A1 of The Post, May 1, 1968: 'A disheveled student protester is forcibly ejected from the Columbia campus by a policeman with a firm grip.'

Couldn’t have said it better ourselves

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged Hamas to swiftly accept what he called an ‘extraordinarily generous’ Israeli proposal for a truce in the Gaza war and the release of Israeli hostages held by the Palestinian militant group reut.rs/3UD7zz3

I just looked it up - the average cost of Columbia - for those who don’t get aid/grants - is $86,000 a year.

According to CNN “Young voters are part of Democrats’ natural base of support, but Biden is actually 11 percentage points behind Trump among young voters 18-34 in a head-to-head match in a CNN poll conducted by SSRS and released over the weekend.”

It's only a potential title decider.

This time last year, #Gaza was a vibrant city on the coast. It had schools, markets and people going about their daily lives.
Now, it’s riddled with havoc and destruction: a city of death and ghosts.
A dispatch from our teams in #Gaza city 👇
Nothing is standing.

Rebuilding…

I have just received reports on the situation in Odesa following a Russian missile strike and in Kharkiv following a Russian guided aerial bomb strike.

Unfortunately, a number of people have been killed in Odesa. My condolences to their close ones. Many people have been injured,…

The late Colonel Ralph Puckett Jr., the last surviving Medal Of Honor recipient from the Korean War when he passed away at age 97 on April 8, is the eighth person to lie in honor in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda and the second with their remains in an urn.

A pair of giant pandas will soon make the journey from China to the U.S., where they will be cared for at the San Diego Zoo as part of an ongoing conservation partnership between the two nations, officials said Monday. trib.al/mL5Eyfh

What?

Poor Jerry

SCOOP: The debris from a missile that landed in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv on Jan. 2 was from a North Korean Hwasong-11 series ballistic missile, United Nations sanctions monitors told a Security Council committee in a report seen by Reuters on Monday. reuters.com/world/un-exper…

NATO boss Jens Stoltenberg told Ukrainians on Monday that his alliance’s members had failed to live up to their promises of military aid in recent months, but said the flow of arms and ammunition would now increase. reuters.com/world/europe/n…

Read on Reuters first.

TX Gov. Abbott, a Republican, dispatched more than 100 state troopers to the University of Texas to clear out pro-Palestinian protesters, resulting in dozens of arrests. All charges against the protesters were dropped for lack of probable cause. washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…

The day before receiving the Medal of Honor in 2021, Col. Puckett said on a media call:

“Our enemies outside our country are aiding and abetting the dissension within our ranks. They’re watching with satisfaction as they see us destroying ourselves.”
taskandpurpose.com/military-life/…

April 29 (Reuters) - Israeli airstrikes on three houses in the southern Gaza city of Rafah killed at least 25 Palestinians and wounded many others, medics said on Monday, as leaders of Hamas arrived in Cairo for a new round of talks with Egyptian and Qatari mediators.

From Colin Jost (via POLITICO) “I would really like to take a momentto recognize all the print journalists in this room. Your words speak truth to power. Your words bring light to the darkness. And most importantly, your words train the AI programs that will soon replace you.”

This is my third year covering the WHCD as the designated AP reporter for the WH pool and I’ve never seen anything like this. President Biden’s motorcade will likely drive by these crowds shortly.