President Trump and the Military
Today, we look at how Trump melds his politics with his role as head of the armed forces.
Harvard University
Trump offers top universities funds if they boost conservative ideas
Brown and MIT among nine schools told to back conservative views or risk losing federal support, sparking free speech fearsDonald Trump is offering nine top universities a deal in which they would agree to advance conservative ideas on their campuses a…
Trump says $500m deal reached with Harvard to settle dispute
US president says ‘Linda is finishing up the details’ but not clear whether university ready to announce agreementUS politics – latest updatesDonald Trump said on Tuesday that his administration had reached a deal with Harvard and that the school would…
Trump unlawfully cancelled $2.2bn in Harvard research grants, judge rules
Decision marks major victory for school after White House accused it of not addressing harassment of Jewish studentsA federal judge on Wednesday ruled Donald Trump’s administration unlawfully terminated about $2.2bn in grants awarded to Harvard Univers…
White House vows to appeal after judge sides with Harvard and reverses billions in Trump cuts – as it happened
This blog is now closed. You can read our latest story hereAs part of the Trump administration’s campaign of mass deportations, the defense department will soon have hundreds of military judges work on immigration cases, the Associated Press reports:Th…
Trump says he wants ‘nothing less than $500m’ from Harvard as feud continues
‘Don’t negotiate with them, they’ve been very bad,’ Trump tells education secretary in cabinet meetingDonald Trump said on Tuesday that his administration “wants nothing less than $500m from Harvard” as a condition for restoring billions of dollars in …
‘Everyone is coming into fire’: students return to US campuses bruised and changed by Trump’s assault
The effects of a rightwing campaign to remake American higher education are fueling fear and anxiety, but advocates say they have plans to fight backStudents and faculty heading back to US colleges and universities from summer break are returning to br…
‘Censorship’: over 115 scholars condemn cancellation of Harvard journal issue on Palestine
In an open letter, writers denounced abrupt scrapping of a Harvard Educational Review issue dedicated to PalestineMore than 120 education scholars have condemned the cancellation of an entire issue of an academic journal dedicated to Palestine by a Har…
Trump administration threatens to strip Harvard University of lucrative patents
White House escalates offensive on Ivy League university by calling for review of federally funded researchThe latest phase of the Trump administration’s offensive against Harvard University is a comprehensive review of the university’s federally funde…
Harvard president reportedly says he is not considering $500m deal with Trump
Alan Garber told faculty a settlement with the White House is not imminent, according to Harvard’s student newspaperThe Harvard University president, Alan Garber, has told faculty a deal between the Ivy League institution and the Trump administration i…