
OAN Staff Brooke Mallory
On Friday, the Trump administration revoked over $400 million in contracts and grants for Columbia University, arguing that the Ivy League university had violated anti-discrimination regulations.
Roughly 8% of the university’s U.S. government funding was being withdrawn, according to a federal anti-Semitic task force that President Trump assembled — including representatives from the General Services Administration (GSA), the Departments of Justice, Health and Human Services (HHS), and Education.
“Since October 7, Jewish students have faced relentless violence, intimidation, and anti-Semitic harassment on their campuses — only to be ignored by those who are supposed to protect them,” Secretary of Education Linda McMahon said in a statement.
“Universities must comply with all federal antidiscrimination laws if they are going to receive federal funding. For too long, Columbia has abandoned that obligation to Jewish students studying on its campus. Today, we demonstrate to Columbia and other universities that we will not tolerate their appalling inaction any longer.”
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