Independent, UK - The Trump administration views the recent $200 million deal with Columbia University as a “blueprint” for how it can squeeze Harvard and other top colleges over claims they have failed to tackle antisemitism on campus, according to a report.
Columbia agreed to pay the Trump administration a $200 million settlement in exchange for access to federal funding that was cut over claims the Ivy League school failed to combat antisemitism, the university announced Wednesday. The college laid off nearly 180 staffers in May after funds were cut.
It comes as President Donald Trump’s White House has for months attempted to bend Harvard and other academic institutions to ideologically driven demands.
The deal with Columbia has paved the way for negotiations with other top schools, including Cornell, Brown, Duke and Northwestern, according to the Wall Street Journal, which cited an unnamed White House official.
Axios - The Trump administration plans to incinerate $9.7 million worth of contraceptives intended for poor nations, after declining offers from the United Nations and reproductive organizations to buy or ship the supplies instead, the State Department confirmed to Axios yesterday.
The move continues the administration's shift away from providing foreign assistance through the Agency for International Development, and its stated opposition to abortion-related family planning methods. More
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