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HHS Recommends Funding Ban on Harvard Over Anti-Semitism

9/30/2025

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Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recommended barring Harvard University from federal funding over civil rights violations involving Jewish and Israeli students.
Harvard University has 20 days to respond to the referral.
The referral cites Harvard's indifference to anti-Semitic harassment.
A federal judge ruled the Trump administration's $3 billion funding cuts illegal; appeal planned.

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Story summary

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recommended barring Harvard University from federal funding over civil rights violations involving Jewish and Israeli students.
Harvard University has 20 days to respond to the referral.
The referral cites Harvard's indifference to anti-Semitic harassment.
A federal judge ruled the Trump administration's $3 billion funding cuts illegal; appeal planned.