Washington Today (4-24-24): Spkr Johnson at Columbia Univ denounces antisemitism of Gaza protesters

President Joe Biden signs into law a $95 billion foreign aid bill providing money for Ukraine, Israel, Palestinians, and Taiwan, after the Senate passed it late Tuesday night. President says, "It's a good day for America, it's a good day for Europe and it's a good day for world peace."
The foreign aid bill also includes a requirement that Bytedance, Chinese parent company of the TikTok video app, sell the app or have it banned in the U.S. We will talk about what happens next with Shira Ovide, author of the Washington Post's Tech Friend newsletter. (10)
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) travels to Columbia University in New York City, site of Pro-Palestinian protests, to call on the school's president to resign, saying she has been “shown to be a very weak, inept leader” who “cannot even guarantee the safety of Jewish students.”
The Supreme Court hears oral argument in a case asking whether an Idaho law that bans abortion except to save the woman's life must yield to a federal law requiring hospitals that receive federal money to provide emergency care to any patient whose life or health is in jeopardy, and whether that means, potentially, abortion.
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg outlines new rules that will require automatic cash refunds if an airline flight is cancelled or seriously delayed.
Rep. Donald Payne, Jr (D-NJ) has died weeks after he entered the hospital following a heart attack. He was 65 years old.
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