Brown University strikes $50M deal with Trump administration over allegations of campus antisemitism

Brown University announced Wednesday it had struck a $50 million dollar deal with the Trump administration to regain its federal research funding after losing it last spring over allegations of campus antisemitism. The announcement comes one week after Columbia University agreed to a $221 million settlement with the Trump administration over funding canceled in March […]

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UCLA settles antisemitism lawsuit with $6.13M payout, including donations to Jewish groups

The University of California has agreed to a sweeping settlement in a high-profile lawsuit that accused UCLA, one of 10 campuses in the UC system, of enabling antisemitic discrimination during campus protests in 2024.  The agreement, announced Tuesday, includes roughly $6.13 million in payments, according to Becket, the religious liberty law firm that backed it […]

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Donald Trump says US will distribute food in Gaza, where he says there is ‘real starvation’

Saying he believes there is “real starvation” in Gaza, President Donald Trump said the United States would set up barrier-free food centers in the beleaguered enclave. The pronouncement, made in response to questions from reporters during an appearance in Scotland, came as a surprise, as the United States is already operating a humanitarian aid effort […]

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7 major US Jewish groups decline meeting with French official after ‘premature Palestinian state recognition’

Seven major U.S. Jewish organizations say they have rejected a meeting with a French minister out of protest over French President Emmanuel Macron’s announcement Thursday that he would recognize a Palestinian state. The move makes France the largest Western country to offer recognition, which 140 other countries have already extended but Israel and the United […]

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Stanford suspends student co-op that it said asked Jewish students to leave

Stanford University has suspended a student “co-op house” on its campus for discriminating against Jewish students by labeling them as “Zionists” and requesting that they leave the house. The investigation into the co-op house, called Kairos, began last spring after multiple reports were filed alleging that Jewish students participating in an unnamed extracurricular activity were […]

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