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Trump administration slashes $400 million from Columbia University funding over campus antisemitism

The announcement comes days after Trump said all federal funding will ‘STOP for any College, School, or University that allows illegal protests’

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Pro-Palestinian protesters gather outside Columbia University Campus on March 04, 2025.

The Trump administration announced on Friday it will cut $400 million from Columbia University’s federal funding due to antisemitic demonstrations that have roiled the campus since the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas terror attacks.

The announcement comes in the wake...

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