Trump admin halting more than $500M in federal funding to Brown University over antisemitism response: report

More than half a billion dollars in federal funding to Brown University is being halted by the Trump administration over the Ivy League's response to antisemitism since Hamas' attack in Israel A White House official reported nearly million awarded to the university through federal contracts and grants is on the line The Associated Press stated adding that the official spoke on condition of anonymity Fox News Digital reached out to Brown University but did not right now hear back Brown Provost Frank Doyle declared in an email on Thursday to campus leaders that the school is aware of troubling rumors about its research money but they don't have any information to substantiate the declares according to The AP IVY LEAGUE SCHOOLS RECEIVED BILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDING IN President Donald Trump has suspended federal funding to every Ivy League besides Penn and Dartmouth over investigations into anti-Israel protests that have taken place on their campuses since October Funding for dozens of other universities has also been impacted by investigations for the same reason Columbia University which had more than million in federal funding taken away was the first Ivy League to lose money over its failure to make Jewish students feel safe on campus The university caved to demands from the Trump administration late last month in hopes of restoring the funding This week a federal antisemitism task force released a review of Harvard's federal grants and contracts worth nearly billion as the university faces an analysis into campus antisemitism and Princeton University authenticated dozens of its research grants have been halted DHS DEPORTED BROWN UNIVERSITY CLINICIAN ATTENDED HEZBOLLAH CHIEF'S FUNERAL SUPPORTED TERROR LEADER The Trump administration has promised to be more aggressive in ending campus antisemitism after saying President Joe Biden did not hold universities accountable for their violent protests Americans have watched in horror for more than a year now as Jewish students have been assaulted and harassed on elite university campuses repeatedly overrun by antisemitic students and agitators Unlawful encampments and demonstrations have comprehensively paralyzed day-to-day campus operations depriving Jewish students of learning opportunities to which they are entitled Guidance Secretary Linda McMahon declared in a comment last month She explained schools that receive federal funding have a responsibility to protect all students from discrimination and described the failure to do so as a reason to question if the university should be doing business with the United States regime The administration has also made moves to detain and deport foreign students who participated in or orchestrated anti-Israel protests at American universities The Department of Homeland Protection informed last month that an assistant professor at Brown who held an H- B visa was deported to Lebanon for her endorsement of and attendance at the funeral of a slain Hezbollah leader Brown made headlines last year for a deal it struck with anti-Israel protesters who were taking over the university promising to have its governing board vote on whether it should divest from companies linked to Israel The Corporation of Brown ultimately rejected the divestment proposal The Associated Press contributed to this review