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Latest Chapter In Trump vs. Harvard: Federal Research Grants Revoked
The President has made demands to many high-profile institutions to reportedly combat antisemitism.
CAMBRIDGE, MA — President Donald Trump’s administration announced its intention to cut off all federal research grants to Harvard University for the foreseeable future, according to a report from CNN.
The action is the latest development in an ideological battle between the President and the University, where Trump supplied Harvard with a comply with his list of demands.
Education Secretary Linda McMahon wrote a letter to Harvard President Alan Garber in which she attributed the University’s ineligibility to its “consistent violations.”
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Garber quickly responded to McMahon, showing no intentions to comply despite the latest action taken against them. Less than one week ago, Trump threatened to revoke Harvard’s tax-exempt status after withholding $2.2 billion in multi-year federal grants and contracts.
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