Harvard commencement speaker decries Trump administration's 'draconian government measures'

Stanford professor Abraham Verghese spoke out against the Trump administration’s "cascade of draconian government measures" at Harvard Thursday as the White House continues to battle the elite university.

The physician and novelist was Harvard's 2025 commencement speaker, where he also received an honorary degree from the university.

During his address, Verghese acknowledged that he was speaking at an "unprecedented moment" in the school’s history amid President Donald Trump’s attempts...