Trump Floats Revoking Harvard’s Tax-Exempt Status—What Is It?

Harvard University and the Trump administration are in an escalating standoff after the institution declined to comply with a list of conditions for addressing campus anti-Semitism and ending diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs. The administration’s initial letter warned that $9 billion in grants and contracts would be reviewed. After some back-and-forth between the two sides, federal agencies announced April 14 that a quarter of that amount is now frozen due to the university’s inaction on the ultimatum. Harvard President Alan Garber announced on April 14 that he would not surrender his school’s “independence or relinquish its constitutional rights.” President Donald Trump posted on April 15 on Truth Social that perhaps Harvard should “be Taxed as a Political Entity if it keeps pushing political, ideological, and terrorist inspired/supporting ‘Sickness?’”...