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Trump admin renews effort to exclude Harvard from billions in federal research grants

The Trump administration initiated a debarment process against Harvard University that could block billions in federal grant money over antisemitism allegations. Read More

Trump administration places new restrictions on Harvard, citing financial concerns

President Donald Trump's administration escalated its campaign against Harvard University on Friday, placing new restrictions on the Ivy ... Read More

Trump administration moves to further strip federal funding from Harvard

The Trump administration is again attempting to land a financial blow to Harvard University amid a contentious, monthslong back-and-forth over federal funding and accusations of antisemitism. Read More

Trump wants to cancel more funding during the shutdown. Courts have hampered his earlier efforts

Congress has the constitutional power of the purse, but President Donald Trump’s robust assertion of executive authority is testing even that basic tenet of U.S. democracy. His administration has ... Read More

Trump says administration close to finalizing federal funding deal with Harvard University

Harvard University may pay $500 million under a deal with President Donald Trump's administration to restore billions in frozen federal funding. Read More

Trump’s UCLA deal: Pay us $1B+, and we can still cut your grants again

The eye-opening portion comes at the price tag: nearly $1.2 billion paid out, with UCLA covering all the costs of compliance. And, as written, the deal wouldn’t stop the Trump administration from ... Read More

Trump says his administration is close to reaching a deal with Harvard

President Trump said his administration was close to a deal with Harvard, which has been targeted with investigations and billions of dollars in funding cuts. Read More

Trump administration restores UCLA research grants following judge’s order

The restorations cap a remarkable turnaround for UCLA, which lost access to more than $500 million in research after Trump froze 800 science grants in July. Read More