BERKELEY, Calif. - Pres. Donald Trump is trying to make a deal with colleges across the country: adopt a more conservative stance in return for better funding opportunities. But Gov. Gavin Newsom is using a bold new tactic to fight back—threatening to withhold state funding from any California university that goes along with Trump's plan.

Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education: What is it?

What we know:

The White House wants nine public and private universities—including the University of Southern California, Vanderbilt, Brown and Dartmouth—to sign the Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education, adopting conservative policies in exchange for better federal funding access.

Those policies include gender rules for bathrooms and women's sports, taking race and gende

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