Trump to Sign Executive Order Targeting Anti-Semitism at Colleges

President Trump plans to sign an executive order that would threaten to cut or withhold federal assistance that fail to combat anti-Semitism.
Trump to Sign Executive Order Targeting Anti-Semitism at Colleges
President Donald Trump in London on Dec. 3, 2019. Leon Neal/Getty Images
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President Donald Trump plans on Dec. 11 to sign an executive order that would threaten to cut or withhold federal assistance from educational institutions that fail to combat anti-Semitism, according to a senior administration official.

Under the 1964 Civil Rights Act, the executive order would extend protections against discrimination to people who face anti-Semitism on college campuses, the senior official said on Tuesday.

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