In return, the White House would restore some of the $400 million in federal research funding it canceled, according to people familiar with ongoing discussions.

A member of Columbia University's Board of Trustees is calling on the school to comply with the Trump administration's demands regarding alleged antisemitism on campus.

Columbia University has potentially agreed to pay hundreds of millions of dollars to settle the matter with the Trump administration. The matter was regarding allegations that the University failed to protect Jewish students from harassment.

The exact terms of a deal are still being hashed out, and any deal could still fall apart.

Last month, the Supreme Court limited the use of nationwide injunctions, which allow judges to block policies they have found unlawful from going into effect nationwide. Now a New Hampshire judge is road-testing a substitute: He has temporarily blocked Donald Trump’s birthright citizenship executive order by certifying a class action to cover babies born in all 50 states.

The Trump administration on Thursday opened a civil rights investigation into the hiring practices at George Mason University, expanding a national campaign against diversity policies to Virginia’s largest public university.

WASHINGTON – The Trump administration is taking more swipes at Harvard University, even after the president hinted he was close to striking a deal with the school that could potentially restore its funding and resolve several lawsuits.

DHS issued administrative subpoenas seeking data about the university’s international students, while two federal agencies challenged Harvard’s accreditation.