Columbia University announced Wednesday it has reached a sweeping $221 million settlement with the Trump administration to resolve multiple federal civil rights investigations stemming from recent campus protests over the Israel-Hamas war. The university said it will pay $200 million over three years to settle U.S. Department of Education inquiries …
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In a major legal rebuke to the Trump administration, a federal judge in California has ordered several government departments to reinstate thousands of probationary employees who were abruptly fired last month. U.S. District Judge William Alsup ruled Thursday that the departments of Veterans Affairs, Defense, Energy, Interior, Agriculture, and Treasury …
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