F ederal pressure on Harvard University is entering a decisive new phase. On Monday, the Trump Administration announced it would block the country’s oldest university from receiving any new federal research grants, signaling a sharp escalation in its campaign to remake higher education and isolate institutions that resist.

Harvard University has responded to threats from the Education Department to halt grant funding to the Ivy League school

The dispute between the Trump administration and Harvard centers primarily on the university’s diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, commonly known as DEI programs. These institutional policies have become a focal point of disagreement between federal authorities and university leadership.

Why should the federal government exempt from taxes a university that, by its own account, has failed to defeat the antisemitism on its campus?

Brian Shortsleeve is seeking to become the next Republican governor of Massachusetts, a state that’s facing acute economic pressure from the White House’s cuts to federal funding for universities and scientific research.

In our news wrap Tuesday, the Trump administration is terminating another $450 million in grants to Harvard, inflation slowed for the third straight month even as some of Trump's tariffs took effect,

The university, like many colleges and charities, is exempt from federal income and property taxes, saving it billions of dollars. President Trump has questioned whether it should enjoy that status.