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FILE - With the Founders Library in the background, a young man reads on Howard University campus July 6, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

WASHINGTON – The Trump administration is redirecting nearly $500 million in federal funding toward historically Black colleges and tribal colleges, a one-time investment covered primarily by cuts to other colleges serving large numbers of minority students.

The Education Department announced the funding boost days after cutting $350 million from other grants, mostly from programs reserved for colleges that have large numbers of Hispanic students. Agency leaders said those grants were unconstitutional because they’re available only to colleges with certain mino

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