Northwestern to pay $75M in deal with Trump to restore federal funding

Northwestern University has agreed to pay $75 million to the U.S. government in a deal with the Trump administration to end a series of investigations and restore hundreds of millions of dollars in federal research funding. President Donald Trump’s administration had cut off $790 million in grants to Northwestern in a standoff that contributed to the resignation in September of university president Michael Schill. The administration argued the school had not done enough to fight antisemitism. Under the agreement announced Friday night, Northwestern will make the payment to the U.S. Treasury over the next three years.