The Trump administration has delivered an extraordinary ultimatum to Columbia University, threatening to permanently end federal funding to the school unless it cedes control of an international studies department and implements sweeping changes to other campus policies.

The Ivy League university has faced intense scrutiny from the Trump administration over its handling of pro-Palestinian student protests in 2024.

Columbia University must take a series of “critical next steps” if it wants to restore $400 million in federal funding, the Trump administration said in a letter to the school, according to The Free Press.