Schar School in the News: February 24-28, 2025

CNN: Fact check: Trump makes numerous false claims at Cabinet meeting (Desmond Dinan quoted).

Politico: Andrew Light, former top international affairs official at Biden’s Energy Department, says Trump’s mineral deal with Ukraine is “completely irresponsible and frankly cruel.”

USA Today: Bad news, fellow progressives: Trump and Musk are winning (Op-ed by Jeremy Mayer).

Washington Post: Larry Pfeiffer says he can’t think of a time when the head of the CIA fired anyone in the Intelligence Community, in a story about Tulsi Gabbard firing more than 100. Also in Jewish World Review.

The Hill (audio option): Lessons in foreign aid from a trip to Uganda (Op-ed by J.P. Singh).

Slate: An attack on pregnant workers at the 5th Circuit could unleash chaos across the country (Quotes in a brief by Michael Hayden cited).

BBC Sounds - World Business Report (audio option): Mexico vs. US: guns, drugs and trade (Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera discusses topic) Correa-Cabrera starts at the 7:30 mark.

Newsweek: How Trump’s DOGE cuts could backfire on GOP in Virginia governor race (Jeremy Mayer quoted).

Small Wars Journal: Could Artificial General Intelligence Adoption Start a Civil War in America? (Op-ed in which research by Jack Goldstone cited).

Axios (subscription may be required): Universities feel the ripple of effects of Musk’s DOGE-related science cuts (Terry L. Clower quoted).

State Tech Magazine: Alan R. Shark helps public IT executives evaluate their IT-AI readiness.

Richmond Times-Dispatch (subscription may be required): Former Del. LaRock files for governor, challenging Earle-Sears (Mark J. Rozell quoted). Also in the Roanoke Times.

The Hill (audio option): U.S. Republicans lost in Germany’s elections (Op-ed co-authored by J.P. Singh).

The Washington Post (audio option): Federal agencies given deadline for plans to move offices out of D.C. area (Terry L. Clower quoted). Also in Stars and Stripes.

The Washington Post (audio option): The right-wing media machine is hitting a wall (An op-ed in which a 2024 Washington Post-Schar School poll cited).

Newsweek: Sita Slavov’s Associated Press thoughts on the fearmongering statistics DOGE cites in Social Security fraud are cited.

Associated Press (press release pickup): Northern Virginia Home Prices Outpace National Growth as Market Remains Competitive, Reports NVAR (Research by Center for Regional Analysis cited). 

The Women We Admire: The Top 50 Women Leaders of Colorado (Alumna Michelle Lammers, MA International Business/Trade/Commerce ’05, profiled).

StateTech: Alan R. Shark writes about the risks and remedies of “shadow AI.”

Benzinga: Social Security in uncertain times: What the resignation of Michelle King and Musk’s DOGE data push could mean for beneficiaries (Quotes to Associated Press by Sita Nataraj Slavov cited). Also in Yahoo! Finance and AOL.

WTOP: With thousands of suddenly unemployed federal workers, tough days are ahead for DC-area economy (Terry L. Clower quoted).

La Opinión (translation may be required): A “new” order (Op-ed by Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera).

Northern Virginia Magazine: How government layoffs, return-to-office orders could affect NoVa’s housing market (Research by Center for Regional Analysis cited, with Terry L. Clower quoted).

The Sun: Sita Slavov tells the Turks and Caicos news outlet says Trump and Musk mislead the public in their discussions about Social Security.

Fox5 DC (video): How government layoffs are affecting the local economy in the DMV (Terry L. Clower interviewed). Also in WJLA-TV7 (local ABC affiliate in Washington, D.C.; video) and Archyde.