Harvard University has openly defied the Trump administration’s demands to combat anti-Semitism on campus. The Ivy League school publicly rejected the government’s directives on Monday.
In response, a government task force on education announced $2.2 billion in federal funds to the school would be frozen.
The Trump administration had threatened to cut nearly $9 billion in federal funding to the university. This funding supports Harvard’s research and operations, a significant portion of its budget, as reported by Axios.

Harvard’s refusal comes amid President Trump’s crackdown on elite universities. The administration has targeted schools it accuses of failing to address rampant an …