Trump freezes funding for Cornell, Northwestern
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White House officials on Tuesday said the government is investigating Northwestern over alleged civil rights violations.
From Chicago Sun-Times
The Trump administration has frozen over $1 billion in funding for Cornell University and $790 million for Northwestern University while it investigates both schools over civil rights violations, a U...
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