Trump puts pressure on Harvard and others to pay up
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Harvard University appeared in federal court Monday in a pivotal case in its battle with the Trump administration, as the storied institution argued the government illegally cut $2.6 billion in
Columbia University will pay over $220m (£162m) to the US government after allegedly violating Jewish student’s civil rights, it announced on Wednesday.
Federal officials pressuring Harvard University over allegations of mishandling antisemitism on campus considered an unprecedented tactic to force compliance: placing a lien on school property.
Columbia win has paved the way for Trump team to elecit hundreds of millions from other top schools, including Cornell, Brown, Duke and Northwestern
Ultimately, we win that case. And the bottom line is we’re not going to give any more money to Harvard,” President Trump said.
Harvard president Alan Garber, an economist and doctor, is battling the White House in court on behalf of all higher education.
New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart join Geoff Bennett to discuss the week in politics, including the debate over the Epstein files continues to cause a rift for Republicans,
The mounting need for reform is confronting demands from a powerful and illiberal government that is using real problems to justify interventions aimed at bringing the institutions under their control.
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