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USA TODAY |
Columbia University's interim president, Katrina Armstrong, has stepped down - a departure that comes one week after it agreed to significant changes amid a heated battle with the Trump administratio...
The New York Times |
Columbia’s decision was widely condemned as an act of capitulation.
BBC |
Trump has already withheld some $400m (£309m) in federal funding for Columbia as the administration continues to target those involved in campus protests with deportation.

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