Northwestern University is reportedly nearing an agreement with the Trump administration that would restore hundreds of millions of dollars in frozen funding and end a federal antisemitism investigation.

The New York Times reported Wednesday that Northwestern would pay a $75 million fine to the federal government under the deal. The terms of the agreement have not been made public and could change.

In a statement Wednesday to the Sun-Times, a spokesperson for the U.S. Department of Education said the deal is not final, but “the parties are negotiating in good faith and making progress.”

The Trump administration froze about $790 million in federal funding for Northwestern in April amid an Education Department investigation into alleged “widespread antisemitic harassment” at the universit

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