President Donald Trump’s administration is seeking a $1 billion settlement from the university to restore frozen research grant funding — the most the administration has publicly sought from a university in a recent series of settlements. California Gov. Gavin Newsom and others labeled the proposed settlement an “unprecedented assault on academic freedom” in a joint statement released Aug. 8. This move follows the suspension of $584 million in federal funding to UCLA after the U.S. Department of Justice announced it found that UCLA was “deliberately indifferent to a hostile environment for Jewish and Israeli students in violation of the Equal Protection Clause and Title VI” in a July 29 press release. Read more through the link in bio. ✍️: Emily Wong 📸: Rahimeen Shah . . . #ucberkeley #dailycal #berkeley #DOJ #Trump