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Harvard amps up federal lobbying spending as Trump admin attacks intensify
Harvard University amped up its federal lobbying spending during the first few months of 2025 — the most in nearly 20 years.
Harvard Argues Cutting Off Its Government Funding Is Wasteful
Harvard officials, in a new court filing on Monday, detailed the extent of cuts that the Trump administration had made to a ...
What cheers at Harvard and boos at Columbia reveal about Trump’s campus war
When Harvard President Alan Garber took the stage at commencement, he was met with cheers. Days earlier, Columbia acting ...
Trump takes control of media cycle with travel ban, Harvard visa restriction, Biden investigation policy spree
President Donald Trump signed three presidential orders Wednesday evening restricting international travel, targeting foreign ...
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Two experts explain what it would take for the federal government to revoke a university’s tax-exempt status.
The Conversation U.S. asked Philip Hackney, a nonprofit law professor who previously worked in the office of the chief ...
Harvard commencement speaker decries Trump administration's 'draconian government measures'
Stanford professor Abraham Verghese attacked the Trump administration during his speech to Harvard graduates, calling the ...
'How can you give Harvard this authority?': Linda McMahon, Sen Kennedy clash at Senate panel hearing
During a fiery Senate hearing, Senator John Kennedy clashed with Education Secretary Linda McMahon over Harvard University’s ...
Defense Official Warned Pentagon of ‘Grave Risk’ to National Security Over Harvard Cuts
A Pentagon director pleaded with Defense Department chiefs to save a Harvard-led project designed to boost warfighting. The ...