White House pushes for oversight of Columbia University

What happened

The Trump administration is seeking to lock Columbia University into a legally binding consent decree, giving the White House oversight of the university for years to come, The Wall Street Journal said Thursday. The proposal is a significant escalation of President Donald Trump's expanding effort to exert power over top-tier U.S. universities by withholding federal research funds.

Who said what

After Trump withheld $400 million in grants and contracts to Columbia...