After Trump threatened Columbia University with the loss of $400 million in federal funding, the university folded. But Trump's threat was almost surely illegal.

Columbia University appears to have ceded to the Trump administration’s demands after a threat to withhold $400 million in federal funds.

It’s the first application cycle since pro-Palestinian protests swept the campus and the University found itself in the crosshairs of the Trump Administration.

Lawyers for a Columbia University graduate student who has become the face of President Donald Trump's crackdown on campus protests against Israel appeared before a judge in Newark, New Jersey, to debate where his legal fight to be released from federal custody should play out.

Amid the turmoil over the river, the administration also has been threatening and imposing tariffs as high as 25% on some goods from Canada. Trump had to walk back some tariffs on Mexican and Canadian goods to protect the U.S. auto industry, after acknowledging the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement he himself had signed in 2020.

Oscar-nominated documentary maker Julie Cohen has resigned from the duPont-Columbia Awards, citing concessions the university made to the Trump administration.

Some researchers say they’re appealing the cuts, which were prompted by Trump’s concerns about antisemitism on campus.

A hearing was held Tuesday about whether Columbia University should disclose disciplinary records of some students involved in demonstrations.