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Trump Strikes Deal with Harvard, Ends Funding Dispute
10/1/2025
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- President Donald Trump announced a deal with Harvard University on September 30, 2025, ending a funding dispute, confirmed by Education Secretary Linda McMahon, related to a child-cancer health initiative.
- Trump had aimed to eliminate DEI initiatives and threaten federal funding cuts to universities.
- He framed anti-Israel campus speech as tied to anti-Semitism and Hamas rhetoric.
