{"id":2409450,"date":"2025-03-04T10:50:02","date_gmt":"2025-03-04T15:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-administration-threatens-federal-funding-over-illegal-campus-protests-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-03-04T10:54:38","modified_gmt":"2025-03-04T15:54:38","slug":"trump-administration-threatens-federal-funding-over-illegal-campus-protests-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-administration-threatens-federal-funding-over-illegal-campus-protests-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump administration threatens federal funding over \u2018illegal\u2019 campus protests &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-administration-threatens-federal-funding-over-illegal-campus-protests-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2409450&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In a recent \u2062move, the Trump governance\u200d announced\u200c plans to perhaps revoke\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House ...s List of President ...s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">federal funding<\/a> from \u200bcolleges that permit what\u2063 they label as\u2064 &#8220;illegal protests.&#8221; this statement was made public via Trump\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/im-kind-of-a-jerk-carlson-mocks-implosion-of-2-gop-hopefuls-during-interview-with-beck\/\" title=\"Carlson ridicules downfall of 2 GOP candidates in chat with Beck\">social \u200dmedia<\/a>, emphasizing a crackdown on \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fighting-abortion-now-requires-fighting-americans-increasing-hatred-of-children\/\" title=\"Fighting Abortion Now Requires Fighting Americans\u2019 Increasing Hatred Of Children\">campus protests<\/a> that the administration associates with \u2063anti-Semitic sentiments and disruptions of educational environments. As part of this initiative, schools like Columbia \u2064University, which have experienced significant pro-Palestinian demonstrations, are under scrutiny, with federal funding at\u2064 risk amounting to over $51\u2063 million.<\/p>\n<p>trump&#8217;s comments urged strict consequences\u2064 for participants in such protests,\u200b including imprisonment for\u200c &#8220;agitators&#8221; and expulsion or arrest for \u2062American students involved.This initiative appears to \u200cfollow a broader agenda to combat anti-Semitism \u200don college \u2062campuses, coinciding with the release \u2064of \u2064a joint statement from several\u2063 federal departments highlighting the need to address harassment\u200c faced by Jewish students. critics within the administration have linked\u200c recent campus protests to a culture of &#8220;cancel \u200bculture,&#8221; calling for policies that \u200bpromote freedom of speech and respect \u2063among diverse student\u2063 bodies.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Trump has signaled\u200d a desire to restrict the use of masks on campus, as they have been \u200bused to\u200d conceal identities during acts of\u200d violence associated with these protests.\u2063 the administration\u2019s \u2064strategy is part of a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">broader political agenda focused<\/a> on combating controversial student movements and \u200baddressing perceived threats to student safety and campus\u200b order.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump administration threatens federal funding over &lsquo;illegal&rsquo; campus protests<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1983932\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Multiple agencies within the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/trump-administration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Trump administration\">Trump administration<\/a> are teaming up to crack down on college campus <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/protests\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"protests\">protests<\/a> and could withhold federal funding from schools that don&rsquo;t comply.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;All Federal Funding will STOP for any College, School, or University that allows illegal protests,&rdquo; Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/114104167452161158\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"posted\">posted<\/a> on social media Tuesday morning. &ldquo;Agitators will be imprisoned\/or permanently sent back to the country from which they came. American students will be permanently expelled or, depending on on the crime, arrested. NO MASKS! Thank you for your attention to this matter.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>That followed a Monday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ed.gov\/about\/news\/press-release\/ed-hhs-and-gsa-announce-additional-measures-end-anti-semitic-harassment-college-campuses\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"release\">release<\/a> from the Department of Education, Department of Health and Human Services, and the General Services Administration that promised to end what they described as antisemitic harassment on college campuses.<\/p>\n<p>The joint release singled out Columbia University, an Ivy League school hit with a series of pro-Palestinian protests last year that included the occupation of a building on campus, for a review of federal contracts and grants citing Title VI of the Civil Rights Act.<\/p>\n<p>The review could see the school lose more than $51 million in federal funding, which it receives despite its status as a private university. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Americans have watched in horror for more than a year now, as Jewish students have been assaulted and harassed on elite university campuses &mdash; repeatedly overrun by anti-Semitic students and agitators,&rdquo; newly confirmed Education Secretary Linda McMahon said. &ldquo;Unlawful encampments and demonstrations have completely paralyzed day-to-day campus operations, depriving Jewish students of learning opportunities to which they are entitled.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. compared antisemitism to racism and called it a spiritual and moral malady that sickens societies and kills people.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;In recent years, the censorship and false narratives of woke cancel culture have transformed our great universities into greenhouses for this deadly and virulent pestilence,&rdquo; Kennedy said. &ldquo;Making America healthy means building communities of trust and mutual respect, based on speech freedom and open debate.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2025\/01\/additional-measures-to-combat-anti-semitism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"signed\">signed<\/a> an executive order on Jan. 29 titled &ldquo;Additional Measures to Combat Anti-Semitism,&rdquo; which led to the review.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-transform:uppercase\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3335947\/trump-spends-political-capital-early-second-term\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Trump spends his political capital early in second term\">Trump spends his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-covid-coverup-is-unraveling\/\" title=\"The COVID Coverup Is Unraveling\">political capital early<\/a> in second term<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Protests broke out across the United States following the Oct. 7, 2023, terrorist attacks in Israel, with some anti-Israel demonstrators blocking bridges and traffic and causing other disruptions.<\/p>\n<p>Surgical masks, once a symbol of the COVID-19 pandemic, have been banned in many jurisdictions as people have used them to conceal their identities while committing acts of violence. Trump has now signaled he&rsquo;d like to see them banned on college campuses as well.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1983932\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1983932\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump administration warns of funding cuts for &#8216;illegal&#8217; campus protests<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2635,"featured_media":2409451,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Trump-federal-funding-campus-protests.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4106,34368,6513,3634,32076],"class_list":["post-2409450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-administration","tag-campus-protests","tag-funding","tag-trump","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Trump-federal-funding-campus-protests.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2409450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2635"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2409450"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2409450\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2409457,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2409450\/revisions\/2409457"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2409451"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2409450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2409450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2409450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}