Trump closes in on cutting government ties with Harvard
President Trump is pulling out all the stops in his battle against Harvard University, effectively terminating the federal government’s relationship with the country’s oldest and richest university.
Trump has ordered all federal agencies to end their contracts with Harvard, a move that comes after the school filed two lawsuits against his administration, one over funding and the second regarding its ability to enroll international students.
The showdown keeps expanding, and neither side is showing any sign of giving ground.
The fight with Harvard has escalated to a point where some are asking what more Trump can take away from the university.
“It has been a real onslaught of moves from the Trump administration to attack Harvard's finances and sustainability over the past couple of weeks, and it's been a real throw spaghetti at the wall situation,” said Katharine Meyer, a fellow in the Brown Center on Education........
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