President Trump is proposing significantly reducing federal funding for Howard University, potentially creating a funding gap for the nation’s only federally chartered historically Black college or university (HBCU).

In his budget request to Congress on Friday, Trump proposed cutting $65 million in federal funding for Howard. The move would reduce the District of Columbia school’s federal funding to 2021 levels and, according to Trump, offer it more sustainable support.

Howard received $300 million in federal appropriations for fiscal 2025, an increase from $216 million in 2021.

The proposal........

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