Speaker Says House GOP Weighing Defunding Special Counsel Jack Smith

The move is Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s top demand for the speaker to end her ouster threat. House Republicans are “looking very intently” at defunding the office of special counsel Jack Smith, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said on May 7. At a House Republican leadership press conference, the speaker was asked whether that option

Pro-Palestinian Protesters Try to Disrupt Met Gala, 24 Arrested

NEW YORK—A large-scale protest of about 1,000 pro-Palestinian people ended with at least 24 arrests for obstructing traffic and disorderly conduct. The protesters gathered at about 4 p.m. at Hunters College, then marched in circles around the Metropolitan Museum of Art where the Met Gala was taking place. Hundreds of police officers were guarding the