University of California students and staff sue Trump administration

Published September 16, 2025 10:34pm ET



University of California students and staff accused the Trump administration of using civil rights law to combat the university system in a lawsuit filed Tuesday.

The administration fined one of the system’s most elite schools, the University of California, Los Angeles, $1.2 billion and froze research funding after it accused the school of allowing antisemitism on campus and other civil rights violations.

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