With $9 billion on the line, Harvard tells Trump to back off

The Harvard University campus.

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• Harvard has rejected the Trump administration's demands to change myriad policies.
• The decision sets up a major showdown with the president.
• The administration has sought to exercise greater control of affairs at several elite universities.

Harvard University on Monday said it is rejecting a series of demands made by President Donald Trump's administration to change its policies or risk losing its federal funding.