The White House is pursuing heavy fines from Harvard and other universities as part of potential settlements to end investigations into campus antisemitism, according to an administration official familiar with the matter.

U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon told ABC News she is “incredibly pleased” with the $220 million deal with Columbia University after months of negotiations.

An agreement between Columbia University and the White House this week is an unprecedented intrusion that could erode the independence of universities, observers say

Academics around the country are raising alarm about growing efforts to define antisemitism on terms pushed by the Trump administration

The Trump administration has begun negotiations with several universities in an attempt to get them to pay millions of dollars in fines to ensure federal funding keeps flowing—as Columbia agreed to do this week.

Columbia University janitors who claimed they were held hostage by anti-Israel protesters have settled their complaint with the university for an undisclosed amount.

By ‘settling’ with the Trump administration, they basically threw their students and community under the bus.” Columbia graduate and activist Mahmoud Khalil joins Antonia Hylton on The Beat with Ari Melber to share his reaction to the $200 million settlement between Columbia University and the Trump administration.