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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Jem Bartholomew

First Thing: Trump blocks grant funding for Harvard until it meets government demands

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A protest last month against government interference at Harvard. Photograph: Nicholas Pfosi/Reuters

Good morning.

The Department of Education told Harvard University yesterday that it was ending billions of dollars in research grants and other aid unless the school acceded to a list of demands from the Trump administration that would effectively cede control of the nation’s oldest and wealthiest university to the government.

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