Columbia University has discussed paying some $200 million to settle with the Trump administration after losing about $400 million in canceled grants and contracts, The Wall Street Journal reported.

Negotiations continue to work through what has been a financial road full of potholes since the administration went after Columbia for civil rights violations.

In early March, the Trump administration announced it was terminating a long list of line-item funding to Columbia due to anti-Israel protests that roiled U.S. college campuses after the 2023 Hamas-led attack against Israel, in addition to Columbia’s diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.

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