Trump administration cancels $400m in funds to Columbia University

Government alleges university failed to protect Jewish students amid pro-Palestinian protests on campus

The Donald Trump administration announced on Friday that it had canceled $400m in federal grants and contracts to Columbia University in New York because of what it alleges is the college's repeated failure to protect students from antisemitic harassment.

The announcement comes after Columbia set up a new disciplinary committee and initiated its own investigations into students critical of Israel and its war on Gaza after Hamas's own attack on Israel. That move by the university has alarmed advocates of free speech.