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The Washington Post (audio option): Classified material laws and why experts say Signal chat raises concerns (Larry Pfeiffer quoted). Similar in USA Today, U.S. News & World Report, MSNBC, ABC Australia (video), Sky News, WXII-TV12 (local NBC affiliate in Winston-Salem, NC), New Zealand Public Radio, CNA (video), Spectrum News Service (video), and ITV News (UK).
The Washington Post (audio option): Trump officials shared war planning in unclassified chat with journalist (Larry Pfeiffer discusses topic). Similar in The Independent (UK), Yahoo! News, Bloomberg, and Bloomberg Linea.
The Conversation: Jennifer N. Victor writes that despite indexes that indicate the U.S. is no longer a democracy, autocrats can be beaten. Here’s how. Picked up by Network Today. Also in Inkstick (military).
Hollywood Reporter: Lesli Linka Glatter on ‘Homeland’ to ‘Zero Day’ and bringing production back to Los Angeles (Michael V. Hayden mentioned).
The Washington Post (audio option): Youngkin says Virginia has jobs for fired feds. Many come with big pay cuts. (Terry L. Clower quoted). Similar in Cardinal News and The Pinnacle Gazette.
Financial Times (subscription may be required): Taiwan boosts defence readiness in show to US and China (Michael Hunzeker quoted). Also in Sky News and MoneyControl (India).
Roll Call: Democrats had months to head off Schumer’s no-win dilemma (Op-ed by Steven Pearlstein).
Fox5 DC (video): Department of Health and Human Services to cut 10,000 jobs (Terry L. Clower interviewed).
Beginning Chihuahua (translation may be required; Mexico): El Colegio de Chihuahua welcomes students from George Mason University (Eric Max McGlinchey and George Mason students mentioned).
Richmond Times-Dispatch (subscription may be required): Mark Rozell: For Democrats, governor’s race offers a chance to reset (Op-ed by Mark J. Rozell). Also in the Buffalo News.
The Atlantic Council: Arnold Dupuy contributes to a roundup of expert insights about the Black Sea cease-fire.
Epigram (UK): A WashPost-Schar School poll is cited in a story about Trump’s reputation for business.
Outlook (India): Donald Trump’s Eastern Bloc Problem (Op-ed by Ali Mammadov, Schar School PhD student).
Al Jazeera: Pete Hegseth says Signal chat had no ‘war plans.’ He’s wrong, say experts (Robert L. Deitz quoted). Also in PolitiFact, Puerto Rico Tribune, and other media outlets.
William & Mary: Our Virginia collegiate colleague recaps one of their student’s “life changing” experiences at the Schar School: NEW Leadership Virginia.
Associated Press News Wire: Center for Regional Analysis figures are used to show the region’s resilience in housing pricing.
Michigan Journal of Public Affairs: Biodefense MS student Zachary Berliner drops an extensive report analyzing the U.S.’s preparedness for a smallpox biological attack and the policy changes that need to take place.
Prescott eNews (Associated Press pickup; Prescott, AZ): TikTok becomes a tool of choice in cat-and-mouse game between migrant smugglers and authorities (Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera quoted). Similar in Newser, entrelíneas (Mexico), and LJA (Mexico).
Augusta Free Press (Waynesboro, VA): Youngkin fiddling while the Virginia economy is going down in flames (Comments to VPM by Terry L. Clower cited).
Homeland Security Today: Tukey is at a pivotal point in its fragile democracy as symbolized by the arrest of Istanbul’s mayor, a leading challenger to President Erdoğan.
The Medville Tribune (subscription may be required): Getting an education on workings of federal department as Trump plans to shutter it (A 2015 study by Schar School cited). Also in Yahoo! News.
Politico: Trump’s Canadian collateral damage (Colin Dueck quoted). Also in Yahoo! News and MSN.
Daily Caller: ‘Critically important’: Iran allegedly used China as golden ticket to quietly operate in Panama Canal (Umud Shokri quoted). Also in Total News.
MSNBC (video): 'Heads should roll': Trump team's shocking war plan leak spurs call for firings (Larry Pfeiffer discusses topic). Pfeiffer begins at minute 2:01. Also in Yahoo! News and MSN.
The Beat with Ari Melber (podcast; MSNBC): Judge Denies Trump Request to Lift Hold on Deportations (Larry Pfeiffer discusses topic). Also in PlayerFM.
The National: Western sanctions relief will not bring big oil firms back to Syria immediately (Umud Shokri quoted). Also in MSN.
Corriere Della Serra (translation may be required, Italy): How TikTok is being used by migrants to enter the U.S. (and by traffickers to find new clients) (Comments to the Associated Press by Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera cited).
El Heraldo de México (translation may be needed): Visiting professor Heidi Jane Smith research of tariffs is cited in an op-ed.
The Roanoke Star: Youngkin Announces to Appoint Ken Cuccinelli to the UVA Board of Visitors (Alum Ken Cuccinelli profiled).
Here are more of Larry Pfeiffer’s appearances regarding the Signal leak:
USA Today
US News & World Report
CAN (Singapore; video)
Hearst TV
ITV
New Zealand RNZ
Pilot (Spectrum/Charter video)
ABC (Australia)
Sky News (UK)
Here is Michael Hunzeker’s section regarding his “Taiwan Security Monitor” work:
Taiwan News
Viêt Báo
Domino Theory
Current Geostrategic Issues Report
Financial Times (paywall)