Protests

A group of Republicans from the U.S. House Oversight Committee visited the pro-Palestinian encampment at George Washington University Wednesday, saying D.C. should crack down on the protest. The congressmembers, including committee Chairman James Comer (Ky.) and Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.), were greeted by chants and boos from the protesters. The congressmembers have been deeply critical of the way D.C....

Republican members of the U.S. House Oversight Committee went to the pro-Palestinian encampment at George Washington University. News4’s Aimee Cho reports it was a tense visit.

New York police officers arrived at Columbia University shortly after 9 p.m. Tuesday night to clear protesters barricaded inside Hamilton Hall.

Some students and community members have been camping on university grounds and surrounding areas for days. News4’s Megan McGrath reports.

Pro-Palestinian protesters are still onsite at George Washington University, despite the school ordering the group to move. News4’s Derrick Ward reports.

Pro-Palestinian students and protestors at The George Washington University in D.C.’s Foggy Bottom created an encampment Thursday morning in support for Gaza and have remained there into Friday morning, defying an order by campus police to move to another area. News4’s Derrick Ward reports.

George Washington University students demonstrating for a ceasefire in Gaza remain after a deadline to move their encampment passed. News4’s Jackie Bensen reports.

Two climate activists targeted Botticelli’s masterpiece “The Birth of Venus” hanging at Florence’s Uffizi Gallery, attaching images of recent flood damage in the Tuscany region on the protective glass.

As senate negotiations continued for aid to Israel, a group of demonstrators from across the country demanded an end to military aid to Israel, and were arrested during a protest in the Rotunda.

A protester is in critical condition after setting themself on fire outside the Israeli consulate in Atlanta.

Greenpeace activists are engaged in a sit-in protest on a deep-sea mining ship in the Pacific Ocean between Mexico and Hawaii.

What started as a vigil turned into a physical altercation between people calling for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas War and U.S. Capitol police. News4’s Walter Morris reports.

U.S. Capitol Police said they were making arrests at a pro-Palestinian protest on Wednesday night in Southeast D.C. 

Students for Justice in Palestine held a rally at George Mason University amid a national call to action. News4’s Dominique Moody reports from the campus.

Sayak Mukhopadhyay and Gregory Schwedock both are charged with criminal trespass. Mukhopadhyay is also charged with disorderly conduct.

A man who seen on video charging protesters in New York City while wearing a glove with four long, serrated-edged blades has been indicted on attempted murder charges, the Queens district attorney said Wednesday.

A group of activists from Ukraine and the U.S. are planting sunflowers in a spot across the street from the Russian embassy in D.C., to show support for Ukraine in its stand against the unprovoked invasion that started 15 months ago.

An internal investigation has concluded that U.S. Park Police used unnecessary force in a confrontation with two Australian journalists three years ago during the George Floyd protests near the White House. The report by the Department of the Interior’s Inspector General, released to the public Wednesday, determines that two unidentified members of the Park Police overstepped their guidelines and training...

Jordan Neely, who died in Daniel Penny’s grip, is being eulogized by the Rev. Al Sharpton at Mount Neboh Baptist Church.

Attorneys for Daniel Penny insist there was no way he “could have foreseen” that his bid to subdue a supposed perceived threat would turn deadly.