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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Politics
Al Jazeera Staff

Is Harvard Trump’s new target, after Columbia?

Graduating students hold a sign reading "There Are No Universities Left in Gaza" during the 373rd Commencement Exercises at Harvard University, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, US, May 23, 2024 [File: Brian Snyder/Reuters]

United States President Donald Trump’s administration will review billions of dollars in federal funding for Harvard University amid an ongoing crackdown on pro-Palestinian protests on US campuses.

This announcement comes amid similar negotiations between the Trump administration and Columbia University over $400m in federal funding for the New York-based Ivy League school. Columbia recently agreed to a series of demands from the administration in a bid to keep the funds flowing – but the US government has not confirmed whether it will restore the contracts and grants that it paused.

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