By Collin Binkley | Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is opening new investigations into at five U.S. universities including Columbia and UC Berkeley, the Education Department announced Monday.

allegations of antisemitism

It’s part of President promise to take a tougher stance against campus antisemitism and deal out harsher penalties than the Biden administration, which with universities in its final weeks. It comes the same day the Justice Department announced a new task force to root out antisemitism on college campuses.

Donald Trump’ssettled a flurry of cases

In an , Trump called for aggressive action to fight anti-Jewish bias on campuses, including the deportation of foreign students who have participated in .

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