Columbia ends uncertainty with Trump deal, head says

(Reuters) -Columbia University’s agreement to pay over $200 million to the U.S. government in a settlement with President Donald Trump’s administration to resolve federal probes and restore most of its suspended federal funding ends a period of “institutional uncertainty,” the university’s acting president said.

Trump has targeted several universities since returning to office in January over the pro-Palestinian student protest movement that roiled college campuses last year.

“The resolution…