The Trump administration is freezing hundreds of grants to UCLA for allegedly failing to promote a research environment free of antisemitism and other bias at the university — the latest escalation in tensions between the UC system and the federal government.

The cuts come just days after the university settled a $6.4 million lawsuit that alleged it failed to prevent — and at times allowed — antisemitic behavior. Separately, the U.S. Department of Justice that same day said UCLA had violated civil rights laws by “creating a hostile educational environment for Jewish and Israeli students.”

“This far-reaching penalty of defunding life-saving research does nothing to address any alleged discrimination,” Chancellor Julio Frenk wrote in a letter to the university community about the fre

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