Harvard loses federal funds for research subsidies
The Steamboat Blankley Institute, Amber Duke, joins Fox & Friends first ‘to discuss Harvard losing its federal subsidy funds and how the institution has responded to the move.
The Harvard University presented on Tuesday an update of its demand against the Trump administration after another $ 450 million of research funds were reduced.
The Ivy League school modified the demand hours after the Federal Government’s work force to combat anti -Semitism announced that eight federal agencies were finishing approximately $ 450 million in subsidies on what is “on the stage like Harvard.
“Harvard University has not been able to repeatedly face the discrimination of generalized careers and the anti -Semitic harassment that affects its campus,” said the working group in a statement.
The last freezing in addition to the already frozen $ 2.2 billion in funds for the University and threats of the Trump administration to revoke its tax -free status.
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Harvard banners hang outside the Memorial Church on the Harvard University campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts. (Photo by Michael Fein/Bloomberg through Getty Images)
Harvard filed the initial demand in April to block the initial freezing of $ 2.2 billion.
In his amended demand, Harvard said that much of the financing that was initially frozen now has finished his leg, equipped without hope or restoration.
A letter from May 6 of the National Institute of Health notified Harvard that subsidies were being reduced in accusations of anti -Semitism of the campus. He said that subsidies are generally suspended awaiting the opportunity to take corrective measures, but “there is no corrective action possible here,” according to the demand.
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Harvard then received similar letters from the Department of Defense, Department of Energy, Department of Agriculture and other agencies, according to the demand. You are looking to have those cuts in deception.
People walk through the door in Harvard Yard on Harvard University campus on June 29, 2023 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. (Getty images)
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As the school faces Financing Challenges of the Trump administration, Harvard University President Alan Garber, agreed to voluntarily take a 25% reduction in the payment for the 2025-26 school year. Other leaders of the institution are also making their own voluntary contributions, said a spokesman from Harvard University to Fox News on Wednesday.
Greg Wehner of Fox News Digital and Kitty Le Claire, along with Associated Press, contributed to this report.
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