Liz Essley Whyte

1 week ago | wsj.com | Liz Essley Whyte |Douglas Belkin |Sara Randazzo

April 14, 2025 9:00 pm ETColumbia University’s president had already been hounded out of office, but her ordeal wasn’t over. Four days after she stepped down under government pressure during fraught federal funding negotiations, Katrina Armstrong spent three hours being deposed by a government attorney in Washington, D.C. The lawyer grilled Armstrong over whether she had done enough to protect Jewish students against antisemitism. Copyright ©2025 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

1 week ago | wsj.com | Liz Essley Whyte |Douglas Belkin

The Trump administration is planning to pursue a legal arrangement that would put Columbia University into a consent decree, according to people familiar with the matter, an extraordinary step that could significantly escalate the pressure on the school as it battles for federal funding. A consent decree, which can last for years, would give a federal judge responsibility for ensuring Columbia changes its practices along lines laid out by the federal government.

1 week ago | wsj.com | Liz Essley Whyte |Douglas Belkin

Columbia is negotiating with the Trump administration to reinstate federal funding. Last month, the government canceled $400 million in grants and contracts over antisemitism concerns. Columbia agreed to an initial set of demands and is in negotiations about the future of its federal funding. A consent decree would be a major escalation of how the federal government normally resolves education-related civil-rights issues.

2 weeks ago | wsj.com | Liz Essley Whyte |Douglas Belkin

Relations remain tense as the school negotiates over federal fundingClosed-door government questioning of Columbia University’s recently departed interim president indicates the Trump administration’s relationship with the school remains strained as they negotiate over federal funding, according to a transcript reviewed by The Wall Street Journal.

2 weeks ago | wsj.com | Jennifer Calfas |Liz Essley Whyte

Illness has sickened over 480 people in the state since late JanuaryA second child who was diagnosed with measles has died in Texas, marking another death in a growing measles outbreak that has so far sickened hundreds of people, hospitalized dozens and spread to nearby states. The school-age child was being treated for measles-related complications at UMC Health System in Lubbock, Texas, a spokesman for the health system said in a written statement to The Wall Street Journal.