Northwestern University agreed to pay $75 million to the federal government as part of a deal with the Trump administration to restore millions in frozen federal research dollars. The university said Friday the agreement would end probes by the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Education on the school’s compliance with anti-discrimination laws. The deal would also permanently close all pending probes by the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division on the university’s compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act’s prohibition against discrimination based on race in admissions.
The European Union awarded over €358 million to 132 new projects under the LIFE Programme for environment and climate action. The funding will support initiatives focused on nature and biodiversity, a transition to a circular economy, climate resilience and mitigation, and accelerating the clean energy transition. This marks one of the largest waves of environmental investment in the programme's 33-year history.
President Donald Trump has pledged to “permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries,” in what would be a major escalation of the U.S. government’s tough-on-immigration policy. Trump said the suspension will remain in place until the U.S. immigration system “fully recovers,” and vowed to terminate what he called “the millions of Biden illegal admissions.” He also promised to “remove anyone who is not a net asset to the United States or is incapable of loving our Country,” strip federal benefits from non-citizens, and deport any foreign national deemed a security risk, public burden or “incompatible with Western civilization