US EditionJudge indefinitely bars Trump from fining University of California over alleged discrimination
A federal judge blocked funding cuts and fines targeting discrimination claims, including a $1.2 billion fine against UCLA, after unions argued threats violate constitutional rights.
- On Friday, U.S. District Judge Rita Lin in San Francisco granted a preliminary injunction blocking the Trump administration from immediately cutting University of California system federal funding or imposing fines.
- The Republican administration says diversity, equity and inclusion efforts discriminate against white and Asian American students, while labor unions sued claiming funding threats silence opposing views and UC is in settlement talks.
- UCLA was the first campus targeted, with the administration fining it $1.2 billion and freezing its research funding, while University of California President James B. Milliken warned this would devastate the system.
- Messages to the White House and the U.S. Department of Justice were not immediately returned, and the administration has frozen funding against private colleges including Columbia while previously striking deals with Brown for $50 million and Columbia for $221 million.
- The administration has launched investigations of dozens of universities, claiming violations of civil rights law and issuing a settlement proposal made public in October demanding UCLA change gender identity rules and screen foreign students.
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Judge bars Trump from immediately cutting funding to the University of California
A federal judge in San Francisco has blocked the Trump administration from immediately cutting funding to the University of California over claims the school system allows antisemitism and other forms of discrimination.
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