The University of Pennsylvania has laid off its communications lecturer, Dwayne Booth, who published anti-Semitic cartoons, citing budgetary reasons. The dismissal coincided with the Trump administration's decision to freeze federal funding to the school. Booth accused universities of being complicit with a Republican-led effort to target left-wing voices. The move comes a year after anti-Semitic cartoons by Booth were uncovered, but the school did not take action to remove him, citing a commitment to open expression.