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The U.S. Department of Education announced the Trump administration's Joint Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism has launched an investigation into potential anti-Semitism on Harvard's campus.
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Princeton University said on Tuesday the U.S. government froze several dozen research grants to the school, which became the latest academic institution targeted by the Trump administration in a crack...
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A federal antisemitism task force is reviewing more than $255 million in contracts between Harvard and the federal government to make sure the school is following civil rights laws, the Administratio...

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