The White House is directing federal agencies to cancel all remaining contracts with Harvard University—about $100 million in all, two senior Trump administration officials told CNN—the latest barb against the school as it refuses to bend to the White House’s barrage of policy demands amid a broader politically charged assault on US colleges.
“We recommend that your agency terminate for convenience each contract that it determines has failed to meet its standards,” reads a recent letter to procurement executives from General Services Administration official Josh Gruenbaum, who also signed an April letter to Harvard with a series of demands on governance and curriculum the school rejected.
The New York Times first reported the latest planned cuts, which come on top of $2.65 billion in recent federal cuts to Harvard. The White House announced nearly two months ago it was reviewing about $9 billion in contracts and grant commitments the government had pledged to pay to Harvard over several years.
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