The Trump administration's settlement with Columbia clarifies the stakes for anyone weighing whether to fight its demands or concede.

Donald Trump is no stranger to lawsuits. In fact, he was involved in more than 4,000 of them before winning the White House in 2016. Since then, Trump has made headlines mostly as a defendant — that is,

Columbia win has paved the way for Trump team to elecit hundreds of millions from other top schools, including Cornell, Brown, Duke and Northwestern

The latest: Today, Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-New York) requested the Trump administration give a closed-door briefing on the Jeffrey Epstein case files. More: Schumer criticized the administration’s lack of transparency, and pointed to a Wall Street Journal report that Justice officials told Trump his name was in the files.

Columbia University has handed the reins of its admission process to the White House. One of the oldest educational institutions in the country agreed Wednesday to pay the Trump administration $200 million to settle multiple investigations and reinstate billions of dollars’ worth of federal grants.

Education Secretary Linda McMahon calls Columbia’s $200M settlement with the Trump administration a ‘monumental victory’ and outlines new changes to the university.

Columbia disciplined more than 70 students who participated in a pro-Palestinian demonstration in May, as it faces ongoing pressure from the Trump administration.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said a probe will ensure the programme does ‘not run contrary to our nation’s interests’.