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The same week Columbia University suspended dozens of students over pro-Palestinian demonstrations
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comes word the Ivy League school will pay the Trump administration more than $200 million
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to settle a civil rights lawsuit. The agreement clears the way for Columbia to regain access to
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federal funding and grants cut off by the administration back in March. Columbia has
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been a national flashpoint for anti-Israel protests for two years in a row. The White
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House calls this the largest public settlement in an employment discrimination case in nearly
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two decades, resolving claims that Jewish employees were subjected to civil rights violations
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In a statement, the university does not admit any wrongdoing, but says Jewish students and
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staff have faced, quote, painful and unacceptable incidents and that reform is needed
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On Truth Social, President Trump called the settlement historic, saying Jewish employees were unlawfully targeted and harassed
