Harvard University, Trump and federal agencies
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Trump, Harvard and international students
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Harvard President Alan Garber said the federal funding cuts the Trump administration has ordered for the university do little to advance Donald Trump’s purported goal of fighting antisemitism, calling the approach “perplexing.
The administration is instructing federal agencies to "seek alternative vendors for future services where you had previously considered Harvard."
President Donald Trump has again trained his ire on Harvard University, accusing the school Monday of “judge shopping” in its legal battle with the White House and threatening to cut off $3 billion in federal grant funding over its handling of anti-Israel protests.
The Trump administration halted Harvard’s ability to enroll international students. President Donald Trump celebrated a big win after the House passed his budget bill. What to know: The bill narrowly passed yesterday — see how your lawmaker voted here. It prompted an investor backlash and has put Republican senators in a bind.
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The more Donald Trump tries to punish Harvard, the more people who have nothing to do with the university will feel the effects of his offensive.
That sense of uncertainty hit many international students last Thursday, when the US Department of Homeland Security moved to ban them from attending Harvard. The plan — temporarily blocked by a court order a day later — marked a serious escalation in a months-long battle between President Donald Trump’s administration and the Ivy League college.
The Trump administration’s recent decision to bar international students from attending Harvard University was less a policy decision than an act of war. The White House had hoped its opening salvo against the nation’s oldest university would yield the kind of immediate capitulation offered by Columbia University.
Former Harvard president Larry Summers says a ban on foreign students would cause damage not just to the university but to the US’s image globally.