It’s the first application cycle since pro-Palestinian protests swept the campus and the University found itself in the crosshairs of the Trump Administration.

After Trump threatened Columbia University with the loss of $400 million in federal funding, the university folded. But Trump's threat was almost surely illegal.

By Luc Cohen and Jonathan Allen NEWARK, New Jersey - Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil will remain behind bars in Louisiana at least until a U.S. judge decides whether the Palestinian activist should challenge his imprisonment in a federal court there or in New Jersey.

Amid the turmoil over the river, the administration also has been threatening and imposing tariffs as high as 25% on some goods from Canada. Trump had to walk back some tariffs on Mexican and Canadian goods to protect the U.S. auto industry, after acknowledging the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement he himself had signed in 2020.

The Trump Administration is seeking to revoke a number of international students’ legal status to be in the U.S. over pro-Palestinian campus activism.

Some researchers say they’re appealing the cuts, which were prompted by Trump’s concerns about antisemitism on campus.

Interim President Katrina Armstrong reiterated her commitment to implementing changes after some faculty said she was presenting mixed messages.

A Manhattan federal judge on Tuesday ordered the administration to stop its efforts to arrest and deport Yunseo Chung for now.