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- U.S. President Donald Trump announced February 28, 2025 that the Department of Justice would investigate campus anti-Semitism, including Johns Hopkins.
- The investigations terminated $800 million in grants and more than 2,000 layoffs.
- Similar funding cuts hit Brown University and Princeton University, with significant losses.
- The administration ordered an end to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion programs.
- Conservative rhetoric, including Vice-President J.D. Vance's 2021 address labeling universities as enemies, signaled a shift.
