LA Times Today: UCLA’s Jewish community unites against Trump’s $1-billion demand: ‘Misguided and punitive’

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Aug. 29, 2025 8 AM PT

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Gov. Gavin Newsom has called Donald Trump’s threat to the University of California system nothing less than “extortion.”

Now, top UC leaders are set to negotiate with the Trump administration or face a billion-dollar fine.

Education reporter Jaweed Kaleem joined Lisa McRee with Trump’s demands, what’s at stake and what it means to the future of the university system.

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Jaweed Kaleem

Jaweed Kaleem is an education reporter at the Los Angeles Times, where he covers the University of California and higher education. He specializes in reporting on campus activism and culture, including issues on free speech, religion, race and politics. Kaleem previously worked for The Times as a Los Angeles-based national correspondent and a London-based foreign correspondent. Follow him on Bluesky @jaweedkaleem.bsky.social and X @jaweedkaleem.