Good morning. It’s Tuesday, and I’m checking out the Daily Trojan’s new music guessing game. Onto the five USC, Los Angeles, and California stories you need to know for today.

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The Department of Education warned 60 colleges, including USC, that they stand to lose federal funding if they fail to protect Jewish students on campus. The extent of the department’s civil rights investigation at USC wasn’t immediately clear, but the pointed warning adds additional pressure on the university already facing a separate antisemitism probe.

Karina Tsui and Elizabeth Wolfe / CNN

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A federal judge at least temporarily blocked the deportation of a pro-Palestinian activist at Columbia University. The legal battle over the green card holder’s detention, which advocates have called unconstitutional, is expected to serve as a litmus test for the Trump administration’s pledge to deport protesters en masse at schools like USC.

Minho Kim / The New York Times

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You’re likely too buried in your midterms to care, but: Next semester’s family weekend will run Nov. 6-9, which is more than a month later than the event’s typical September date. The weekend will align with the football game versus Northwestern University.

Sebastian Soto / Annenberg Media

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Katie Porter, Orange County’s firebrand former congresswoman, announced that she’s running for California governor. Porter joins a 2026 field already crowded with some of the state’s most prominent Democrats, though she is now arguably the candidate with the most name recognition. All eyes are on Kamala Harris, though.

Melanie Mason / Politico

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It’s long been a point of contention: The University of South Carolina often goes by the same acronym as our dear university, leading to something of a rivalry. Now, though, the women’s basketball team will have a chance to settle the competition in a novel non-conference matchup dubbed “The Real SC” at Crypto Arena later this year.

Kendra Andrews / ESPN