The Trump administration is probing Harvard University over its chronic problems with antisemitism, threatening nearly $9 billion in grants.
The Trump administration announced Monday that it is probing Harvard University over its chronic problems with antisemitism, placing nearly $9 billion in federal grants at risk at the nation’s most elite academic institution.
Harvard’s campus has become increasingly hostile to Jews in recent years, as radical anti-Israel activists have become ubiquitous — especially since the Hamas terror attack of October 7, 2023, which dozens of student groups blamed on Israel.
The university has struggled to respond. Former Harvard president Claudine Gay could not even commit to Congress that the university would take action if there were calls for the genocide of Jews on campus. She resigned weeks later.
Three separate federal departments announced a joint investigation of Harvard in a press statement on Monday:
Today, the Departments of Education (ED), Health and Human Services (HHS), and the U.
