Cornell Edges Closer to White House Deal to Restore Funding (1)

Cornell University is advancing in talks with the Trump administration to reinstate hundreds of millions of dollars in research funding amid efforts by the White House to get schools to resolve allegations of campus antisemitism, according to people familiar with the matter.

The Ivy League school is likely to be among the next to settle with the government after Columbia University announced a sweeping agreement with the White House on Wednesday, according to the people. A mutual draft document has been circulated and has yet to be signed, said one of the people.

Neither Cornell nor the White House would ...