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Can Trump strip Harvard of its charitable status? Scholars of nonprofit law and accounting describe the obstacles in his way

President Donald Trump has repeatedly threatened to revoke Harvard University’s tax-exempt status, and some media outlets have reported that the Internal Revenue Service is taking steps in that direction.

The Conversation

Education Secretary Blasted as 'Illiterate' for Threatening Harvard With Letter Riddled With Grammatical Errors: 'Writes Like a 3rd Grader'

Education Secretary Linda McMahon is facing ridicule online for chastising Harvard University with a letter full of grammatical errors.

Latin Times

NY Times reporter filed HR complaint because editor threatened to ‘kill’ him over story length

Sources told The Independent that Times staffers were ‘baffled’ that reporter Rob Copeland filed an HR complaint because it was obvious that editor Ellen Pollock was joking about the so-called ‘death threat’

The Independent UK

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Harvard’s biggest donors have mixed feelings about the college’s standoff with Trump

Donors call Trump’s demands ‘overreaching and excessive’ even as they believe the college needs to take steps to address campus antisemitism

The Independent UK

University of Washington faces federal review after pro-Palestinian protest

Trump administration launches review after what it calls ‘recent incidents of antisemitic violence’ at school

The Guardian - US

Steven Pinker: Can Harvard Be Saved?

The Harvard psychologist discusses recent gains for free speech at Harvard, growing political and ideological threats to academic freedom, and the importance of shared knowledge in sustaining truth and progress.

Reason

A tax on college endowments began in Trump's first administration. It could soon rise

A tax on the endowments of America’s wealthiest colleges began during President Donald Trump’s first administration, collecting 1.4% of their investment earnings

The Independent UK

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‘The universities are the enemy’: why the right detests the American campus

For centuries, the academy was exclusive to the Christian elite. When that began to change, an onslaught began

The Guardian - US

Trump Administration Freezes Future Federal Research Grants To Harvard

The freeze, which is expected to impact over $1 billion annually, will target research grants and will not affect Pell Grants or student loan funding.

International Business Times

First Thing: Trump blocks grant funding for Harvard until it meets government demands

University told by education secretary research grants ‘will not be provided.’ Plus, 45% of Americans say third world war likely in five to 10 years

The Guardian - UK

US and China to hold tariff talks in Switzerland this weekend, treasury chief says – as it happened

Scott Bessent admits tariff war 'isn’t sustainable’ and says he will meet Chinese counterparts on Saturday and Sunday

The Guardian - US

Trump administration bars Harvard from future research grants

US Education Department Secretary McMahon halts funding in escalation of dispute centred around anti-Semitism claims.

Al Jazeera

Trump blocks grant funding for Harvard until it meets president’s demands

University told by education secretary Linda McMahon research grants and other aid ‘will not be provided’

The Guardian - US

Trump administration says Harvard will receive no new grants until it meets White House demands

Harvard University will receive no new federal grants until it meets a series of demands from President Donald Trump’s administration, the Education Department announced Monday

The Independent UK

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Fortune

Medical researchers baffled by Trump administration's stop work order on system that makes clinical trials more efficient

“We had taken 15 years to build what was destroyed with a single email, halting vital research across the country.”

Al Jazeera

‘Scientific asylum’: How Europe is luring US researchers amid Trump fears

The EU is expected to lure US researchers looking to relocate in the wake of Trump’s attacks on universities.

The Guardian - US

Zbig: a bracing life of Carter’s abrasive national security adviser

Zbigniew Brzezinski, the Polish-born rival of Kissinger, is the subject of a highly readable biography by Edward Luce

Kiplinger

The IRS is in chaos

DOGE, departures, data agreements and more are creating havoc at the IRS.

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Al Jazeera

Donald Trump renews threats against Harvard University’s tax exempt status

Democrats have called for an investigation into whether the president is pressuring the IRS to strip Harvard’s status.

The Guardian - US

Trump repeats legally dubious threat to ‘take away’ Harvard’s tax-exempt status

Federal law prohibits president from directing or influencing the IRS to investigate or audit an organization

Reason

I Don't Mean to Brag, but I Didn't Go to Harvard

Harvard continues to beclown itself.

The Guardian - US

The way universities can survive the Trump era? Band together in an alliance

Nato for higher education – a mutual defense pact is a long-shot approach, but it might just convince the bully in the White House to back off

The Guardian - US

Extremist blogger to debate Harvard professor at unsanctioned campus event

Event between Curtis Yarvin, a favorite of Vance, and Danielle Allen put on by far-right publishing house

Latin Times

Recent Trump Flubs Spark Concerns of 'Cognitive Decline' Online

A series of gaffes by Trump has sparked concern regarding his mental acuity, with some questioning whether the 78-year-old is experiencing cognitive decline.

The Independent UK

Harvard faculty members pledge 10% of their earnings to support the fight against Trump

‘These financial consequences are halting research, limiting graduate student enrollment, and stopping hiring of both faculty and staff,’ faculty writes in open letter

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