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Trump Administration Live Updates: President Threatens Harvard’s Tax Status, Escalating Funding Dispute

Trump Administration Live Updates: President Threatens Harvard’s Tax Status, Escalating Funding Dispute
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Yesterday, 19:03

Harvard dispute: President Trump threatened Harvard’s tax status in a post on social media, escalating a showdown between the federal government and the nation’s wealthiest university. Mr. Trump’s post came a day after the Trump administration said it would freeze $2.2 billion in grants to Harvard, which is refusing demands that it make changes to policies and programs.
Trade deals: Vice President JD Vance predicted that President Trump would make a trade deal with Britain, a country “he really loves,” a comforting sign for a British government that was stung to be placed under a 10 percent tariff by Mr. Trump. Mr. Vance said the White House was working closely with Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain and his government. Read more ›
Deportation effort: A federal judge in Boston temporarily blocked the Trump administration on Monday from ending a signature Biden-era program that allowed hundreds of thousands of migrants from four troubled countries to enter the country and work legally. The judge said the program’s termination put thousands of immigrants at imminent risk of deportation hearings.