On the heels of announcing a discrimination investigation of Duke University, the Trump administration has blocked a scheduled distribution of $108 million to the school.

The blocked funding was set for distribution by the National Institutes of Health to the Duke University School of Medicine, according to The Hill, as confirmed by an unidentified senior Trump administration official.

On Monday, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Education Secretary Linda McMahon sent a letter to Duke administrators and shared their concerns about the use of race as a preferential factor in “Duke’s hiring, admissions, and scholarship decisions.”

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