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Trump Campus Free Speech

Addressing the Conservative Political Action Conference in Oxon Hill, Md., on March 2, President Donald Trump invites to the podium Hayden Williams, a field representative of the Leadership Institute who was assaulted at Berkeley campus. A White House official said Trump will sign an executive order Thursday requiring colleges to certify that their policies support free speech as a condition of receiving federal research grants. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

n this March 2, 2019 photo, President Donald Trump invites to the podium, Hayden Williams, a field representative of the Leadership Institute, who was assaulted at Berkeley campus, at the Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC 2019, in Oxon Hill, Md. Trump is expected to order U.S. colleges to protect free speech on their campuses or risk losing federal funding. White House officials say Trump will sign an executive order Thursday requiring colleges to certify that their policies support free speech as a condition of receiving federal research grants. Trump initially proposed the idea during a March 2 speech to conservative activists.

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