The Trump administration announces a new wave of financial penalties against Harvard University, cutting an additional $450 million in federal grants following allegations that the institution has failed to address what officials describe as widespread anti-Semitism and racial discrimination on campus. The announcement intensifies a deepening standoff between the federal government and the Ivy League school, which is already facing a $2.2 billion freeze in previously approved federal funds.
In a joint statement issued Tuesday, the White House and the Joint Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism accuse Harvard of “systematic failure” in protecting Jewish students and confronting. . .