Trump Signals Possible Deal With Harvard in ‘Next Week or So’

President Donald Trump said on social media on June 20 that he has been talking with Harvard University officials regarding their “large-scale improprieties” and expects to announce a historic deal soon. “They have acted extremely appropriately during these negotiations, and appear to commit to doing what is right,” he wrote on Truth Social, noting that a “mindbogglingly” historic settlement with the Ivy League institution will be announced within “the next week or so.” The battle began earlier this year following Trump’s executive orders prohibiting anti-Semitism and DEI initiatives in higher education. The president froze billions in federal funding for medical research, prompting a lawsuit from Harvard, which called the move unconstitutional and a violation of free speech....