The Trump administration on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against the University of California, alleging that antisemitism at its Los Angeles campus violated the civil rights of Jewish employees and created a “hostile work environment.”

The legal action, brought nearly seven months after the Justice Department demanded sweeping policy changes and more than $1 billion from the university, marks a sharp escalation in the administration’s clash with one of the country’s largest and most prominent public university systems.

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