Minn., for criticizing his visit to Columbia University, saying student safety should not be 'divisive in any way.'

House Speaker Mike Johnson channeled Arthur Vandenberg as he adroitly steered desperately badly needed military aid to Ukraine around isolationists in his own party. Vandenberg is best remembered as the florid Michigan Republican senator who went from an American Firster before Pearl Harbor to an invaluable internationalist partner with Harry Truman during the early days of the Cold War.

When House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) emerged onto the steps of Columbia University’s Low Memorial Library on Wednesday afternoon, he was greeted with a deafening sound: hundreds of booing students.