TRUMP ADMIN REVIEWS $9 BILLION IN HARVARD FUNDING – Amid campus antisemitism crackdown

The Trump administration is reviewing $9 billion in federal contracts and grants awarded to Harvard University, as part of a crackdown on antisemitism on college campuses.

The Departments of Education, Health and Human Services and the US General Services Administration said in a written statement that $255.6 million in contracts between Harvard, its affiliates and the federal government were being reviewed, along with $8.7 billion in multi-year grant commitments.

The investigation is the latest move by the Trump administration to pressure American universities to change their policies on a number of issues at the heart of culture wars that have beset the US in recent years.

Supporters of Trump’s efforts say it is a long-needed check on extremism at US colleges.

“If this funding is stopped, it will halt life-saving research and imperil important scientific research and innovation,” Alan Garber, the president of Harvard, said in a written statement.

Garber said that antisemitism “is present on our campus” and that he had experienced it himself, even as the university president.