Trump Threatens To Cut Federal Funds For Colleges And Universities

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  I'm Asma Khaled.

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  I cover the White House.

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  And I'm Mara Eliason, senior national political correspondent.

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  American universities are under immense pressure from this White House.

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  A number of schools are under investigation for claims of anti-Semitism on campus and DEI initiatives.

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  And the Trump administration is threatening to cut a lot of federal funds to those schools.

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  So today on the show, we dig into the Trump administration's threats to American universities.

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  And to help us do that, we're joined by a very special guest, our colleague, Alyssa Nadwarni.

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