"President Donald Trump has demanded Harvard University pay the federal government $1 billion, escalating a high profile, almost year-long fight over alleged campus antisemitism. The demand, posted on Truth Social late Monday night, comes as Harvard is locked in negotiations with the Trump administration and landed just six hours after The New York Times reported that the federal government had backed off demands for a financial penalty."
"The Trump administration had reportedly sought up to $200 million from Harvard, which has resisted settling with the federal government as some Ivy league peers and other institutions have done. While others reached agreements, Harvard took Trump to court and won, so far fending off efforts to strip its federal research funding and restrict its ability to host international students, among other attacks."
""Strongly Antisemitic Harvard University has been feeding a lot of "nonsense" to The Failing New York Times. Harvard has been, for a long time, behaving very badly!," Trump wrote online. The president claimed that Harvard "wanted to do a convoluted job training concept" in lieu of a monetary settlement but that proposal "was turned down" and "wholly inadequate." He added a financial penalty was needed due to "serious and heinous illegalities that they have committed.""
President Donald Trump demanded Harvard University pay the federal government $1 billion and said he wanted no future relationship with the institution. The demand was posted on Truth Social after reports that the federal government had softened its financial-penalty demands; the administration had reportedly sought up to $200 million. Harvard resisted settling like some Ivy League peers, sued and won, preserving federal research funding and its ability to host international students. Trump labeled Harvard "Strongly Antisemitic," accused it of "serious and heinous illegalities," rejected a proposed "convoluted job training concept" as inadequate, and repeated the $1 billion damages demand.
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