US EditionCrowd boos as House speaker condemns Columbia pro-Palestine protests
- House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., faced student protests at Columbia University while denouncing demonstrations against Israel's actions in Gaza. "Enjoy your free speech," Johnson said to the booing crowds.
- Antisemitic speech allegations fueled national attention over the protests targeting Jewish students at Columbia. President Nemat 'Minouche' Shafik allowed the NYPD to clear an encampment.
- Biden signed a foreign aid bill for Israel, Ukraine, and Taiwan after political delays, coinciding with Johnson's stance against student protests at Columbia University.
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US House Speaker Johnson heckled and booed at Columbia, center of Gaza protests
US House Speaker Johnson heckled and booed at Columbia, center of Gaza protests Columbia University students heckled House Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday as he visited the flashpoint of nationwide student demonstrations over the Israeli war in Gaza, even as the New York school agreed to 48 more hours of negotiations to end a protest encampment. Johnson's visit, which he said was meant to support Jewish students intimidated by some anti-Israe…
Republican House Speaker Johnson stages provocation at Columbia University, demands repression of protests
Speaker Mike Johnson and fellow far-right Republicans visited Columbia University and demanded the resignation of university President Shafik and the shuttering of a student encampment.
How the Columbia protests sparked campus demonstrations across the country
The decision by Columbia University’s president to call in the New York Police Department to clear pro-Palestinian protesters from the campus last week appears to have sparked the spate of increasingly strident demonstrations.
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