Since returning to office in January, President Donald Trump has made a major push to put America맥스카지노�s elite universities on notice over political ideology. But the groundwork for the White House맥스카지노�s stronger stance was laid more than a year earlier.Two months after Hamas맥스카지노� Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel sparked the Gaza war 맥스카지노� and protests at colleges over the siege and the U.S. ally맥스카지노�s retaliatory bombardment of the territory 맥스카지노� the then-president of Harvard University was asked in a congressional hearing whether 맥스카지노�calling for the genocide of Jews맥스카지노� would violate Harvard맥스카지노�s rules against bullying and harassment.맥스카지노�It can be, depending on the context,맥스카지노� Claudine Gay said in a response that slackened the jaws of many students and donors and deeply divided the campus and its alumni.Gay later apologized. But the backlash, plus a plagiarism scandal, ultimately led her to resign, with Jewish organizations agreeing the nation맥스카지노�s oldest, wealthiest and most prestigious university wasn맥스카지노�t taking antisemitism seriously enough. Harvard soon launched a task force on antisemitism that called for stronger action against 맥스카지노�harassment, abuse and intimidation맥스카지노� and more consistent discipline for violators. Since then, the school says it has tightened its ban on encampments and other protests that disrupt student activities, made 맥스카지노�doxing맥스카지노� a violation of its anti-harassment and anti-bullying rules and expanded 맥스카지노�inclusion and belonging efforts맥스카지노� to include Jewish students.Still, the Trump administration맥스카지노�s claims of campus antisemitism continue to dog Harvard, with the White House this month making sweeping new policy demands of its leaders while threatening billions of dollars in federal funding. The Anti-Defamation League and Harvard맥스카지노�s Hillel chapter have expressed appreciation for the administration맥스카지노�s focus on antisemitism but also decried funding cuts as overreach with the potential to harm Jewish students.While such pressure has yielded changes at other American universities, Harvard has refused to comply and is now the first institution to sue the Republican administration over it, claiming it violated federal procedures and the First Amendment.Here맥스카지노�s a timeline of key events in the Harvard dispute:Jan. 29: Days into his second term, Trump signs an executive order calling for tougher enforcement of government efforts against antisemitism. Since the Oct. 7, 2023, attack, 맥스카지노�Jewish students have faced an unrelenting barrage of discrimination; denial of access to campus common areas and facilities, including libraries and classrooms; and intimidation, harassment, and physical threats and assault,맥스카지노� the order says.No specific universities are mentioned, but top administration officials are told to recommend how higher education institutions should 맥스카지노�monitor for and report activities by alien students and staff맥스카지노� and how the government 맥스카지노�if warranted, (take) actions to remove such aliens맥스카지노� under federal legal authority that covers any foreigner who 맥스카지노�endorses or espouses terrorist activity.맥스카지노�The administration will cite the executive order repeatedly in pressuring Harvard to change its policies and separately will use claims of participation in pro-Palestinian protests or other claims without evidence to move to deport or revoke the visas of foreign scholars.Feb. 3: The Department of Justice announces the creation of a multiagency Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism led by Leo Terrell, a lawyer and former talk radio host who, upon his appointment by Trump as an assistant attorney general for civil rights in the Department of Justice, retweeted an X post calling him 맥스카지노�HARVARD맥스카지노�S WORST NIGHTMARE.맥스카지노�Feb. 27: The Department of Justice맥스카지노�s Civil Rights Division sends a letter to Harvard President Alan Garber demanding a meeting within 30 days with 맥스카지노�relevant administrators, faculty, staff members, and any on-campus Jewish stakeholder groups맥스카지노� relative to Trump맥스카지노�s executive order on curbing antisemitism.맥스카지노�(W)e write to notify you that we are aware of allegations that your institution may have failed to protect Jewish students and faculty members from unlawful discrimination, in potential violation of statutes that we enforce,맥스카지노� says the letter signed by Terrell.Feb. 28: The Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism announces it will visit 10 university campuses to 맥스카지노�meet with university leadership, impacted students and staff, local law enforcement, and community members.맥스카지노� Harvard is among them.March 8: 맥스카지노�We맥스카지노�re going to bankrupt these universities. We맥스카지노�re going to take away every single federal dollar,맥스카지노� Terrell tells Fox News regarding institutions he accuses of permitting antisemitism, adding, 맥스카지노�If these universities do not play ball, lawyer up, because the federal government is coming after you.맥스카지노�March 10: Harvard is included in a list of 60 schools receiving letters from the Department of Education맥스카지노�s Office for Civil Rights, advising them they are under investigation for potential Civil Rights Act violations 맥스카지노�relating to antisemitic harassment and discrimination.맥스카지노�맥스카지노�U.S. colleges and universities benefit from enormous public investments funded by U.S. taxpayers,맥스카지노� Education Secretary Linda McMahon says in a statement. 맥스카지노�That support is a privilege, and it is contingent on scrupulous adherence to federal antidiscrimination laws.맥스카지노�March 31: The General Services Administration notifies Harvard it is conducting an official review 맥스카지노�of all Federal contracts and grants,맥스카지노� with 맥스카지노�greater than $8.7 billion of multi-year grant commitments맥스카지노� to be reviewed, according to a memo and an email from an agency commissioner, Josh Gruenbaum. 맥스카지노�The Federal Government reserves the right to terminate for convenience any contracts it has with your institution at any time during the period of performance,맥스카지노� the memo says.April 1: Trump speaks favorably of the idea of cutting off all federal funding to Harvard, The New York Times later reported. 맥스카지노�Wouldn맥스카지노�t that be cool?맥스카지노� the president says in a private interaction at the White House, according to a person familiar with the conversation.April 3: The GSA맥스카지노�s Gruenbaum tells Harvard맥스카지노�s Garber via email, 맥스카지노�I am sending you an official notice of pre-conditions your institution must comply with in order to be in good standing and continue to be the recipient of federal taxpayer dollars.맥스카지노�Attached to the email is a two-page letter also signed by attorneys with the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Education with 맥스카지노�immediate next steps that we regard as necessary for Harvard University맥스카지노�s continued financial relationship with the United States government.맥스카지노�In addition to demanding further steps to prevent antisemitism and punish those who discriminate against Jewish people, the letter demands Harvard 맥스카지노�cease all preferences based on race, color, or national origin맥스카지노� in admissions and hiring, make efforts to 맥스카지노�shutter맥스카지노� DEI programs and improve 맥스카지노�viewpoint diversity.맥스카지노�April 11: The Trump administration sends a new letter expanding on the April 3 correspondence. In stronger language, the same attorneys write, 맥스카지노�Harvard has in recent years failed to live up to both the intellectual and civil rights conditions that justify federal investment.맥스카지노�That is followed by a proposed four-page 맥스카지노�agreement in principle맥스카지노� of demands. They include Harvard reform its international student program 맥스카지노�to prevent admitting students hostile to the American values and institutions inscribed in the U.S. Constitution and Declaration of Independence, including students supportive of terrorism or anti-Semitism,맥스카지노� and report to the federal government any foreign student who commits conduct violations.The proposed agreement would also require Harvard to pay for outside review through 2028 of the school맥스카지노�s 맥스카지노�viewpoint diversity맥스카지노� and hire a 맥스카지노�critical mass of new faculty맥스카지노� if it is not found to be sufficiently diverse. Additionally, the previous email맥스카지노�s requirement of 맥스카지노�efforts맥스카지노� to close DEI programs is made mandatory by August.April 14: Harvard publicly releases the April 11 letter as well as a response from Garber, who categorically refuses the proposal, saying the government맥스카지노�s demands would violate the First Amendment. 맥스카지노�The University will not surrender its independence or relinquish its constitutional rights,맥스카지노� he writes.맥스카지노�No government 맥스카지노� regardless of which party is in power 맥스카지노� should dictate what private universities can teach, whom they can admit and hire, and which areas of study and inquiry they can pursue.맥스카지노�While the administration confirms the legitimacy of its April 11 letter, a senior official later told the New York Times it was intended to continue negotiations. 맥스카지노�It was malpractice on the side of Harvard맥스카지노�s lawyers not to pick up the phone and call the members of the antisemitism task force who they had been talking to for weeks,맥스카지노� May Mailman, the White House senior policy strategist, said to the Times.On the same day, the Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism announces 맥스카지노�a freeze on $2.2 billion in multi-year grants and $60 (million) in multi-year contract value맥스카지노� to Harvard in response to the school맥스카지노�s actions. 맥스카지노�Within hours of the Freeze Order, Harvard began receiving stop work orders,맥스카지노� the university says in its lawsuit.April 15: Trump says in a Truth Social post: 맥스카지노�Perhaps Harvard should lose its Tax Exempt Status and be Taxed as a Political Entity if it keeps pushing political, ideological, and terrorist inspired/supporting 맥스카지노�Sickness?맥스카지노�맥스카지노�Shortly afterward, the Internal Revenue Service begins making plans to rescind Harvard맥스카지노�s tax-exempt status. The idea 맥스카지노�was certainly worth looking into,맥스카지노� McMahon, the education secretary, tells CNN.April 16: The Department of Homeland Security threatens to revoke Harvard맥스카지노�s certification to participate in the Student and Exchange Visitor Program, jeopardizing the enrollment of thousands of international students. 맥스카지노�It is a privilege to have foreign students attend Harvard University, not a guarantee,맥스카지노� reads the letter.April 17: The Department of Education sends a records request to Harvard demanding information on all overseas gifts, plus information relating to 맥스카지노�expelled foreign students,맥스카지노� effectively reviving a four-year investigation closed at the end of the Biden administration, with Harvard agreeing to update its financial disclosures.맥스카지노�Critical aspects of Harvard맥스카지노�s recent foreign funding disclosure submissions are a cause for concern with the Department,맥스카지노� the letter says.April 21: Harvard sues the Trump administration, calling threats to its federal funding a violation of the First Amendment, as well as 맥스카지노�arbitrary and capricious.맥스카지노�맥스카지노�HHS has not notified Harvard of, or provided any justification for, the imposition of any additional conditions on any specific grants,맥스카지노� the lawsuit says, adding the White House has failed to follow the law on how grants can be canceled.April 22: Still, the Trump administration considers itself to be in an ongoing negotiation with Harvard and other universities, and the demands in the letters sent to Harvard are part of the back-and-forth, the education secretary reiterates.맥스카지노�We had hoped Harvard would come back to the table to discuss these. We would like to have viewpoint diversity,맥스카지노� McMahon tells CNBC맥스카지노�s 맥스카지노�Squawk Box.맥스카지노� The April 11 letter, she added, 맥스카지노�was intended to have both parties sit down again and continue their negotiations.맥스카지노�April 23: Harvard asks a federal judge to fast-track its legal challenge to the funding freeze, arguing it threatens critical research and academic endeavors and 맥스카지노�chills Harvard맥스카지노�s exercise of its First Amendment rights,맥스카지노� its filing states.April 25: The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission opens a civil rights investigation into Harvard, the Wall Street Journal reports. A memo from Commissioner Andrea Lucas cites Harvard맥스카지노�s efforts to diversify its faculty and scholarships designated for 맥스카지노�underrepresented minorities맥스카지노� as examples of potential civil rights violations against White, Asian, male and straight applicants.Harvard declines comment on the report and refers CNN to Garber맥스카지노�s earlier statement: 맥스카지노�We do not have quotas, whether based on race or ethnicity or any other characteristic. We do not employ ideological litmus tests. We do not use diversity, equity, and inclusion statements in our hiring decisions.맥스카지노�April 28: Both sides appear in court for the first time in Harvard맥스카지노�s suit as U.S. District Court Judge Allison Burroughs, a Barack Obama appointee, sets oral arguments for July 21 in the case. Since Harvard has not requested an emergency order to reverse the funding freeze, it is likely to remain in effect until the judge issues a final ruling 맥스카지노� unless the Trump administration changes its mind before then.Harvard announces it is changing the name of its Office of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging to Community and Campus Life. 맥스카지노�We must sharpen our focus on fostering connections across difference, creating spaces for dialogue, and cultivating a culture of belonging 맥스카지노� not as an abstract ideal, but as a lived experience for all,맥스카지노� its leader, Sherri Ann Charleston, says in an email to the campus community.Charleston also tells a number of affinity groups the university is dropping support for their commencement ceremonies following a warning from the Education Department about events for specific races, the Harvard Crimson student newspaper reports.The Trump administration announces it is launching investigations into the Harvard Law Review, saying authorities have gotten complaints about race-based discrimination. The 맥스카지노�article selection process appears to pick winners and losers on the basis of race, employing a spoils system in which the race of the legal scholar is as, if not more, important than the merit of the submission,맥스카지노� a top Education Department official says.April 29: Two Harvard task forces release a pair of long-awaited internal reports: one on how antisemitism and anti-Israeli bias are handled on campus and another on anti-Muslim, anti-Arab and anti-Palestinian bias. 맥스카지노�I am sorry for the moments when we failed to meet the high expectations we rightfully set for our community,맥스카지노� Garber writes of the 맥스카지노�disappointing and painful맥스카지노� 2023-24 school year. The reports include broad recommendations and policy changes for admissions and programs.April 30: A White House official calls the task force맥스카지노�s recommendations 맥스카지노�positive.맥스카지노� But 맥스카지노�what we맥스카지노�re seeing is not enough, and there맥스카지노�s actually probably going to be additional funding being cut,맥스카지노� the official tells CNN.Meanwhile, Harvard provides 맥스카지노�information required by law맥스카지노� on international students to the Department of Homeland Security, an open letter from Harvard Executive Vice President Meredith Weenick says, more than a week after agency Secretary Kristi Noem demanded detailed information, including 맥스카지노�each student visa holder맥스카지노�s known illegal activity맥스카지노� as well as their 맥스카지노�dangerous or violent activity.맥스카지노�Harvard does not specify whether it provided all the information demanded by Noem, who threatened to remove Harvard from the federal Student and Exchange Visitor Program, known as SEVP, if it did not respond. 맥스카지노�Our participation in SEVP is unchanged at this time, and any withdrawal by DHS of Harvard맥스카지노�s certification would be involuntary,맥스카지노� Weenick writes.May 2: Trump says in an online post he will revoke Harvard맥스카지노�s tax-exempt status, repeating his April 15 threat. 맥스카지노�We are going to be taking away Harvard맥스카지노�s Tax Exempt Status. It맥스카지노�s what they deserve!맥스카지노� the president announces on Truth Social.맥스카지노�There is no legal basis to rescind Harvard맥스카지노�s tax-exempt status,맥스카지노� a university spokesperson responded to CNN. 맥스카지노�Such an unprecedented action would endanger our ability to carry out our educational mission. It would result in diminished financial aid for students, abandonment of critical medical research programs, and lost opportunities for innovation.맥스카지노�May 5: The Trump administration announces it is cutting off all new federal research grants to Harvard. McMahon sends a letter to Garber on Monday evening conveying that the university is not eligible for grants from the federal government due to its 맥스카지노�consistent violations of its own legal duties.맥스카지노�The letter cites ongoing issues between the university and the administration, such as affirmative action and protesting on campus, as well as criticizing the temporary removal of standardized testing such as the SAT or ACT, which was reinstated in April 2024, and overall management of the university.McMahon맥스카지노�s letter also notes hedge fund CEO Bill Ackman called for the resignation of Penny Pritzker, the leader of the Harvard Corporation that controls the university맥스카지노�s operations. Ackman accuses Pritzker of mismanagement and says that 맥스카지노�any serious corporation would have removed her after a litany of recent failings.맥스카지노�May 6: Harvard stands by Pritzker. 맥스카지노�We applaud her dedicated stewardship and her leadership at a time when Harvard is committed both to strengthening our campus culture and protecting the academic freedom, research and innovation that benefits millions of Americans,맥스카지노� Garber and the Harvard Corporation tell the Wall Street Journal in a statement.May 12: Responding to McMahon, Garber writes that while Harvard and the Trump Administration share 맥스카지노�common ground맥스카지노� on issues such as ending antisemitism and other bigotry on campus and encouraging a 맥스카지노�multiplicity of viewpoints맥스카지노� at the Ivy League school, the 맥스카지노�overreach맥스카지노� of the federal government has hindered those objectives.맥스카지노�Harvard맥스카지노�s efforts to achieve these goals are undermined and threatened by the federal government맥스카지노�s overreach into the constitutional freedoms of private universities and its continuing disregard of Harvard맥스카지노�s compliance with the law,맥스카지노� his letter says.May 13: An additional freeze of about $450 million in federal funding pledged to Harvard is announced by the government Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism.맥스카지노�There is a dark problem on Harvard맥스카지노�s campus, and by prioritizing appeasement over accountability, institutional leaders have forfeited the school맥스카지노�s claim to taxpayer support,맥스카지노� says the statement signed by attorneys for the Department of Education and Department of Health and Human Services.The task force says the new cancellation in funding involves eight federal agencies, but does not provide specifics.May 14: Harvard announces Garber will voluntarily take a 25% pay cut for a year starting in July. While his salary isn맥스카지노�t public, Harvard presidents have earned upward of $1 million, according to The Crimson.May 15: The Department of Energy issues a notice to Harvard terminating about $89 million in grant funding from its Office of Science and Advanced Research Projects Agency맥스카지노�Energy 맥스카지노�due to the University맥스카지노�s policy of racial discrimination.맥스카지노� In a letter to Garber, the department also cites 맥스카지노�Harvard맥스카지노�s ongoing inaction in the face of repeated and severe harassment and targeting of Jewish students.맥스카지노�May 19: The Department of Justice announces plans to use the False Claims Act to crack down on diversity initiatives at U.S. colleges. A memo from Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche cites allowing antisemitism on campus and letting transgender women compete in sports among potential violations that could result in the loss of federal money.Blanche also 맥스카지노�strongly encourages맥스카지노� private citizens to file lawsuits against institutions they believe are violating civil rights laws to claw back federal funds.May 22: The Department of Homeland Security revokes Harvard맥스카지노�s certification in the Student and Exchange Visitor Program, making it impossible for the the university to enroll international students, which comprise more than a quarter of its enrollment. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem accuses the school of failing to turn over student conduct information her agency demanded and of 맥스카지노�permitting anti-American, pro-terrorist agitators to harass and physically assault individuals.맥스카지노�맥스카지노�The government맥스카지노�s action is unlawful,맥스카지노� Harvard responds in a statement. 맥스카지노�We are fully committed to maintaining Harvard맥스카지노�s ability to host international students and scholars, who hail from more than 140 countries and enrich the University 맥스카지노� and this nation 맥스카지노� immeasurably.맥스카지노�May 23: Harvard sues to stop the Trump administration from carrying out its revocation of the school맥스카지노�s certification to enroll foreign students, and within four hours, Burroughs 맥스카지노� coincidentally also assigned as the judge in this separate lawsuit 맥스카지노� issues a temporary restraining order against the government in the case.맥스카지노�With the stroke of a pen, the government has sought to erase a quarter of Harvard맥스카지노�s student body,맥스카지노� Harvard맥스카지노�s lawsuit says, arguing the Trump administration맥스카지노�s actions have been in 맥스카지노�clear retaliation맥스카지노� for actions protected by the First Amendment.맥스카지노�The Trump administration is committed to restoring common sense to our student visa system; no lawsuit, this or any other, is going to change that,맥스카지노� Homeland Security Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs Tricia McLaughlin says in a statement. 맥스카지노�We have the law, the facts, and common sense on our side.맥스카지노�