Trump Administration Cancels Grants Worth $400 Million for Columbia University

Four federal agencies warned that it’s the ‘first round of action’ against the Ivy League school.

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators hold a short rally after marching around the "Gaza Solidarity Encampment" in the West Lawn of Columbia University in New York City on April 29, 2024. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images

The Trump administration on Friday announced it has canceled grants worth roughly $400 million for Columbia University, alleging the Ivy League school has not acted on allegations of anti-Semitism on campus amid student protests since the 2023 Hamas attacks in Israel.

The move was announced in a joint statement released by the Department of Justice, Department of Education, General Services Administration, and Department of Health and Human Services, which are part of the Trump administration’s “Joint Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism.”