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| WORDS OF WISDOM | | "Courage conquers all things: it even gives strength to the body." | | OVID | | Good morning! Today, we're covering the cancellation of federal grants for Columbia University, the takedown of thousands of X accounts linked to the CCP which boosted New York Times content, and the termination of US funding of South Africa. | | TOP STORIES | | | |
White House Cancels Grants Worth $400 Million for Columbia University The Trump administration canceled grants worth roughly $400 million for Columbia University, alleging the Ivy League school has not acted on allegations of anti-Semitism on campus amid student protests since the 2023 Hamas attacks in Israel.
The Department of Justice, Department of Education, General Services Administration, and Department of Health and Human Services, announced the move in a joint statement. The agencies are part of the Trump administration's Joint Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism. Contracts and federal grants worth $400 million were immediately canceled with the announcement, the agencies said, adding that it is "the first round of action and additional cancellations are expected to follow." The school holds about $5 billion in federal grant commitments, they noted.
"Since October 7, Jewish students have faced relentless violence, intimidation, and anti-Semitic harassment on their campuses–only to be ignored by those who are supposed to protect them," Secretary of Education Linda McMahon said in a statement, referring to the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attacks in Israel that left 1,200 civilians dead. (More) | |
X Takes Down Network of Chinese Accounts Amplifying NYT Attacks on Shen Yun Thousands of accounts with suspected links to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) have been removed by social media platform X over the past month. The accounts, which exhibited inauthentic activity, had been used to boost articles published by The New York Times that targeted a religious group persecuted in China.
One of the articles, a Chinese-language version of an attack piece on Shen Yun Performing Arts, was boosted so much it became the most shared New York Times article on X in more than a year, according to data from BuzzSumo, a social media analytics tool. Most of the accounts were taken down by X after The Epoch Times sent the platform the results of an extensive investigation into the issue. The platform then launched its own probe.
"It looks like a nation-state automated bot attack," said Rex Lee, a cybersecurity expert at My Smart Privacy who has advised major corporations and government agencies, including the Department of Homeland Security and the National Security Agency. (More) | |
US Stopping All Federal Funding to South Africa The United States is stopping all federal funding to South Africa, President Donald Trump said on Friday, adding that farmers looking to flee for safety would be welcome in the United States with an expedited path to citizenship.
"South Africa is being terrible, plus, to long time Farmers in the country. They are confiscating their LAND and FARMS, and MUCH WORSE THAN THAT. A bad place to be right now, and we are stopping all Federal Funding," Trump said in a social media post. "To go a step further, any Farmer (with family!) from South Africa, seeking to flee that country for reasons of safety, will be invited into the United States of America with a rapid pathway to Citizenship. This process will begin immediately!"
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa signed a bill into law on Jan. 23 that allows provincial and national authorities to "expropriate land in the public interest" for various reasons, "subject to just and equitable compensation being paid." (More) How did you enjoy today's Morning Brief? Tell us what you think here. | | MORE TOP NEWS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | PREMIUM | | | | INSPIRED | | | | EPOCH TV | | | | | | OPINION | | | | | | EPOCH FUN | | | |
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