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Farah Najjar

How Columbia gave in to Trump’s demands to get its $400m funding back

A protester holds a banner during a rally following the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil by US immigration agents at Columbia University [Shannon Stapleton/Reuters]

Columbia University has agreed to a list of demands laid down by United States President Donald Trump in return for negotiations to reinstate its $400m federal funding which he revoked last month citing “a failure to protect Jewish students from antisemitic harassment”.

Among other concessions, the university has agreed to ban face masks and to empower 36 campus police officers with special powers to arrest students.

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