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FIRST ON FOX: California’s top public university under fire for ‘LatinX’ and ‘Pilipinx’ race-based scholarship

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Cornell Law professor William A. Jacobson, founder of the Equal Protection Project, has filed a federal civil rights complaint with the U.S. Department of Education’s civil rights office accusing the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) of running more than a dozen scholarships that exclude students based on race, sex or national origin.
The 13 programs named in the complaint include awards limited to «LatinX» freshmen, «Pilipinx» students, «undocumented undergraduates,» and female-only applicants. The filing claims those criteria violate Title VI and Title IX of federal civil-rights law, which bar discrimination by federally funded schools.
«That race- and sex-based discriminatory scholarships exist at a major and highly visible public university is shocking,» Jacobson told Fox News Digital. «UCLA should know better than to run scholarships or programs that treat students differently based on race, color, national origin, or sex.»
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Professor Jacobson filed the complaint against UCLA on Friday. (Getty Images, Equal Protection Project)
The UCLA Latino Alumni Association scholarship states it was created for «incoming LatinX freshmen and transfer students,» while a Pilipino Alumni Association award is for students «who indicate their membership in the Pilipinx community.» The Undocumented Alumni Association Scholarship restricts eligibility to undocumented students, and the Raza Women’s Alumni Scholarship gives preference to «incoming Latina freshmen and transfer students.»
That language stands in contrast to remarks by California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who said earlier this year that «no one says Latinx.» Despite the governor’s disavowal of the term, UCLA, part of the UC system he oversees, still uses «LatinX» as an official eligibility label in a taxpayer-funded scholarship.
Other programs cited include two scholarships for students of Armenian descent and a Deloitte Foundation award that supports «meritorious female students.» The complaint argues that UCLA’s use of racial or sex-based criteria «violates federal law and the university’s own nondiscrimination policies.»
The filing asks federal officials to investigate and, if necessary, suspend UCLA’s federal funding until the programs are changed.
UCLA’s scholarship portal contains a statement defending its process for «identity-conscious» awards.
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An Ivy League law professor has filed a federal civil rights complaint against UCLA with the U.S. Department of Education. (iStock)
«UCLA administers all identity-conscious financial aid and scholarships in compliance with federal, state, and university regulations,» the statement says. «Identity-conscious awards may include a preference for a student’s race, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, color, ethnicity, or national origin… The pooled application process allows students to be considered for multiple scholarships and is used in determining the source of a recipient’s aid, but not their eligibility, receipt, or amount of financial aid.»
Jacobson said UCLA’s policies still cross a legal line.

UCLA provides 13 identity-conscious scholarships that the Equal Protection Project claims violate both university and federal standards. (iStock)
«Creating educational opportunities based on race, color, national origin, or sex violates Titles VI and IX of the Civil Rights Act,» he said. «It’s time for higher education to focus on the inherent worth of every student rather than categorizing them by identity groups.»
The complaint, filed Nov. 7, 2025, asks the Education Department to open a formal investigation and enforce compliance with federal law.
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UCLA and Newsom’s office have not yet responded to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
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El acuerdo con EE.UU. selló el alineamiento de Milei con Trump, pero abrió interrogantes en el Mercosur

El acuerdo sobre comercio e inversiones anunciado entre Estados Unidos y la Argentina selló a fuego el total e inflexible alineamiento del gobierno de Javier Milei con Donald Trump, pero al mismo tiempo abrió una serie de interrogantes sobre cómo impactará este entendimiento en el futuro del Mercosur y la relación con Brasil.
No por nada el acuerdo se conoció en la misma semana que desde la Cancillería se anunció que Milei se ausentará de la futura cumbre del bloque prevista en diciembre en Foz de Iguazú, donde Lula da Silva entregará a Paraguay la presidencia pro-tempore del bloque.
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El estatuto del pacto regional impide a los países miembro suscribir acuerdos comerciales en forma individual. Milei, como lo hizo el anterior gobierno de Uruguay de Luis Lacalle Pou, busca hacer más elásticas estas disposiciones y abrir el pacto.
“La Argentina no puede negociar bilateralmente ni hacer acuerdos por su cuenta. Pero esto es un acuerdo marco que el gobierno puede presentar como exploratorio”, dijo a TN el analista internacional Mauro Embe.
El Gobierno cuidó mucho las formas de este acuerdo. La Casa Blanca lo anunció a través de “una declaración conjunta sobre el marco para un acuerdo entre Estados Unidos y la Argentina sobre comercio e inversión recíprocos”. No se habló de un acuerdo comercial.
“Así puede manejar en cierta forma los tiempos”, indicó el analista.
¿Cómo reaccionarán los demás socios del Mercosur?
El gobierno tiene como gran aliado dentro del bloque al presidente paraguayo, Santiago Peña, con quien Milei tiene un aceitado vínculo por su estrecha afinidad ideológica. Ahora se suma Rodrigo Paz, flamante mandatario de Bolivia, el último país en incorporarse al bloque.
En la vereda de enfrente se encuentra en especial Luiz Lula da Silva, némesis de Milei en el Cono Sur, y el más pragmático mandatario progresista uruguayo, Yamandú Orsi. Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva y Javier Milei se vieron en Buenos Aires en la última cumbre del MERCOSUR (Vía Reuters)
“Lo que ha hecho el gobierno argentino es medio border. Está en el límite dentro de lo legal (que marca el estatuto del Mercosur). Esto podría generar una queja interna ante este avance unilateral”, dijo Embe.
Para el analista, “este acuerdo marco podría transformarse en un tratado, aunque en ningún lado se habla de un pacto de libre comercio. Lleva a futuros acuerdos. Fueron muy cautos en el nombre en este acuerdo marco para favorecer inversiones”, afirmó.
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Ahora se abre un período de negociaciones en el seno del bloque. Si bien aún no fue definida una fecha de la cumbre, se estima que podría celebrarse el 20 de diciembre con las notorias ausencias de Milei y de Peña.
Cómo impactará el acuerdo con EE.UU. en la relación con Brasil
En este nuevo escenario no cabe duda de que el anunciado acuerdo entre Argentina y EE.UU. impactará de manera negativa en el difícil vínculo entre Buenos Aires y Brasilia.
“El primer impacto inmediato es el debilitamiento del Mercosur. Los acuerdos puntuales de país a país debilitan al bloque. Pero además, en función del conflicto que enfrenta a Brasil con EE.UU. en materia arancelaria, esto desgasta aún más la relación entre Milei y Lula que ya no era buena pero permanecía” sin cambios en el terreno comercial, dijo a TN el analista brasileño Marco Teixeira, de la Fundación Getúlio Vargas, de Río de Janeiro.
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El acuerdo se sumará así a la anunciada ausencia de Milei de la cumbre del Mercosur en la que Brasil deberá traspasar la presidencia pro-témpore a Paraguay y donde espera anunciar el postergado tratado comercial con la Unión Europea (UE).
¿Qué pasará ahora con el Mercosur?
Milei cumplió el mandato de alinear a su gobierno detrás de la Casa Blanca en absolutamente todos los aspectos.
“Este es un punto más en el alineamiento total con EE.UU. Por supuesto esto tiene un precio. Más allá de la afinidad ideológica, Milei reduce la maniobrabilidad en ciertos sectores. Cuando un país se alinea tanto con una gran potencia cualquier margen de maniobra o pragmatismo se agota o se reduce”, dijo Embe.
En este contexto, el Mercosur está llamado a sufrir en los próximos 30 días fuertes turbulencias.
El analista internacional Juan Negri dijo a TN que la firma de este entendimiento con Washington “es una prueba más del estancamiento del bloque regional, de la incapacidad de adaptarse a nuevas realidades y de las visiones distintas que imperan en el interior del bloque”.
“El Mercosur se encuentra en una encrucijada. Tiene una estructura que le hace muy difícil reformarse porque tienen que estar todos los socios de acuerdo. Es un bloque agujereado que entra en tensión cada vez que en la Argentina y Brasil asumen gobiernos de derecha”, afirmó.
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Camelot or Cringe?: Meet JFK’s grandson turned congressional candidate for the scrolling generation

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Jack Schlossberg struck a serious tone in his campaign launch video this week, but his digital footprint tells a different story.
As former President John F. Kennedy’s only grandson, Schlossberg is practically political royalty. But to New York City’s chronically online electorate, he is better known as the star of hundreds of satirical, and often absurd, viral videos.
Sometimes he sings bizarre love songs to Second Lady Usha Vance or trolls her husband, Vice President JD Vance. As a surrogate for former President Joe Biden and former Vice President Kamala Harris in 2024, Schlossberg teamed up with Democratic candidates nationwide, including former Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., who lost to Sen. Dave McCormick, R-Pa., last year.
Between satirical renditions of Taylor Swift’s «Love Story» and answering a lobster like a phone in a spoof news bit, Schlossberg has cultivated a following any aspiring influencer would envy, with close to 850,000 TikTok followers and nearly 770,000 on Instagram.
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Jack Schlossberg, grandson of President John F. Kennedy, takes a photo as U.S. President Joe Biden departs for Michigan from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Sept. 6, 2024. (Reuters/Annabelle Gordon)
«True or false: Usha Vance is way hotter than Jackie O,» Schlossberg said on X earlier this year, referencing his grandmother, former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.
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He later described his own comments as «weird» and «creepy» on former White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki’s podcast «The Blueprint.»
«The internet is a place where it’s difficult to break through, and it’s difficult to break through if you are not saying something controversial or at least somehow unexpected,» Schlossberg explained. «I see that Democrats play that game not as well as we could, and I think I use my judgment to make posts that I think are funny or silly but have a purpose…»
Despite the followers and the Kennedy connections, Schlossberg has a slim résumé. He most recently served as a political correspondent for Vogue during the 2024 presidential election.
He was also a Democratic National Committee delegate in 2024 and worked as a staff assistant at the U.S. Department of State in 2016. He is a graduate of Yale University and Harvard Law and Business Schools.

Jack Schlossberg, grandson of President John F. Kennedy, speaks on Day 2 of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois, on Aug. 20, 2024. (Reuters/Elizabeth Frantz)
According to his LinkedIn, Schlossberg has worked for the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation for 12 years, first as chair of the New Frontier Award, and now as chair of the Profiles in Courage Award.
Schlossberg is the son of former U.S. Ambassador Caroline Kennedy.
Schlossberg honored former Vice President Mike Pence with the Profiles in Courage Award earlier this year for defying President Donald Trump’s request to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.
The 32-year-old Kennedy heir is a frequent Trump critic. And while he often experiments with accents in his online skits, Schlossberg did not mince words about the president in his campaign launch video.
In the vertical walk-and-talk style video, Schlossberg clipped a mini microphone to his crisp, blue button-down shirt and accused Trump of turning his second term into «cronyism, not capitalism, and a constitutional crisis with one dangerous man in control of all three branches of government.»

Former Vice President Mike Pence, second from right, stands with his wife, Karen Pence, far right, as he is presented with the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award by Jack Schlossberg and his mother, Caroline Kennedy, at a ceremony at the JFK Library, Sunday, May 4, 2025, in Boston. (Robert F. Bukaty/AP Photo)
Earlier this year, fellow New Yorker Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer appointed Schlossberg to the America 250 Commission, claiming there was «no better person to push back» on Trump’s «ego» dominating the celebrations.
Schlossberg has also been a vocal critic of his cousin, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who ran a failed presidential campaign last year before endorsing Trump and securing a cabinet position as secretary of Health and Human Services.
Schlossberg accused Trump of dismantling the Kennedy legacy and called RFK Jr. a «dangerous person» on MSNBC’s «Morning Joe» Wednesday.
While it’s clear that Schlossberg rejects Trump, his campaign priorities are not so obvious.

Jack Schlossberg, grandson of President John F. Kennedy, speaks during Day 2 of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Aug. 20, 2024. (Reuters)
In his campaign launch video, Schlossberg said he is running to replace the retiring Rep. Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., because New York’s 12th Congressional District «should have a representative who can harness the creativity, energy and drive» of the city and translate it into «political power and drive in Washington.»
His campaign website includes a short biography and donation links, but no policy proposals, only a list of «12 promises» to the district’s residents.
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«I’m a big believer that if you don’t have something else to say in the race, you shouldn’t really jump in,» Democratic commentator Kaivan Shroff, a 2016 Hillary Clinton campaign alum, told Fox News Digital. «It’s unclear because he doesn’t have that policy page.»
Fox News Digital reached out to Schlossberg for comment but did not immediately receive a response.
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