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Harvard sues Trump administration over efforts to ‘gain control of academic decision-making’

University fights back against threats to cut about $9bn in funding for school after it refused to comply with demands

The Guardian - US

The Trump-Harvard showdown is the latest front in a long conservative war against academia

President’s attack on universities echoes efforts by Reagan and McCarthy – but experts say ‘we’re seeing much worse’

The Guardian - US

The showdown between Harvard and the White House – day by day

After months of pressure to defend itself, Harvard rejected demands from the Trump administration

The Guardian - US

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If Harvard, armor-plated by history and padded with funds, can’t beat Trump, no one can

The awe-inspiring might of the government is pitted against the might of the revered US university: let the fight begin

The Guardian - US

Trump official threatens Harvard foreign student admissions as more universities rally in support

Kristi Noem demands university’s records on foreign students’ ‘illegal’ activities while president threatens to strip it of tax-exempt status

The Guardian - US

Harvard knows: Complicity won't save you

Columbia learned the hard way: Complicity will not save you

Salon

'Salute Harvard': Democrats, X Users Back University In Standoff With Trump Over Campus Activism

Some Democratic leaders and X users congratulated Harvard University after it defied the Trump White House's demands regarding campus activism and other school-related policies even after the federal government froze $2.2 billion in grants.

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Harvard's defiance of Trump's 'authoritarian incursion' supported by over 80 past and present college and university presidents

Harvard president Alan Garber refused demands made by the Trump admin, which said it will freeze more than $2 billion in grants in response.

Fortune

How Harvard’s pushback against Trump may embolden more US resistance

It may be a turning point in the White House’s attempt to gut allegedly liberal universities and punish law firms

The Guardian - US

Obama applauds Harvard for rejecting Trump administration’s ‘ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom’

Obama said the Ivy League university has set an example for other higher education institutions and hopes they ‘follow suit’

The Independent UK

Harvard’s $2.3bn gamble: What Trump demanded; how the university resisted

A month after Columbia buckled to Trump’s demands, Harvard says it won’t accept them. Here’s how the battle unfolded.

Al Jazeera

Trump administration to freeze €1.9bn in grants to Harvard University

The move came shortly after the Ivy League institution refused to accept a sweep of demands made by the federal government.

Euronews

Harvard University defies Trump’s demands, faces $2.3bn in funding cuts

The Ivy League school becomes first US university to defy Trump administration’s demands after campus protests.

Al Jazeera

Trump officials cut billions in Harvard funds after university defies demands

Education department says $2.3bn in funds to be frozen after university rejects slew of demands as political ploy

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The Independent UK

How Harvard became the first university to push back against Trump’s campus crackdown

ANALYSIS: Harvard has become the first of six Ivy League schools to formally oppose the Trump administration’s demands. Josh Marcus reports

International Business Times

Harvard Sees $2.2 Billion In Funding Frozen After Defying Trump

Elite US university Harvard was hit with a $2.2 billion freeze in federal funding Monday after rejecting a list of sweeping demands that the White House said was intended to crack down on campus anti-Semitism.

Salon

Harvard rejects Trump DOE demands

Harvard President Alan Garber hit back at the Trump administration in a fiery letter

The Independent UK

Trump administration slashes $2.2bn in federal money from Harvard after it refuses president’s ‘dictates’

‘The university will not surrender its independence or relinquish its constitutional rights,’ said a letter from Harvard’s lawyers.’ No private university ‘can allow itself to be taken over by the federal government’

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The Independent UK

Harvard defies Trump's demands and risks $9B in federal funding

Harvard University says it won't comply with a list of demands from the Trump administration as a condition for it to received almost $9 billion in funding

The Guardian - US

Harvard says it will not ‘yield’ to Trump demands over $9bn in funding cuts

In a message, the university’s president said it will not ‘surrender its independence’ amid crackdown on education

The Guardian - US

Harvard faculty organize amid anxiety university will capitulate to Trump

Harvard weighs costs of standing up to president as other elite schools, such as Princeton, signal they won’t concede

Al Jazeera

Is Harvard Trump’s new target, after Columbia?

Harvard President Garber has said lifesaving research is at stake amid Trump’s review of $9bn federal funding.

The Guardian - US

Two leaders of Harvard’s Middle Eastern studies center to step down

Departures of Cemal Kafadar and Rosie Bsheer are seen by critics as ‘shameful attempt’ by school to appease Trump

The Independent UK

Harvard looks to combat antisemitism, anti-Muslim bias after protests over war in Gaza

Two task forces charged with proposing ways to combat anti-Muslim, anti-Arab and antisemitism at Harvard University have delivered their preliminary recommendations to the school’s interim president

Al Jazeera

The Harvard graduating students denied their degrees over Palestine protest

The decision by Harvard University to delay degrees for 13 students for one year has caused outrage.

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