Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Wednesday said there could come a time when the National Guard is needed to quell pro-Palestine protests at Columbia University and other universities experiencing unrest. The comments from Johnson came during a combative press conference the Speaker held with Republican lawmakers at Columbia University in New York City, during which
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 police are cracking skulls Monday at Yale — figuratively, not literally — at a pro-Hamas/anti-Israel "encampment" where students and others on Beinecke Plaza demanded divestment from military firms.
A teenage boy has been arrested after a bishop and a priest were stabbed during a church service in Sydney which was being streamed online, police said. At least four people were injured in the attack, with a video online appearing to show Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel being repeatedly stabbed in the head and upper body during the service at the Christ the Good Shepherd church. In the footage, members of the congregation scream and rush to stop it. Police said a 15-year-old has been arrested and the...
NEW YORK (AP) — New York police removed a pro-Palestinian protest encampment at Columbia University on Thursday and arrested dozens of protesters. Join our WhatsApp group Subscribe to our Daily Roundup Email Several students involved in the protest said they were also suspended from Columbia and Barnard College, including Isra Hirsi, who is the daughter
Two delegations of Congressional lawmakers plan to visit Columbia University. A group of Jewish Democrats announced they will walk with Jewish Students. The visits come while anti-Israel protests have engulfed the Ivy League school. Progressive 'Squad' member Ilhan Omar's daughter. about
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...
A Columbia University professor is speaking out against anti-Israel protestors and calling on police to protect him. The professor, however, has a history of anti-police activism.
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.
During anti-Israel protests, demonstrators at NYU slammed police with