Colleges investigated for Title IX violations The Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights is investigating 60 universities for antisemitism, including Northwestern University in Evanston. The department said the institutions are receiving warnings due to allegedly not complying with Title IX obligations to protect Jewish students.

Northwestern and Illinois Wesleyan universities were among those that received notice from the department of potential Title VI violations stemming from what it called “antisemitic harassment and discrimination.

The investigation by the department’s Office for Civil Rights follows a Jan. 29 executive order by President Donald Trump designed to combat the rise of antisemitism across the country and is now the second time the university has fallen under the scrutiny of the Department of Education over allegations of antisemitism.

Following the arrest of pro-Palestinian protest leader Mahmoud Khalil, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt says the Department of Homeland Security is working to make additional arrests.

The Trump Administration sent letters to 60 colleges and universities, warning of repercussions if they fail “to protect Jewish students.”

Columbia has begun investigating students who have been critical of Israel. Some free speech experts have concerns.

The federal government canceled $400 million in grants to Columbia University amid its antisemitism probe into the school, the Justice Department’s Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism

A New York federal judge is set to hear pivotal questions in the case of Mahmoud Khalil, a leader of large Gaza solidarity protests at Columbia University who now faces deportation after his arrest by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.

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The Trump administration says it’s pulling $400 million from Columbia University. Multiple federal agencies announced Friday that they're canceling grants and contracts because of what the government describes as the Ivy League school’s lackluster efforts to squelch antisemitism on campus.