The White House is pursuing heavy fines from Harvard and other universities as part of potential settlements to end investigations into campus antisemitism, according to an administration official familiar with the matter.

Education Secretary McMahon highlighted Columbia University's new accountability measures and cooperation with the NYPD after the historic $200 million settlement.

Education Secretary Linda McMahon touted the settlement as “a seismic shift in our nation’s fight to hold institutions that accept American taxpayer dollars accountable for antisemitic discrimination and harassment.

Some acknowledge that the university had no choice and that the deal could be worse, but many fear that it sets some dangerous precedents.

Trump, who has halted billions in research grants to a slew of schools, has said he envisions the Columbia deal as the first of many such agreements. His education secretary, Linda McMahon, called it a blueprint for other institutions to follow.

The Trump administration's settlement with Columbia clarifies the stakes for anyone weighing whether to fight its demands or concede.

Columbia University janitors who claimed they were held hostage by anti-Israel protesters have settled their complaint with the university for an undisclosed amount.

Talks in Washington. An expert on negotiation. A balancing act. The university chose cooperation over litigation, a strategy both pilloried and praised.

University of Michigan as well as Northwestern, Cornell and Brown universities are among dozens targeted by the White House

By ‘settling’ with the Trump administration, they basically threw their students and community under the bus.” Columbia graduate and activist Mahmoud Khalil joins Antonia Hylton on The Beat with Ari Melber to share his reaction to the $200 million settlement between Columbia University and the Trump administration.