Harvard’s challenge to Trump administration could test limits of government power
- Harvard University has openly defied the Trump administration's demands regarding campus activism, marking a heightened conflict between the federal government and elite universities.
- The Trump administration announced a suspension of over $2.2 billion in federal funding to Harvard after the university rejected proposed conditions related to student and faculty viewpoints.
- Harvard President Alan Garber stated that the government's demands violate the school's First Amendment rights, emphasizing that no government should dictate university operations.
- Former President Barack Obama praised Harvard's decision as a stand for academic freedom against what he described as a government attempt to stifle it.
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