Investigations and a Billion-Dollar ‘Shakedown’: How Trump Targeted Higher Education NYT > U.S. News Von: Michael C. Bender · Alan Blinder and Michael S. Schmidt 21. Januar 2026 um 13:29 Donald J. Trump has unleashed the power of the presidency against American colleges, with mixed results. © Cody O'Loughlin for The New York TimesThe president managed to chisel away at the independence of the nation’s top universities by pairing investigations with pre-emptive strikes on federal funding for schools.