The White House punted on Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) demand for President Biden to call in the National Guard to college campuses amid mass protests over the Israel-Hamas war on Thursday. Johnson visited Columbia University on Wednesday, the first of major pro-Palestine protests that have spread to dozens of college campuses around the country, and
House Speaker Mike Johnson says he thinks the president should call in the National Guard to calm the anti-Israel protests on college campuses if they fail to diminish on their own.
GOP Sens. Josh Hawley (Mo.) and Tom Cotton (Ark.) called on President Biden on Monday to deploy the National Guard to colleges, particularly Columbia University in New York City, where pro-Palestinian protesters have staged sit-ins and other disruptive activities to focus public attention on the war. “Eisenhower sent the 101st to Little Rock. It’s time for []
The White House Thursday deflected House Speaker Mike Johnson‘s (R-LA) request to send National Guard assets to police pro-Gaza protests at Columbia University, saying it’s New York Gov. Kathy Hochul’s (D-NY) call. Johnson visited Columbia on Wednesday, where he called on university President Minouche Shafik to resign and added that he planned on calling President […]
Two San Francisco County jails were locked down over the weekend because of increasing assaults of deputies and other staff by inmates at the facilities, officials said. Since late March, seven jail staffers have been injured in altercations with the incarcerated people they were hired to oversee, said Tara Moriarty, a spokesperson for the San Francisco Sheriff’s Office. "Some of these assaults have resulted in serious injuries," Moriarty said in a news release on Saturday. "The lockdown went...
Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser traveled to the Masters using city funds, with the trip part of a business plan to "promote sports and economic development."
A spokesperson for Columbia University slammed 'untrue and unsubstantiated' claims. The university reaffirmed that it protesters last night that they will continue conversations for the next 48 hours. Demonstrators claim school officials threatened to call in the National Guard to the campus
Lawmakers are urging President Joe Biden to send the National Guard to Columbia University as it deals with intense and sometimes violent anti-Israel protests. A dueling coalition of Democratic and Republican lawmakers visited the university to condemn the anti-Semitic, pro-Palestinian protests and called for the immediate resignation of the institution's president.The demonstrations have been ongoing since last Wednesday and have seen outbreaks of violence and arrests, including the detention...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The Air National Guard has delayed its plan to downgrade the status of about 80 members of its Alaska unit, a move that would have threatened national security and civilian rescues in the nation’s most remote state. The Alaska Air National Guard confirmed the delay in an email to The Associated Press on Friday. AIR NATIONAL GUARD CHANGES IN ALASKA COULD AFFECT NATIONAL SECURITY, CIVILIAN RESCUES, STAFFERS SAY Efforts by the state’s politicians and Alaskans "have been...
The pause announced Thursday is exclusive to Alaska, according to a spokesman for the Alaska National Guard, and came after advocacy from elected leaders in the state.
William Long graduated high school in 2011 and, like many, regrets missing the high military deployment days of the mid-2000s. He might not have served in Iraq or Afghanistan, but he had the great honor of serving his home and neighbors in Oklahoma. On May 20, 2013, shortly after he enlisted in the Oklahoma Army […]
More than 40 Soldiers of the Louisiana Army National Guard’s 1021st Engineer Vertical Construction Company are conducting a two-week pre-mobilization training at the Louisiana National Guard Training Center Pineville.