The Trump administration has frozen over $1 billion in federal funding for Cornell University and around $790 million for Northwestern University as part of an investigation into alleged civil rights violations. This move is part of a broader effort by the administration to use government funding to influence campus policy. Universities across the country are now grappling with cuts to grants for research institutions. Cornell and Northwestern have not been notified by the federal government of the funding cuts, and are seeking more information. The Trump administration has previously threatened to cut off federal funding for universities accused of allowing antisemitism to go unchecked.