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Homeland Security Today: Using State Department data, Mahmut Cengiz creates a personal database of nearly 1,000 lone-actor terrorist attacks from 2010 to 2025.
Washington Post: Michael K. Fauntroy says D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser is leaving office at “an extraordinary time” for the city. Also in WTOP News radio and FOX5 (video).
The Guardian (UK): Mark J. Rozell says the framers gave the president unconditional pardoning powers because they thought it wouldn’t be abused.
The Politics Hour-WAMU (audio): David Ramadan joins U.S. Rep. James Walkinshaw (D) to discuss the road ahead for incoming Virginia state leaders.
Washington Post: A WashPost/Schar School poll is cited in a story about Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser stepping aside.
Project Syndicate: Janine Wedel writes about Trump’s use of Stalinist methods of enriching himself while in office.
WVTF (Virginia’s Public Radio; audio option): How can Virginia crack down on AI ticket hoarders? One lawmaker has an idea (Alan R. Shark quoted). Also in WMRA (Harrisonburg, VA).
WJLA 7 (local ABC affiliate in Washington, D.C.): U.S. delegation meets with Putin as major hurdles remain in peace talks (Mark N. Katz quoted). Also in The National News Desk, KUTV 2 (local CBS affiliate in Salt Lake City, UT), ABC7 Amarillo (Amarillo, TX), CBS4 Local (El Paso, TX), Head Topics, and other media outlets.
WUSA 9 (local CBS affiliate in Washington, D.C.): DOGE reportedly closes early, but the agency’s impact could be felt for years to come (Terry L. Clower quoted). Also in ABC 10 (Sacramento, CA).
Chronicle of Higher Education: Judith Wilde comments on UVA finding a competent president amid federal furor.
Syracuse: Schar School grad Evan Loving is named director of management and budget for Syracuse.
WUSA 9 (local CBS affiliate in Washington, D.C.; video): DC mayor will not seek reelection (Michael K. Fauntroy interviewed). Similar in WTOP.
Virginian-Pilot: James Finkelstein and Judith Wilde write about developments in Virginia’s university system since the November election.
Homeland Security Today: Mahmut Cengiz is one of the experts polled on CAIR and the Muslim Brotherhood being labeled as terrorist organizations—spoiler: it could get ugly.
Virginian-Pilot: Stuart Malawer writes about Virginia’s new leadership’s possible successful future regarding public universities.
Project Syndicate: Janine Wedel explains the roles diplomats and others play in corruption schemes.
The Independent (UK): Secret Tulsi Gabbard team entered CIA warehouse on ‘a mission’ to retrieve JFK, MLK assassination files (Comments to the Hill in 2024 by Larry Pfeiffer cited).
Washington Examiner: Visiting Research Fellow Levente Székely writes about research on AI safety.
The Richmond Times-Dispatch (subscription may be required; audio option): UVa should delay naming its next president; why patience beats political urgency: Guest column (Op-ed by Judith Wilde).
Iran International (audio option): Iran’s troubled energy sector gets an untested czar (Op-ed by Umud Shokri). Also in DW (Germany) and RNAnews.
Taipei Times: Taiwan’s history is one of independence (Op-ed by Gerrit van der Wees). Also in Ex Bulletin.
The Fourth Estate (George Mason University): Student government condemns usage of IHRA definition of antisemitism (Gus Schmoll, government and international politics major, and Sky Robertson, public administration, quoted; Summer Dooley, government and international politics major, mentioned). Similar in Jewish News Syndicate.
The Virginian-Pilot (subscription may be required; audio option; Norfolk, VA): Column: Election should lend stability to Virginia universities (Op-ed by Stuart Malawer). Also in The Daily Press (Newport News, VA).
CNN (video): Noem: National Guard shooting suspect ‘radicalized’ in the US (Andrew McCabe interviewed). McCabe starts at the 0:35 mark. Similar in Breitbart.
RVA Hub: Alan R. Shark comments on proposed guardrails in Virginia regarding public use of AI.
Politico Magazine: Army Lt. Colonel and biodefense master’s student Sandra Thomas’s essay about military shortages is cited.
Washington Examiner: White House urged to institutionalize DOGE after reports of premature demise (Jeremy Mayer quoted).
Memesita: Mexico bar shooting: 7 dead, 5 injured in Tula attack (Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera quoted).
Memesita: El Mayo Zambada capture: Sinaloa Cartel power shift and U.S.-Mexico tensions (Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera quoted).
Virginia Mercury: Virginia lawmaker wants guardrails for minors interacting with chatbots (Alan R. Shark quoted). Also in The Royal Examiner (Front Royal, VA).
UPI (audio option): Judge dismisses cases against Comey, James for ‘invalid’ prosecutor (Andrew McCabe mentioned). Also in The State (Columbia, SC), The Bellingham Herald (Bellingham, WA); The News Tribune (Tacoma, WA), The Gephardt Daily (Sandy, UT), WNP.pl (Poland), and other media outlets.
The Daily Signal: Victor Davis Hanson: The ‘French Revolutionary Jacobins’ urging the defying of Trump (Op-ed in which Michael V. Hayden mentioned).
La Opinión (translation may be required): Combating the fentanyl crisis in “America” (Part 1) (Op-ed by Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera).
CNN (video): Ex-FBI deputy director explains why interviewing six Democrats is unusual (Andrew McCabe interviewed). Also in another CNN piece (transcript).
CNN (video): DHS: Two National Guardsmen shot near White House; police say suspect in custody (Andrew McCabe interviewed). Similar in Infobae (Argentina). Similar in another CNN piece (transcript), Time. News, KCH 90.9 FM (Ecuador), and Dreuz.info (France).
CNN (video): Analysis: Will Trump’s threat to ‘pause migration’ make America safer? (Andrew McCabe discusses topic). Also in DNYUZ.
Newsmax (audio option): Rice: Putin prepared for war, German publishers bought our leaders (Op-ed in which Andrew McCabe mentioned).
Academia
Public Policy PhD student Ziqian Feng’s paper, “Global Fertility Projection: A Race Against Time,” is published by Switzerland think tank WDA Forum.