The Trump administration has demanded a $1 billion settlement from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) amid allegations of antisemitism linked to the university's handling of 2024 pro-Palestinian student protests related to Gaza. This demand follows the administration's suspension of approximately $584 million in federal research grants to UCLA. The settlement proposal reportedly includes conditions such as the appointment of a monitor to enforce terms, the abolition of scholarships connected to race, and the cessation of diversity statements. California Governor Gavin Newsom criticized the demand, calling it extortion and a threat to academic freedom. In response, a federal judge in San Francisco ordered the Trump administration to partially restore some of UCLA's suspended federal research funding, ruling that the blanket freeze of grants was illegal. The judge's order requires the National Science Foundation to reinstate about 300 grants to UCLA. This legal development comes as UCLA reviews the settlement offer. The Trump administration's actions are part of a broader pattern of freezing federal funds to universities over alleged civil rights violations, with other institutions like Brown and Columbia having reached settlements. Additionally, Harvard and the Trump administration are reportedly nearing a separate settlement involving a $500 million payment.