Schar School in the News: May 12 to 16, 2025

The Washington Post (audio option): D.C. Mayor Bowser’s approval rating recovers as Trump worries emerge, poll finds (A Washington Post-Schar School poll cited).

The Washington Post (audio option): D.C.-area economy starts to show deep impacts of federal spending cuts (A Washington Post-Schar School poll cited). Also in MSN. Similar in Politico, another Politico story, Politomix, Washington City Paper, The Japan News, El Tiempo Latino, and other media outlets. And Blue Virginia.

Vanity Fair: Abigail Spanberger says she can take on Trump without bashing him (Mark J. Rozell quoted). Also in Igeteo.mx (Mexico).

Charlie Hebdo (France; translation may be needed): Sonia Ben Ouragrham-Gormley discusses the 50^th anniversary of the Biological Weapons Treaty.

Kyiv Post (Ukraine): Analysis: Kreminology is dead. Putinology rules. Inside Russia’s new power game (Op-ed by Jason Jay Smart, BA in government and international politics, with Mark N. Katz quoted).

The Washington Post (audio option): Amid DOGE cuts, families struggle with bills, consider leaving D.C. (A Washington Post-Schar School poll cited).

WUSA-TV9 (local CBS affiliate in Washington, D.C.; video): Polls show strong support for Washington Commanders stadium plan, especially in D.C.’s less affluent area (Terry L. Clower quoted). Similar in NBC Sports and Sports Business Journal.

TRENDS: In an op-ed in an Abu Dhabi-based research outlet, Umud Shokri describes Turkey’s role in the distribution of natural gas in the region.

The Washington Post (audio option): Trump will replace polarizing D.C. U.S. attorney pick Ed Martin (Andrew McCabe mentioned). Similar in American Family News and Haber Global (Turkey).

WUSA-TV9 (local CBS affiliate in Washington, D.C.): A look at Mayor Bowser’s approval rating, according to a new survey (A Washington Post-Schar School poll is cited).

Axios DC: D.C.’s DOGE recession is fast approaching (A Washington Post-Schar School poll cited.)

Richmond Times-Dispatch (subscription may be required; audio option): ‘Nothing good’: Tariff deal with China doesn’t end uncertainty (Terry L. Clower quoted). Also in The Roanoke Times.

Northern Virginia Magazine: The surprising success story behind Taco Bamba creator Victor Albisu (Alum Victor Albisu, BA in politics and international relations, profiled).

WTOP: Trump budget cuts could push DC area into a recession (Terry L. Clower quoted).

Richmond Times-Dispatch (subscription may be required; audio option): Commentary: ‘A shining city on a hill’? Not anymore (Op-ed by Stuart Malawer).

Resource Hub: Keith Waters breaks down the “doom and gloom” of the regional forecast for the media outlet of the Home Builders Association of Virginia.

KRGV-TV5 (video; local ABC affiliate in Rio Grande Valley, TX): Federal sanctions imposed on Mexican cartel linked to a drug trafficking and fuel-theft network (Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera quoted).

Route Fifty: Doing more with less: Coping with federal cutbacks and fiscal uncertainty (Op-ed by Alan R. Shark).

Prince William Government: Affiliate faculty Tauheeda Yasin, director of the student-driven DataStorm project, is the county’s new director of the office of community safety.

LoudounNow: The fog of uncertainty: Economic mood sees drop amid steady data (Terry L. Clower comments as part of a panel).

The Greek Reporter: Greek American Stella Pekarsky launches congressional campaign (Alumna Stella Pekarsky, BA in government politics).

Ya Nadie Esta Dormido (Mexico; video; translation may be needed): Heidi Smith discusses the national debt in Mexico. The research professor begins at the 1:00 minute mark.