US agency drops bid to force Penn to provide list of Jews in antisemitism probe

The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on Thursday abandoned efforts to force the University of Pennsylvania to turn over names and contact information for Jewish faculty and students, backing away from a legal dispute that had become a flashpoint in the Trump administration's antisemitism investigation of the Ivy League school.The agency told a federal appeals court that it would drop a subpoena issued last year and that Penn in turn would end its appeal of a judge's ruling requiring compliance.Withdrawing the subpoena does not mean the commission has dropped its broader investigation into Penn, and the agency could still take legal action against the school.The investigation is part of broader efforts by Republican President Donald Trump's administration to target schools and universities that it claims promote "woke" ideologies, including criticism of Israel and support for transgender rights.Penn said in a statement that none of the personal contact information sought by…