The president will freeze $3.5 billion in funds because the Ivy League university refused to comply with his demands. The school says the alternative was unthinkable.
Students on the Harvard University campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The university’s refusal to bow to Trump demands has plunged it into one of the gravest confrontations in its history. Bloomberg
Late last week, officials at Harvard University were trying to decipher what the Trump administration wanted the school to do to combat antisemitism.
The government had made some straightforward demands, such as requiring the school to ban masks, which are often favoured by protesters.
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