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Politico: What a shutdown means for national security (Larry Pfeiffer quoted).
Reuters: Jo-Marie Burt discusses public discontent among Peru’s Gen Z citizens.
Fourth Estate (George Mason University): Former Vice President Mike Pence addresses Mason (Mike Pence profiled, with Mark J. Rozell and student Montgomery Vanik, government and international politics major quoted). Similar in Knewz.
USA Today: Trump’s push to eliminate DEI at colleges denies conservatives an opportunity/Opinion (Op-ed by David Ramadan.)
South China Morning Post (subscription may be required): Can the US, Russia and China break their nuclear talks impasse? (Mark N. Katz quoted). Also in Yahoo! News.
FundFire (Financial Times newsletter): Jonathan Gifford comments on BlackRock’s attempt to take over a utility company in Minnesota.
Virginia Mercury: Mark J. Rozell suggests the GOP ticket in Virginia’s race for the statehouse will take the brunt of the blame for the government shutdown. Distinguished Visiting Professor Terry McAuliffe is mentioned.
Homeland Security Today: Mahmut Cengiz writes about how the Halkbank case is a test of justice between the U.S. and Turkey.
Portland Press Herald (Maine; paywall): Jeremy Mayer weighs in on the Senate race for Susan Collins’ seat.
Small Wars Journal: Mahmut Cengiz writes about the growing “shadow of Al-Qaeda” in Africa.
WVTF (Virginia’s Public Radio): Where is early voting the most popular in Virginia? (John G. Milliken quoted). Also in WMRA (Harrisonburg, VA).
Law360: David Brunori writes about “When a Tax Law Breaks the Law.”
La Opinion (translation may be required): A war against the American people (Op-ed by Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera).
Washington Hispanic: Mike Pence joins George Mason University as a professor (Mike Pence profiled).
Patch: Master of Public Policy grad and Fairfax City Council Member Anthony Amos gets married.
WJLA7 (local ABC affiliate in Washington, D.C.; video): Virginia early voting sees historic turnout; Republican districts lead in ballots cast (David Ramadan quoted).
RealityTea: Mike Pence Net Worth 2025: How Much Money Does He Make? (Mike Pence, Schar, profiled, with the Schar School mentioned). Also in Halla Back.
The List: What Trump’s first VP Mike Pence has been up to since being iced out of his inner circle (Mike Pence, Schar, profiled, with the Schar School mentioned, and Mark J. Rozell, Schar dean, quoted). Similar in Inquisitr and NewsBreak.
Northern Virginia Magazine: How will a government shutdown impact Northern Virginia? (Comments to WTOP by Terry L. Clower, director of the Center for Regional Analysis/Schar, cited, and 2019 research by Stephen Fuller, Schar emeritus, cited).
The Hill (audio option): Prosecutors face high hurdles in winning Comey conviction (Andrew McCabe, former FBI deputy director and acting director/Schar distinguished visiting professor, mentioned). Also in NewsBreak. Similar in DYNUZ, The Daily Signal, Breitbart News, and other media outlets.
Florida Politics: Sunburn: The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics – 10.1.25 (Judith Wilde, Schar, quoted). Similar in The Tampa Bay Times and Yahoo! News.
Sky News (Arabic; video; translation may be needed): David Ramadan discusses Iran with a panel of fellow experts.
The Washington Business Journal (subscription may be required; audio option): Economist Terry Clower warns of lasting damage if shutdown persists (Terry L. Clower interviewed). Similar in WUSA9 (local CBS affiliate in Washington, D.C), BisNow (subscription may be required), TANTV News, and other media outlets.
WTOP: Shutdown looms over DC region: Experts warn of unprecedented local impact (Terry L. Clower quoted). Similar in The Washington Business Journal (subscription may be required), Washingtonian, and Marketplace.
The Richmond Times-Dispatch (subscription may be required; audio option): Virginia warily waits for outcome of funding showdown (Mark J. Rozell and Terry L. Clower quoted). Also in The Roanoke Times (subscription may be required).
Virginia Business Magazine (subscription may be required): Federal job cuts ripple through Northern Virginia (George Mason mentioned, with Terry L. Clower quoted).
The News & Advance (The Richmond Times-Dispatch pickup; audio option; Lynchburg, VA): Virginia warily waits for outcome of funding showdown (Mark J. Rozell and Terry L. Clower quoted).
Newsweek: ‘Lindsey Halligan is already making mistakes prosecuting James Comey’ (Andrew McCabe mentioned). Similar in USA Today, NewsBreak, NJ.com, Yahoo! News, Mediaite, NewsBreak, The Tennessee Star, and other media outlets.
The New York Times (audio option): Grand jury indicts longtime Trump target, former FBI Director James Comey (Andrew McCabe mentioned). Similar in another New York Times story, The Washington Post (audio option), NBC News, CBS News, USA Today, another USA Today story, Forbes (subscription may be required), The New Yorker, Politico, The Hill, another story in The Hill, another story in The Hill, another story in The Hill, another story in The Hill, MSNBC, Raw Story (audio option), BBC, Slate, WJLA7 (local ABC affiliate in Washington, D.C.), The Daily Beast, Matzav.com (Germany), Inkl, Daily Kos, The Independent (UK), The Washington Examiner, NewsBreak, and other media outlets.
The Washington Post (audio option): Federal prosecutors are preparing to seek Comey indictment, despite concerns of insufficient evidence (Andrew McCabe mentioned). Also in the Spokesman-Review.
The New York Times (audio option): Make no mistake about where we are (Op-ed in which Andrew McCabe mentioned). Also in DNYUZ and The Hawaii Tribune-Herald. Similar in USA Today, Yahoo! Canada, The Los Angeles Times (subscription may be required), Bloomberg (subscription may be required), MSNBC, and other media outlets.
CNN’s State of the Union (podcast): Interviews with Speaker Mike Johnson; Democratic Sen. Chris Van Hollen; Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe (Andrew McCabe interviewed).
The Wall Street Journal (subscription may be required; audio option): McCabe emerges from CNN’s Witness Protection Program (Op-ed in which Andrew McCabe mentioned).
Raw Story (subscription may be required): Opinion/The latest target of Trump’s abuse of power has much to answer for – just not this (Op-ed in which Andrew McCabe mentioned).
USA Today: Lawfare is shattering our justice system. Trump’s Comey indictment is latest strike./ Opinion(Op-ed in which Andrew McCabe mentioned).
The Washington Examiner: Trump eyes next targets as Comey charges foreshadow more indictments (Andrew McCabe mentioned).
Academia
Ethos: PhD candidate Julianna Thomson cowrites with Mark J. Rozell “Challenges to Protecting Religious Freedoms: The Roles of Government and Societal Norms.” Ethos is the quarterly publication of the John Paul II Institute at the Catholic University of Lubin, Poland.
American Intelligence Journal (Page 61): Master of International Security graduate and former graduate fellow at the Center for Energy Science and Policy cowrites a chapter on “Space Power and Party: China’s Ambitions to Conquer the Next Domain.”
American Intelligence Journal (Page 82): Master of Public Policy student Yenting Lin writes a chapter about “Social Media and Algorithms Growing Far-Right Masculinities and White Supremacy.”