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WASHINGTON — The Trump administration announced Tuesday it was cancelling another $450 million in grants to Harvard University after the Ivy League school “repeatedly failed” to quell race discrimination and antisemitism on campus.
“There is a dark problem on Harvard’s campus, and by prioritizing appeasement over accountability, institutional leaders have forfeited the school’s claim to taxpayer support,” members of Trump’s Joint Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism said in a statement.
“Harvard, and its leadership group who are tainted by the egregious infractions under its watch, faces a steep, uphill battle to reclaim its legacy as a lawful institution and center of academic excellence.”
The cuts are coming from at least eight different federal agencies.
The move comes after the task force — which comprises the Departments of Education, Health and Human Services as well as the General Services Administration — terminated $2.2 billion in grants last week.
Reps for Harvard University did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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