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Trump Administration Freezes $2.2 Billion in Grants to Harvard, Citing DEI and Protests

HeadlineApr 15, 2025

The Trump administration said it’s freezing $2.2 billion in federal grants and $60 million in contracts to Harvard University, after the Ivy League institution defied Trump’s order to eliminate all DEI initiatives and further crack down on Palestinian rights protests, including reporting international students to federal authorities. Harvard President Alan Garber wrote in a letter to the school community Monday, “The University will not surrender its independence or relinquish its constitutional rights. … No government — regardless of which party is in power — should dictate what private universities can teach, whom they can admit and hire, and which areas of study and inquiry they can pursue.”

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