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JD Vance urges FTC antitrust investigation into colleges over affirmative action ‘collusion’

By Jeremiah Poff
Published August 10, 2023 6:30pm ET
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JD Vance urges FTC antitrust investigation into colleges over affirmative action ‘collusion’
Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, asks a question during a Senate Special Committee on Aging hearing, Thursday, May 18, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. | (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) wants the Federal Trade Commission to open an antitrust investigation into the nation’s most elite universities to determine if they illegally coordinated their responses to the Supreme Court ruling banning affirmative action.

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