President Donald J. Trump’s administration froze $790 million in federal funding to Northwestern University, White House officials confirmed to the Tribune on Wednesday morning. A White House spokesman pointed to a social media post by Pat Ward, senior White House editorial producer at Fox News Channel, explaining the cuts. “The money was frozen in connection with several ongoing, credible, and concerning Title VI investigations,” Ward wrote in his post on X, formerly known as Twitter. The Evanston-based research institution learned from media outlets on Tuesday that a “significant portion” of its federal funding would be frozen but had not officially...