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Trump Administration Freezes $790 Million in Federal Funding

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President Alan Garber said if the funding were revoked, it would “halt life-saving research and imperil important scientific research and innovation.”
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Northwestern University reported that on Tuesday evening, media members told the school of the Donald Trump administration’s intention to freeze a substantial amount of its federal funding.
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Human rights advocates have raised free speech and academic freedom concerns over the crackdown by the Trump administration.
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Trump administration demands changes in letter to Harvard University as review of federal funding is underway
Harvard University received a letter from a federal task force Thursday outlining policy demands tied to nearly $9 billion in federal funding, a university spokesperson told CNN.
Trump Administration Lays Out Demands to Harvard to Keep Federal Funding
The White House list includes changes to governance, leadership and classroom teachings. The government also plans to freeze money for Brown University.
Trump Administration Sends Harvard a List of Demands to Protect Federal Funds
The list was similar to one sent to Columbia University last month after the government canceled $400 million to the school. Harvard may have $9 billion on the line.
Northwestern prepares for Trump Administration to freeze $790 million in funding
Northwestern University reported that on Tuesday evening, media members told the school of the Donald Trump administration’s intention to freeze a substantial amount of its federal funding.
Trump Administration Freezes $790 Million in Federal Funding to Northwestern University
In a sweeping move that signals an unprecedented intervention in higher education, the Trump administration has frozen $790 million in federal funding to Northwestern University, marking one of the largest financial penalties ever imposed on an American academic institution.
Northwestern facing $790 million federal funding freeze
The Trump administration has frozen nearly $790 million in federal funding for Northwestern University amid a federal investigation into the school.
US freezes funding for Cornell, Northwestern University in latest crackdown
The Trump administration has frozen over $1 billion in funding for Cornell University and $790 million for Northwestern University while it investigates both schools over civil rights violations, a U.
Trump Administration Freezes $1 Billion for Cornell and $790 Million for Northwestern, Officials Say
The moves are the latest in a campaign against elite universities that has resulted in more than $3.3 billion in federal funds being suspended or canceled.
Professors, students say NU funding freeze could have worldwide impact
Northwestern University now joins a growing list of colleges across the country to have its federal funding frozen by the Trump administration.
Harvard to borrow $750 million from Wall Street following Trump's federal funding threats
In a letter last week, the government listed conditions that Harvard must meet to receive federal money, including a ban on protesters wearing masks.
Harvard Seeks $750M Amid Federal Funding Threat Over Anti-Semitism Protests
Harvard's borrowing plan follows a similar move by Princeton University, which announced on April 1 that it may issue about US$320 million in taxable bonds later this month. Princeton also revealed that the US government had frozen several research grants.
Harvard gets list of White House demands to keep federal funding
Harvard University must eliminate its diversity, equity and inclusion or DEI program and ban masked protesters from campus demonstrations, if the school wants to keep its federal funding, the White House confirmed.
Harvard turns to borrowing bonds amid federal funding uncertainty
Harvard University is offering $750 million in taxable bonds this year to fill the gap in case the Trump administration pulls its federal funding. This is the second time this year that the Ivy League school has issued bonds, bringing its total offering to $1.2 billion. Harvard stands to lose $9 billion in federal funding.
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Trump Demands Harvard Eradicate DEI to Preserve Its Federal Funding
It’s a similar playbook to the letter of provisions that the government sent to Columbia University. This time, though, the asks were more vague.
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Trump Administration Conditions Harvard’s Funding on Eliminating DEI, Restricting Protests
The Trump administration demanded that Harvard eliminate diversity, equity, and inclusion programming, ban masks at protests, and agree to cooperate with the Department of Homeland Security to avoid cuts to its federal funding.
Harvard says it will work with federal antisemitism task force amid threat of funding loss
Harvard President Alan Garber says his university will work with the federal antisemitism task force after it launched a review of the school. On Monday, the task force announced it will be
US to freeze Brown University grants, calls for restrictions at Harvard
The U.S. government plans to freeze grants to Brown University and separately set conditions that Harvard University must meet - including a mask ban and removal of diversity, equity and inclusion programs - to receive federal money.
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