Trump’s fight with higher education reaches a tipping point with Harvard defiance
- Trump announced a freeze of $2.2 billion in federal grants to Harvard over its refusal to comply with government demands that it change campus policies.
- Ronny Chieng mocked MSNBC host Lawrence O'Donnell for boasting about being a Harvard graduate, stating it is worse when people act embarrassed about it.
- Rep. Seth Moulton acknowledged that while there is progress needed on antisemitism at Harvard, a government should not dictate educational content or hiring decisions.
- Moulton criticized the current administration's actions as authoritarian and anti-American, likening them to a fascist or Communist regime.
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