Cornell University settles with Trump administration for $60 million

Cornell University agreed to pay $60 million—$30 million to the federal government and $30 million to agricultural research programs—to restore $250 million in frozen federal funding. The president must certify compliance quarterly under penalty of perjury. The Cornell AAUP chapter said the deal "omits many of the worst provisions" of other settlements but called the $30 million federal payment "extortion plain and simple."