally show up in data (Terry L. Clower quoted and the Stephen S. Fuller Institute mentioned). Also in ARLnow.

Newsweek: U.S. eyes new joint base at China Chokepoint (Comments to Naval News by Jaime Ocon, research fellow with the Taiwan Security Monitor project, cited). Also in The Fort Worth Star-Telegram (audio option), The News & Observer (audio option; Raleigh, NC), The Telegraph (audio option; Macon, GA), The Wichita Eagle (audio option, Wichita, KS), The Herald-Leader (audio option; Lexington, KY), and other media outlets.

Fox 5 DC (video): Northern Virginia housing market expected to stabilize for buyers and sellers in 2026 (Research by Center for Regional Analysis cited).

The Richmond Times-Dispatch (subscription may be required; audio option): Spanberger promised to address affordability. Now comes the hard part – delivering (Op-ed by Mark J. Rozell).

MLive: 7 months without a permanent president: What is the status of the University of Michigan search? (Judith Wilde quoted). Similar in the Detroit Free Press.

CNN (video): New FBI description of Brown shooting suspect: 5’8” with “stocky build” (Andrew McCabe interviewed). Also in MSN. Similar in another CNN piece (transcript), in another CNN piece (transcript), and in The Boston Globe (subscription may be required).

El Nuevo Dia: Analysis by Mariely Lopez-Santana is cited in a story about Puerto Rico, Trump, and the Monroe Doctrine.

Telediario (translation may be required; Costa Rica): 2026 Elections: Juan Carlos Hidalgo on his way to the presidency (Alum Juan Carlos Hidalgo, MA in Global Commerce and Policy ‘08, profiled).

The Crimson: James Finkelstein says Harvard is doing the right thing by not bringing in a new president from outside.

CNN (transcript): Lawmakers question DHS Secretary Noem on global threats (Andrew McCabe interviewed on a panel). Similar in Raw Story.

CTPost (The Conversation pickup; subscription may be required): How one Florida program reduced preterm births – and how it could serve as a model for other communities (Op-ed by Faye Taxman and PhD student Loveline Chizobam Phillips).

Homeland Security Today: Mahmut Cengiz writes about the first year of the post-Assad era in Syria.

Homeland Security Today: Jude Sunderbruch Awarded France’s Gold Medal of Internal Security (Alum and adjunct professor, Jude Sunderbruch, PhD in Public Policy ‘08, profiled).

DW (translation may be required; China): The United States announced a plan to sell more than $10 billion in arms to Taiwan, and Beijing expressed strong dissatisfaction (Taiwan Security Monitor and Schar School of Policy and Government mentioned).

The Guardian (UK): MAGA loyalist expands investigation into intelligence officials who angered Trump (Andrew McCabe mentioned). Also in Head Topics Australia. Similar in InfoWars.

WVTF (audio): David Ramadan discusses political fundraising in Virginia ahead of congressional midterm elections.

CGTN (video): Stewart Malawer discusses the $12 billion farm aid bill amid tariff chaos.

New York Post: DOJ’s Clinton Foundation probe marred by ‘conflict of interest,’ obstruction by FBI’s Andrew McCabe: whistleblowers (Andrew McCabe mentioned). Also in Head Topics. Similar in MSN.

Tennessee Star: Hillary Clinton’s own Russia scandal: FBI memos detail how Uranium One probe thwarted (Andrew McCabe mentioned). Similar in Just the News (video).