The Trump administration has granted Columbia University a one-day extension to implement policy changes in order to enter talks about restoring lost grant money. Columbia is working to claw back $430 million in federal funds and prevent further cuts. The Trump administration is also considering sanctions on foreign funders of pro-Hamas campus protests, targeting individuals who provide significant funding to groups like Students for Justice in Palestine. ABC News retracted a claim that the IDF had dropped leaflets in Gaza warning residents of forced displacement. The IDF denied dropping the leaflets and there was no evidence of their authenticity. Cori Bush's husband, Cortney Merritts, has been charged with defrauding the federal government by filing false applications to obtain COVID relief funds.

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