President Donald Trump's administration is freezing $108 million in research funding to Duke University as the federal government accuses it of racial discrimination in the form of affirmative action.

The Trump administration has identified a new target in its battle with elite higher education, announcing a two-pronged front against Duke University on allegations the North Carolina school is in violation of the Civil Rights Act.

Secretaries Robert Kennedy Jr. and Linda McMahon are asking the Durham university to create a “Merit and Civil Rights Committee.”