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Trump to pull all federal funding going to sanctuary cities
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Approved, National, The Post Millennial

Trump to pull all federal funding going to sanctuary cities

By Katie Daviscourt | The Post Millennial President Trump announced on Thursday that he would be withholding federal funding to sanctuary cities, referring to them as a national disgrace. The move would impact Democratic-run cities across the nation, including Seattle, Chicago, Denver, Boston, New York, Los Angeles, and others. "No more Sanctuary Cities! They protect the Criminals, not the Victims," the president wrote in a post on Truth Social. "They are disgracing our Country, and are being mocked all over the World. Working on papers to withhold all Federal Funding for any City or State that allows these Death Traps to exist!!!" Sanctuary cities usually have laws that prohibit local and state law enforcement from assisting federal law enforcement with immigration enf...
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Columbia University caves to Trump’s ultimatum to curb campus antisemitism or risk federal funding
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Approved, National, National Review

Columbia University caves to Trump’s ultimatum to curb campus antisemitism or risk federal funding

By Haley Strack | National Review Columbia University has agreed to President Donald Trump’s demand that the school address rampant campus antisemitism or risk permanently losing $400 million in federal funding. Trump pulled $400 million of federal grants and contracts from the school earlier this month over concerns that the Ivy League school failed to protect Jewish students from radical anti-Israel demonstrations. Columbia was home to one of the largest anti-Israel protests last year, during which students set up a disruptive encampment on campus and called for the eradication of the Jewish state. READ THE FULL STORY AT NATIONAL REVIEW
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