‘First Amendment has limits’: Tom Homan insists that Mahmoud Khalil will be deported White House officials insist Columbia University grad will be removed despite courts ruling against them The Independent UK · Aug 1, 2025
Trump administration freezes $339M in UCLA grants and accuses the school of rights violations The Trump administration is freezing $339 million in research grants to the University of California, Los Angeles, accusing the school of civil rights violations related to antisemitism, affirmative action and women’s sports The Independent UK · Aug 1, 2025
Prominent historian cancels course at Columbia University over Trump deal Rashid Khalidi, in open letter published by the Guardian, accuses university of ‘capitulating’ with $200m settlement The Guardian - US · Aug 1, 2025
I spent decades at Columbia. I’m withdrawing my fall course due to its deal with Trump The university’s draconian policies and new definition of antisemitism make much teaching impossible The Guardian - US · Aug 1, 2025
A look at colleges with federal money targeted by the Trump administration Several elite U.S. colleges have made deals with President Donald Trump’s administration, offering concessions to his political agenda and financial payments to restore federal money that had been withheld The Independent UK · Jul 31, 2025
Safe Spaces Are Coming Back to Brown University—All Thanks to Trump The campus' settlement with the federal government is bound to create free speech headaches. Reason · Jul 31, 2025
Brown University strikes $50m deal to end Trump administration pressure Trump has withheld hundreds of millions in federal funds from top universities in effort to reshape US higher education. Al Jazeera · Jul 30, 2025
White House freezes $108m in funds to Duke University over affirmative action Trump administration says North Carolina school violated Civil Rights Act by using racial preferences in hiring The Guardian - US · Jul 30, 2025
UCLA reaches $6 million settlement with Jewish students and professor over campus protests The University of California, Los Angeles, has reached a $6 million settlement with three Jewish students and a Jewish professor who filed a lawsuit alleging UCLA violated their civil rights The Independent UK · Jul 29, 2025
Sports Illustrated’s College Football Preseason Top 25: No. 20 Missouri A veteran defense and manageable schedule should help keep the Tigers in the top half of the SEC standings while they figure out what they can get out of a new quarterback. Sports Illustrated · Jul 28, 2025
30 Years Ago, Sandra Bullock Accidentally Made A Prescient Sci-Fi Classic In 1995, 'The Net' was ridiculous. In 2025, it's eerie. Inverse · Jul 28, 2025
Rab Talus 2-in-1 running shorts review: A breathable, stretchy pair with ample support for long distances, but an eye-watering price tag These comfy Rab running shorts combine a supportive inner liner with plenty of useful pockets for storing your essentials while you race through the trails Advnture · Jul 28, 2025
Columbia’s capitulation to Trump begins a dark new era for US higher education The university’s agreement reveals its willingness to bend to the administration’s will and undermines an American myth The Guardian - US · Jul 26, 2025
With Columbia as a model, White House seeks fines in potential deals with Harvard and others The White House is pursuing heavy fines from Harvard and other universities as part of potential settlements to end investigations into campus antisemitism, according to an administration official familiar with the matter The Independent UK · Jul 26, 2025
The Independent UK · Jul 25, 2025 $200M Columbia payout a ‘blueprint’ for Trump to squeeze Harvard and other Gaza protest schools: report Columbia win has paved the way for Trump team to elecit hundreds of millions from other top schools, including Cornell, Brown, Duke and Northwestern
Reason · Jul 25, 2025 Famine in Gaza Plus: The Columbia settlement as a "blueprint" for going after other universities, South Park lampoons Trump, and more...
The Guardian - US · Jul 25, 2025 Ghislaine Maxwell’s lawyer suggests possibility of presidential pardon as Trump says it’s ‘not the time’ – as it happened US president says ‘I don’t know anything’ about justice department questioning Maxwell as he lands in Scotland ahead of UK and EU talks
The Independent UK · Jul 25, 2025 A Columbia genocide scholar says she may leave over university's new definition of antisemitism Academics around the country are raising alarm about growing efforts to define antisemitism on terms pushed by the Trump administration
The Independent UK · Jul 24, 2025 A look at details of the settlement between Columbia University and the Trump administration A deal between Columbia University and the Trump administration calls for the Ivy League school to pay more than $220 million to resolve multiple federal investigations into alleged violations of federal antidiscrimination laws
The Conversation · Jul 24, 2025 Columbia’s $200M deal with Trump administration sets a precedent for other universities to bend to the government’s will Columbia University agreed on July 23, 2025, to pay a US$200 million fine to the federal government and to settle allegations that it did not create a safe environment for Jewish students during Palestinian rights protests in 2024.
Reason · Jul 24, 2025 Columbia's $200 Million Deal Will Placate Trump—for Now To reinstitute $400 million in federal funding, the university agreed to implement plans to combat antisemitism and to appoint an independent monitor to oversee changes.
Al Jazeera · Jul 24, 2025 What’s in the $200m deal Trump has struck with Columbia University? Unprecedented agreement marks victory for US president in his efforts to exert more control over academic institutions.
The Guardian - US · Jul 24, 2025 ‘Extortion’: Columbia University’s deal with White House met with mixed reactions Some slammed the agreement with the Trump administration to reinstate $400m in federal funds while others praised it as an ‘excellent outcome’
Benzinga · Jul 24, 2025 Columbia University To Pay Over $200 Million To Trump Administration To End Probe, Restore Federal Funding Columbia University has settled with the Trump administration, putting an end to federal investigations into alleged civil rights violations related to campus protests over the Israel-Hamas war.
International Business Times UK · Jul 24, 2025 Why Is Columbia University Paying A $200 Million Fine? Here's What They Did Wrong According To Trump Columbia University will pay $221 million and adopt major reforms after a federal probe found civil rights violations and failure to address antisemitism.