The Trump administration has frozen over $300 million in federal funding for UCLA over its “illegal” approach to affirmative action policies and not doing enough to stop antisemitism on campus, in what has been seen as the White House’s latest effort to smash any criticism of Israel on college campuses.
New York City police arrested more than 40 protesters who materialized Monday night in front of the Trump International hotel to voice their outrage over the Trump administration’s continued backing of Israel’s genocide in Gaza.
An unnamed source told The Wall Street Journal that the White House wants to use Columbia’s recent $221 settlement over antisemitism allegations to be the blueprint of how to deal with other colleges under investigation with the top prize being Harvard, which is reportedly expected to be on the hook for even more money.
Columbia University, which became the epicenter of anti-genocide protests in the spring of 2024, agreed last week to settle with the Trump administration so that it can, once again, receive federal grants from the government.
Columbia University—home of the Lions—looked more like kittens for the Trump administration last week when it got patted on the head for sufficiently smashing the anti-genocide protest that broke out on its Morningside Heights campus last week.
The Justice Department’s civil rights division carried out an investigation into students from Columbia University who protested against Israel’s genocide in Gaza was far-reaching and raised alarms within the department that the probes were politically motivated and infringed on the students’ First Amendment rights, according to a report.
U.S. President Donald Trump, who has been cracking down on universities across the country that allowed anti-genocide protests last year, signed a new executive order last week to track major foreign donations that get funneled into these schools.
Hundreds of protesters took to the streets in Berlin last week to demonstrate against deportation orders delivered to four foreign activists against Israel’s ongoing Gaza genocide.
The Trump administration is forcing Columbia to bow down to its demand to crush any criticism of Israel and is pursuing a “consent decree” that would put a federal judge in charge of making sure the school conforms to the White House’s demands—or face penalties, a report said.
Columbia University, which was called ground zero in the anti-genocide protests last spring, announced last week that it will bow down to the Trump administration and implement free-speech-killing policies in the hopes of getting the White House to reconsider the $400 million funding cut for allegedly allowing antisemitism run amok on campus.