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Trump Threatens Harvard’s Tax-Exempt Status After School’s Rebuke

  • President Trump suggested that Harvard University should lose its tax-exempt status after his administration froze $2.2 billion in federal grants due to the university's refusal to comply with demands for policy changes.
  • Harvard President Alan Garber stated that the government's demands represent overreach and expressed defiance against the threats of funding cuts.
  • Trump claimed that Harvard's tax-exempt status is contingent on the university acting in the public interest and criticized its current policies.
  • Garber emphasized that no government should dictate the academic freedom of private universities, a stance supported by Democrats.
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IRS making plans to rescind Harvard’s tax-exempt status

The Internal Revenue Service is making plans to rescind the tax-exempt status of Harvard University, according to two sources familiar with the matter, which would be an extraordinary step of retaliation as the Trump administration seeks to turn up pressure on the university that has defied its demands to change its hiring and other practices.

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