President Donald J. Trump’s border czar has threatened to jail the Democrat Governor of New Jersey for claiming he was allowing an illegal alien to live at his home. Tom Homan indicated interest in seeking legal action against Governor Phil Murphy after Murphy said he had invited an illegal to live above his garage over the weekend, adding, “And good luck to the feds coming in to try to get her.”
“I think the governor’s pretty– foolish thing what he said because I’ve gotten a hold of it. We won’t let it go. We’ll look into it,” Homan toldFox News.
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“[I]f you knowingly, knowingly harbor and concealing an illegal alien, that’s a violation of Title 8, United States Code 1324. I will seek prosecution or the secretary will seek prosecution,” he warned.
Murphy’s office later claimed his statement was misinterpreted and insisted no illegal migrant resides at his home.
Homan has previously stated that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents have been prioritizing dangerous illegal migrant criminals for arrest, noting that migrants wanted for murder and child rape have already been taken into custody. However, Homan warns that all illegals are in the sights of ICE, noting that entering the United States illegally or overstaying a visa is a crime.
❓WHAT HAPPENED: President Donald J. Trump chastised Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell in person over the nearly $1 billion in cost overruns for renovations and new office construction undertaken by the American central bank.
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👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: President Trump, Powell, and the Federal Reserve.
📍WHEN & WHERE: Thursday, July 24, 2025, at the Federal Reserve in Washington, D.C.
💬KEY QUOTE: “A lot of very expensive work, there’s no question about it,” Trump said, adding: “So we’re taking a look, and it looks like it is about $3.1 billion; it went up a little bit.”
🎯IMPACT: Trump’s visit is likely part of a broader campaign to pressure Powell and the Federal Reserve to cut interest, mirroring similar efforts by the late President Richard Nixon to push his Fed chairman, Arthur Burns, into lowering borrowing costs.
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President Donald J. Trump chastised Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell in person over the nearly $1 billion in cost overruns for renovations and new office construction undertaken by the American central bank. On Thursday, July 24, 2025, Trump became only the fourth President in American history to visit the Federal Reserve, and the only President to enter the building for nonceremonial purposes. Previously, former Presidents Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Gerald Ford, and George W. Bush each visited the Fed.
“Thank you very much, we’re looking at the construction, and we’re with the chairman, as you know,” President Trump said before waving Powell over to join him in front of the cameras: “Chairman, come on over.”
“And we’re just taking a look at what’s happening, and it’s a tough construction job; they’re building basements where they didn’t exist or expanding them. A lot of very expensive work, there’s no question about it,” Trump continued. “So we’re taking a look, and it looks like it is about $3.1 billion; it went up a little bit.”
A stunned Powell abruptly began shaking his head in disagreement, insisting the construction costs were not that high. President Trump proceeded to produce a report detailing the cost, which included a separate office space that the Federal Reserve did not pair with its renovation estimates.
yikes — Powell shakes his head as Trump rips into him for the cost of Fed building renovations pic.twitter.com/Kz4SD57p0w
For weeks, President Trump has increased pressure on the U.S. central bank to begin slashing interest rates as economic data has shown some concerning deflationary signals. Powell, however, has remained obstinate, maintaining rates at their current levels.
This has led to some speculation that Trump could move to fire Powell—with cause— by citing the renovation cost overruns, though the America First leader has insisted he does not intend to remove the Fed chairman before his term expires next year.
REPORTER: Are there things the chairman could say to you today that would make you back off some of your criticisms?
❓WHAT HAPPENED: Chinese hackers affiliated with the government exploited vulnerabilities in Microsoft SharePoint software, breaching multiple U.S. agencies, including the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA).
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👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Hackers linked to Chinese groups Linen Typhoon, Violet Typhoon, and Storm-2603; U.S. agencies, including the Department of Energy and others.
📍WHEN & WHERE: The breach began on July 18, 2025, impacting agencies in the U.S., Europe, and the Middle East.
💬KEY QUOTE: “The department was minimally impacted due to its widespread use of the Microsoft M365 cloud and very capable cybersecurity systems. A very small number of systems were impacted. All impacted systems are being restored.” – Department of Energy spokesman.
🎯IMPACT: The breach exploited cryptographic keys, enabling hackers to impersonate users or services. Microsoft has issued updates, but the full consequences remain unclear.
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Chinese state-affiliated hackers have exploited a critical vulnerability in Microsoft SharePoint software to infiltrate several U.S. government agencies, including the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), which is responsible for America’s nuclear weapons. According to multiple cybersecurity reports, the cyberattack began on July 18 and also affected organizations across Europe and the Middle East.
Microsoft has linked the attackers to groups it tracks as Linen Typhoon, Violet Typhoon, and Storm-2603. These groups reportedly took advantage of a zero-day flaw in SharePoint to gain unauthorized access, enabling them to steal cryptographic keys. This theft may have allowed them to impersonate legitimate users or services within affected systems. Microsoft has since issued security patches to mitigate the vulnerability and is urging all users to update their systems.
The U.S. Department of Energy confirmed that it experienced a disruption. A spokesman stated, “The department was minimally impacted due to its widespread use of the Microsoft M365 cloud and very capable cybersecurity systems. A very small number of systems were impacted. All impacted systems are being restored.”
Cybersecurity firm Eye Security revealed that the breach extended beyond the U.S., compromising around 400 entities worldwide. Among the impacted were the U.S. Education Department, the Florida Department of Revenue, and the Rhode Island General Assembly.
Security experts have described the threat as particularly severe. Carlos Perez, director of security intelligence at TrustedSec, emphasized the danger of the exploited vulnerability, calling it “critical” and warning that it was “already being actively exploited at scale.” According to Perez, the flaw allowed attackers to execute remote code on SharePoint servers, posing a serious threat to enterprise-level infrastructure.
Microsoft continues to stress the importance of immediate action. The company said the newly released updates are essential to prevent further exploitation and secure compromised systems.
❓WHAT HAPPENED: Ukrainian President Zelensky signed a bill putting Ukraine’s top anti-corruption agencies under the control of his prosecutor general, destroying their independence and sparking national protests and international backlash. He has now signed a new draft law to restore the independence of anti-corruption bodies.
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👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen, Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABUI), and Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAP).
📍WHEN & WHERE: Ukraine, July 2025.
💬KEY QUOTE: “We are working [with the Ukrainian government] to make sure that our concerns… are indeed taken into account.” – Ursula von der Leyen
🎯IMPACT: The initial law weakened the independence of Ukraine’s anti-corruption institutions, raising fears that Zelensky is not serious about reforming the country at best, and attempting to actively cover up his government’s misdeeds at worst. Zelensky’s justification, that the law protected against Russian influence, was criticized as contradictory and self-defeating.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has approved a draft bill guaranteeing the freedom of the two anti-corruption bodies in Ukraine, just days after nationwide protests against another law that put them under the control of his prosecutor general.
On Thursday, Zelensky said the draft bill is intended to safeguard the independence of Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAP). He justified his previous decision to restrict the bodies’ powers on dubious claims of Russia’s influence. Ukraine’s security services had carried out searches and arrests, targeting supposed Russian spies at the agency.
After the legislation undermining the anti-corruption agencies was passed, protests broke out in Ukraine, said to be the largest since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022. There was also international outcry, with many of Zelensky’s sponsors in the West concerned about backsliding on reform in a country where graft and corruption have long been rife.
A spokesman for European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen warned Kiev that the rule of law and the fight against corruption were “core elements” of membership of the European Union (EU), which remains a key aspiration for Ukraine. Following Zelensky’s apparent backtracking, the Commission said it “welcomed” the move.
Zelensky did not acknowledge the protests or the backlash in a Thursday social mediapost announcing the new draft bill, but said it was “important that we are maintaining unity” and “important that we respect the position of all Ukrainians and are grateful to everyone who stands with Ukraine.”
❓WHAT HAPPENED: Arrests of criminal illegals have increased by triple digits in many states under President Donald J. Trump’s administration.
👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: President Donald J. Trump, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), illegal aliens.
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📍WHEN & WHERE: A spokesman for the White House spoke to the media this week.
💬KEY QUOTE: “American communities will be safer with these dangerous criminal illegal aliens gone. Promises made. Promises kept.” — White House spokesman.
🎯IMPACT: The surge of arrests shows President Trump’s administration is fulfilling promises to crack down on criminal illegals and deport them from the United States.
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The number of arrests of criminal illegal aliens has surged under the administration of President Donald J. Trump. States have seen triple-digit increases in arrests, with Virginia seeing a 470 percent increase and Maryland reporting a 290 percent increase.
“President Trump is keeping his promise to the American people to carry out the largest mass deportation operation in history!” a White House spokesman said, adding: “American communities will be safer with these dangerous criminal illegal aliens gone. Promises made. Promises kept.”
Immigration enforcement actions by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency (ICE) in Michigan have surged 145 percent. Meanwhile, Colorado and Wyoming have experienced arrest rates nearly five times higher than those recorded during the same timeframe under former President Joe Biden.
Across a group of eight western states—including Utah, Idaho, Nevada, Montana, Arizona, Colorado, Wyoming, and California—monthly arrests of illegal immigrants have nearly tripled since January.
In Chicago, ICE reports that the number of illegal immigrants with criminal convictions apprehended during the first 150 days of the Trump administration was three times higher than during the final 150 days of Biden’s presidency. The San Diego area has seen a particularly sharp rise, with immigration arrests climbing 400 percent compared to this period last year.
At the same time, ICE personnel have faced a dramatic rise in assaults, an 830 percent increase over 2024 figures, according to Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons.
“I think the sharp increase in the rhetoric, especially from a lot of elected officials, that are shaming, if you will, or speaking out against [the] ICE law enforcement mission, is what’s really increasing these attacks on officers,” Lyons said.
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❓WHAT HAPPENED: The United States and Israel withdrew their negotiators from Gaza ceasefire talks, blaming Hamas for the failure to reach an agreement.
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👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and Hamas representatives.
📍WHEN & WHERE: July 24, 2025, in Doha, Qatar.
💬KEY QUOTE: “If Hamas interprets our willingness to reach a deal as a weakness… it is gravely mistaken.” – Benjamin Netanyahu
🎯IMPACT: The breakdown of talks leaves no end in sight to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
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The United States and Israel have withdrawn their negotiators from Gaza ceasefire talks, with U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff accusing Hamas of failing to act in good faith. The talks, held in Doha, Qatar, aimed at ending nearly two years of fighting, have not reached a breakthrough.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reaffirmed his government’s commitment to seeking a ceasefire but criticized Hamas for blocking efforts to end the conflict. He stated, “If Hamas interprets our willingness to reach a deal as a weakness… it is gravely mistaken.”
Mediators have been working for over two weeks to facilitate discussions between the Israeli and Hamas delegations, but the talks have not yielded results. The humanitarian situation in Gaza remains dire, with warnings of “mass starvation” spreading among the population.
Hamas’s response to the latest ceasefire proposal included amendments concerning aid entry, withdrawal maps, and guarantees for a permanent end to hostilities. Witkoff indicated that the U.S. would consider alternative options to stabilize the region and secure the release of hostages.
International attention is focused on the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. Israel maintains that it is not responsible for the crisis, attributing the situation to Hamas’s actions in attacking Israel on October 7, 2023.
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❓WHAT HAPPENED: President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order mandating that artificial intelligence (AI) models procured by the federal government prioritize truthfulness and ideological neutrality.
👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: President Donald J. Trump, federal agencies, and AI developers.
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📍WHEN & WHERE: The Executive Order was signed Wednesday, July 23, 2025, in Washington, D.C.
💬KEY QUOTE: “We will terminate every diversity, equity, and inclusion program across the entire federal government.” – Donald J. Trump
🎯IMPACT: The Order should ensure AI models used by the federal government adhere to principles of truthfulness and neutrality, avoiding ideological bias.
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President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order late Wednesday mandating that artificial intelligence (AI) models used by the federal government prioritize truthfulness and ideological neutrality. The Order outlines “Unbiased AI Principles,” which include truth-seeking and ideological neutrality as core tenets.
According to the presidential directive, truth-seeking AI models are required to prioritize historical accuracy, scientific inquiry, and objectivity, acknowledging uncertainty when information is incomplete or contradictory. Ideological neutrality mandates that AI models remain nonpartisan, avoiding manipulation of responses to favor ideologies like diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI).
The Order directs federal agencies to procure only AI models compliant with these principles. It also requires contracts with AI vendors to include accountability measures, such as cost coverage if noncompliance leads to contract termination. The Director of the Office of Management and Budget will issue guidance to enforce these directives.
President Trump emphasized the importance of trustworthy AI, citing examples of biased outputs from existing models. These include AI systems altering historical representations for DEI purposes and prioritizing ideological compliance over factual accuracy. Such practices, the Trump White House argues, erode public trust in AI systems.
The Executive Order is part of a broader effort by President Trump to eliminate DEI-driven policies across the federal government. In recent months, he has signed multiple actions to dismantle DEI programs in federal agencies, defense, and education, ensuring that government initiatives prioritize fairness and merit. “We will terminate every diversity, equity, and inclusion program across the entire federal government,” President Trump pledged earlier this year.
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❓WHAT HAPPENED: Australia announced the lifting of restrictions on U.S. beef imports after two decades.
👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins, and President Donald Trump.
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📍WHEN & WHERE: Announcement made Thursday, July 24, 2025, in Australia; restrictions have been in place for 20 years.
💬KEY QUOTE: “American farmers and ranchers produce the safest, healthiest beef in the world. It’s absurd that non-scientific trade barriers prevented our beef from being sold to consumers in Australia for the last 20 years.” – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins.
🎯IMPACT: U.S. beef producers gain greater access to the Australian market, marking a significant trade breakthrough.
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In a major shift, Australia’s left-wing Labor government, led by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, has announced the lifting of restrictions on American beef imports. This decision follows two decades of trade barriers that kept American farmers out of the Australian market.
Julie Collins, Australia’s Agricultural Minister, stated that the restrictions were originally implemented to prevent the spread of mad cow disease and that lifting them would lead to a more open and competitive marketplace in Australia. “Australia stands for open and free trade—our cattle industry has significantly benefited from this,” Collins said in a statement.
Meanwhile, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins praised the announcement as a “major trade breakthrough,” crediting President Donald J. Trump’s efforts to ensure fair and free trade with America’s trade partners. Rollins stated, “American farmers and ranchers produce the safest, healthiest beef in the world. It’s absurd that non-scientific trade barriers prevented our beef from being sold to consumers in Australia for the last 20 years.”
President Trump had previously criticized Australia’s restrictions, announcing tariffs on Australian imports earlier this year. He stated, “Australia bans—and they’re wonderful people, and wonderful everything—but they ban American beef. Yet we imported $3 billion of Australian beef from them just last year alone.”
Canberra has not yet set a date for the full lifting of restrictions.
❓WHAT HAPPENED: The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has found President Donald J. Trump’s Executive Order ending birthright citizenship unconstitutional and issued a nationwide injunction blocking the measure.
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👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: President Trump, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, the Department of Justice (DOJ), the U.S. Supreme Court, and illegal immigrants and their children.
📍WHEN & WHERE: The decision was handed down late Wednesday, July 24, 2025.
💬KEY QUOTE: “The district court correctly concluded that the Executive Order’s proposed interpretation, denying citizenship to many persons born in the United States, is unconstitutional. We fully agree.” — 9th Circuit’s majority
🎯IMPACT: The ruling marks a significant legal setback for the Trump White House; however, it does clear the path for the administration to bring the matter before the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Late Wednesday evening, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals handed down a ruling declaring President Donald J. Trump‘s Executive Order ending birthright citizenship unconstitutional. The ruling marks a significant legal setback for the Trump White House; however, it does clear the path for the administration to bring the matter before the U.S. Supreme Court.
“The district court correctly concluded that the Executive Order’s proposed interpretation, denying citizenship to many persons born in the United States, is unconstitutional. We fully agree,” the 9th Circuit’s majority wrote. In addition, the judges agreed with the plaintiffs, a coalition of Democrat governed states, that the matter fell under the exceptions laid out by the Supreme Court justices regarding their restrictions on nationwide injunctions: “We conclude that the district court did not abuse its discretion in issuing a universal injunction in order to give the States complete relief.”
“We should approach any request for universal relief with good faith skepticism, mindful that the invocation of ‘complete relief’ isn’t a backdoor to universal injunctions,” Judge Patrick Bumatay wrote in dissent. The judge argued that it is unlikely the states have the proper legal standing to sue, but did not directly address the constitutionality of President Trump’s Executive Order.
The Constitution’s 14th Amendment states, “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.” However, the Department of Justice (DOJ) maintains that the clause in the amendment stating “subject to United States jurisdiction” means it does not necessarily grant citizenship to a child simply for being born in the United States.
The coalition of Democratic states points to the precedent established by the 1898 Supreme Court decision in United States v. Wong Kim Ark. In that decision, the high court held, “a child born in the United States, of parents of Chinese descent, who, at the time of his birth, are subjects of the Emperor of China, but have a permanent domicile and residence in the United States, and are there carrying on business, and are not employed in any diplomatic or official capacity under the Emperor of China,” was granted U.S. citizenship at birth.
However, the DOJ and critics of the United States’ birthright citizenship policies contend that the decision does not apply to the children of immigrants in the country illegally. The Supreme Court has not clarified whether this is the case.
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❓WHAT HAPPENED: A House Oversight panel subcommittee voted to authorize subpoenas for Bill and Hillary Clinton over their links to deceased pedophile Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, convicted of trafficking minors for him.
👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Bill and Hillary Clinton, Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, Rep. Scott Perry (R-PA).
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📍WHEN & WHERE: The motion was issued during a Federal Law Enforcement Subcommittee hearing on Wednesday.
💬KEY QUOTE: “I wish I had never met him,” Clinton wrote, complaining it was “not worth the years of questioning afterward.”
🎯IMPACT: The subpoenas could compel the Clintons and others to provide testimony or documents regarding Epstein and Maxwell.
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Former President Bill Clinton and his wife, Hillary Clinton, could be subpoenaed to testify on their alleged ties to convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein and his madam, Ghislaine Maxwell, after a House Oversight subcommittee voted to compel their testimony. Congressman Scott Perry (R-PA) introduced the motion on Wednesday during a meeting of Oversight’s Federal Law Enforcement Subcommittee. The subpoena was approved by a Republican-led panel via voice vote, without a roll call.
The Clintons, along with several former top Justice Department (DOJ) officials—including ex-Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director James Comey, one-time special counsel Robert Mueller, and former attorneys general Loretta Lynch, Eric Holder, Merrick Garland, Bill Barr, Jeff Sessions, and Alberto Gonzales—were included in the list of subpoenas sought by Perry to “expand the full committee’s investigation into Ms. Maxwell.”
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) will ultimately decide whether to issue the subpoenas to compel the Clintons and others to provide testimony or documents to the panel. Former President Clinton acknowledged in his 2024 book, Citizen: My Life After the White House, that he flew aboard Epstein’s private plane, nicknamed the Lolita Express, as part of his work with the Clinton Global Initiative nonprofit. “I wish I had never met him,” Clinton wrote, adding it was “not worth the years of questioning afterward.”
Epstein also visited the White House at least 17 times shortly after Clinton was sworn into office in 1993.
In December 2021, a jury convicted Maxwell of sex trafficking of minors, transporting a minor with the intent to engage in criminal sexual activity, and three counts of conspiracy. She was later sentenced to 20 years in prison.
The Department of Justice filed a motion on Wednesday to unseal grand jury testimonies related to Epstein. The motion, filed in the United States District Court’s Southern District of New York (SDNY), called for the release of grand jury transcripts associated with the Epstein indictment.
“At the direction of the Attorney General, the Department of Justice hereby moves the Court to release grand jury transcripts associated with the above-referenced indictment,” the court document stated.
However, Barack Obama-appointed U.S. District Judge Robin Rosenberg denied the request.
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❓WHAT HAPPENED: Columbia University agreed to a $200 million settlement with the Trump administration and an additional $20 million payment to Jewish employees over claims of harassment and anti-Israel protests.
👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: President Donald J. Trump, Columbia University, Secretary Linda McMahon, and acting University President Claire Shipman.
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📍WHEN & WHERE: The settlement was announced Wednesday night, involving Columbia University in New York City.
💬KEY QUOTE: “Columbia has agreed to pay a penalty of $200 Million Dollars to the United States Government for violating Federal Law, in addition to over $20 Million to their Jewish employees who were unlawfully targeted and harassed.” – Donald Trump
🎯IMPACT: Columbia must review its Middle East-related programs, eliminate diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies, and ensure merit-based admissions and hiring practices.
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On Wednesday, President Donald J. Trump revealed that Columbia University will pay $200 million to resolve issues stemming from its management of anti-Israel protests and other issues, with $200 million going to the federal government and $20 million compensating Jewish employees “who were unlawfully targeted and harassed.”
As previously reported by The National Pulse, Columbia had been facing far harsher punishment, including the loss of $400 million in federal grants, its tax-exempt status, and potentially its accreditation, with controversial former Jeffrey Epstein lawyer Jay Lefkowitz said to have stepped in to negotiate a more favorable settlement.
“I am pleased to announce that the Trump Administration has reached a historic agreement with Columbia University. Columbia has agreed to pay a penalty of $200 Million Dollars to the United States Government for violating Federal Law, in addition to over $20 Million to their Jewish employees who were unlawfully targeted and harassed,” Trump said of the deal on Truth Social. He emphasized Columbia’s pledge to eliminate diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, adopt merit-based admissions, and safeguard civil liberties.
The agreement mandates Columbia to reassess its Middle East-related programs, with the senior vice provost tasked with enhancing support for Jewish students. While denying liability, the university acknowledged that “Jewish students and faculty have experienced painful, unacceptable incidents.”
The settlement also bans DEI programs promoting race-based outcomes or quotas, enforces merit-based admissions without racial proxies, and requires detailed admissions data for compliance. Hiring must prioritize individual merit.
Interim President Claire Shipman called the settlement “an important step forward after a period of sustained federal scrutiny and institutional uncertainty,” noting it reinstates the university’s federal research partnership. This follows Columbia’s disciplinary actions against over 70 students involved in anti-Israel protests.
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