WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration is ramping up negotiations with Harvard University and expects a deal by the end of June to resolve the White House’s campaign against the country’s oldest and richest university, the Washington Post reported on Tuesday. On Friday, Trump said a deal could be announced “over the next week […]
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Trump administration expects deal with Harvard by end-June, Washington Post reports
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration is ramping up negotiations with Harvard University and expects a deal by the end of June to resolve the White House’s campaign against the country’s oldest and richest university, the Washington Post reported on Tuesday.
On Friday, Trump said a deal could be announced “over the next week or so” to end a months-long battle with the Ivy League school, which sued after the administration terminated billions of dollars in grants and moved to bar the school from admitting international students.
(Reporting by Kanishka Singh and Ismail Shakil; Editing by Tom Hogue)