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‘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

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

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

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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

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

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

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.

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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

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

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

30 Years Ago, Sandra Bullock Accidentally Made A Prescient Sci-Fi Classic

In 1995, 'The Net' was ridiculous. In 2025, it's eerie.

Inverse

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

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

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

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$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

Famine in Gaza

Plus: The Columbia settlement as a "blueprint" for going after other universities, South Park lampoons Trump, and more...

The Guardian - US

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

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

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The Independent UK

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

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

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

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

‘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

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

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.

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