President Donald Trump secured a $221M settlement with Columbia University in the wake of pro-Palestinian protests and civil rights violations, according to the White House.

Columbia University will pay a $200 million settlement to the federal government as part of an agreement to resolve investigations into alleged violations of anti-discrimination laws.

Washington Examiner chief political correspondent Byron York recommended that President Donald Trump take the fight to “woke” universities next since his first six months as president. York appeared on the Hugh Hewitt Show on Tuesday to offer commentary on Trump’s first six months in office.

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

The university is also committing not to meet with its most prominent pro-Palestinian group, Columbia University Apartheid Divest, nor any affiliated groups,

The Trump administration said a New Jersey federal judge has made an "unprecedented" intrusion into the activist's deportation proceedings.

The Trump administration’s efforts to deport foreign students who espoused pro-Palestinian views under a little-used foreign policy provision have no obvious legal parallel.

President Trump isn't kidding around with his new threat to the NFL's Washington Commanders, the White House says.