Investigations and a Billion-Dollar ‘Shakedown’: How Trump Targeted Higher Education NYT Par :Michael C. Bender · Alan Blinder and Michael S. Schmidt 21 janvier 2026 à 14:29 Donald J. Trump has unleashed the power of the presidency against American colleges, with mixed results. © Cody O'Loughlin for The New York TimesThe president managed to chisel away at the independence of the nation’s top universities by pairing investigations with pre-emptive strikes on federal funding for schools.