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Trump Wants U.C.L.A. to Pay $1 Billion to Restore Its Research Funding

The Trump administration has ended about $500 million for the Los Angeles-based university. The president said he wanted nearly double that to restart the flow of funds.

© Alisha Jucevic for The New York Times

The University of California, Los Angeles, campus.
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Trump Wants U.C.L.A. to Pay $1 Billion to Restore Its Research Funding

The Trump administration has ended about $500 million for the Los Angeles-based university. The president said he wanted nearly double that to restart the flow of funds.

© Alisha Jucevic for The New York Times

The University of California, Los Angeles. campus.
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Trump’s Deal-Making With Other Elite Schools Scrambles Harvard Negotiations

The university was open to spending $500 million, but a $50 million settlement with Brown has prompted new debates in Cambridge.

© Sophie Park for The New York Times

Harvard officials have been sensitive to the possibility that a deal with the government would be seen as surrendering to the president and offering him a political gift.
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