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Trump Admin To Review $5 Billion in Columbia Grant Funding, Citing Ivy League School’s ‘Apparent Failure’ To Address Anti-Semitism

Anti-Semitism task force could issue immediate stop orders for $51 million in contracts

A demonstrator breaks the windows of the front door of a building at Columbia (Alex Kent/Getty Images)

The Trump administration’s multi-agency task force to combat anti-Semitism is launching a review of Columbia University’s contracts and grants, citing the Ivy League institution’s “apparent failure” to protect Jewish students. It will probe more than $5 billion in federal funding commitments and could issue stop orders impacting more than $51 million in active contracts.

The Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Education, and the U.S. General Services Administration announced the move in a Monday night press release. It came almost immediately after Secretary of Education Linda McMahon’s confirmation.

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