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EXCLUSIVE: Trump Administration Tells Columbia How to Get Its $400M Back
Students hold a pro-Palestinian demonstration at Columbia University. (Derek French via SOPA Images/Sipa USA)
Ivy League college told to ban masks, expel or suspend students who promote Jew-hate, and put a department under ‘academic receivership’ for five years.
By Frannie Block and Maya Sulkin
03.13.25 — Antisemitism
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The Trump administration’s antisemitism task force has sent a letter to Columbia University, detailing how it can win back the $400 million in federal grant funds it cut off last week, because the college had failed to combat antisemitism on campus.

The letter, sent Thursday and seen by The Free Press, states that “Columbia has. . . fundamentally failed to protect American students and faculty from antisemitic violence and harassment” and “outlines immediate next steps that we regard as a precondition for formal negotiations regarding Columbia University’s continued financial relationship with the United States government.”

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Frannie Block
Frannie Block is an investigative reporter at The Free Press, where she covers the forces shaping American life—from foreign influence in U.S. politics and national security to institutional overreach and due process failures. She began her career covering breaking news at The Des Moines Register.
Maya Sulkin
Maya Sulkin is a reporter for The Free Press, covering breaking news, politics, education, Gen Z, and culture. Before that, she served as the company's Chief of Staff.
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