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Harvard researcher detained in February for failing to declare frog embryo samples says she didn’t lie to government

By Jeff Winter, CNN (CNN) — A Harvard Medical School researcher currently detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement says she should have reviewed customs protocols before attempting to enter the US with “non-hazardous” frog embryo samples but insists what she told immigration agents was misunderstood. “I never provided false information to any government official,” Kseniia

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Incoming freshmen Roberto Carmona and Maurits Acosta explore Harvard's campus during Visitas 2025.

Harvard students are behind the university’s stand against Trump. The school’s recent actions could jeopardize that

By Jeff Winter and Nicki Brown, CNN Cambridge, Massachusetts (CNN) — As Harvard University students hunker down for spring semester finals, dozens of students rallied on campus on Tuesday urging the school’s leadership to hold firm in their fight with the Trump administration. It was the latest public display of support the Harvard community has

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Gates open onto the Harvard University campus in Cambridge

Trump says the government will revoke Harvard’s tax-exempt status. The university’s president says that would be illegal

By Andy Rose and Taylor Romine, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump says Harvard University will be stripped of its tax-exempt status — redoubling an extraordinary threat that the Ivy League school’s president is pushing back against. “We are going to be taking away Harvard’s Tax Exempt Status. It’s what they deserve!” Trump posted Friday

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People cross the Harvard University campus on April 17 in Cambridge

Harvard’s antisemitism task force agrees with White House on the need for reform. But not entirely on how or who’s in charge

By Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — Harvard University’s release this week of a long-awaited, 300-page report addressing antisemitism on campus is the latest milestone in an issue that has been incredibly painful for the campus community – and incredibly powerful for its biggest critic: the Trump administration. The Ivy League school doesn’t entirely disagree with

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5 things to know for May 1: Minerals deal, Trump trade vote, Immigration, Deadly storms, Manatees

By Jade Walker, CNN (CNN) — Earlier this week, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced his intention to end the Defense Department’s Women, Peace and Security program, which increases the participation of women at all levels of conflict prevention and resolution. Although Hegseth described it as a “woke divisive/social justice/Biden initiative,” it was President Donald Trump

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5 things to know for May 1: Minerals deal, Trump trade vote, Immigration, Deadly storms, Manatees

CNN By Jade Walker, CNN (CNN) — Earlier this week, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced his intention to end the Defense Department’s Women, Peace and Security program, which increases the participation of women at all levels of conflict prevention and resolution. Although Hegseth described it as a “woke divisive/social justice/Biden initiative,” it was President Donald

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Mohsen Mahdawi

A Columbia student detained by the Trump administration at a naturalization appointment has been freed on bond

By Polo Sandoval and Gloria Pazmino, CNN (CNN) — Freshly released from detention and wearing a keffiyeh in apparent support of his native Palestine, Columbia University student Mohsen Mahdawi resumed his activism immediately after posting bond at the federal courthouse in Burlington, Vermont. “Where we go from this? We have to mobilize. We have to

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Harvard University's recent actions to combat antisemitism are "not enough

White House views Harvard’s recent changes as ‘positive’ but says more needs to be done, signals additional funding cuts

By Betsy Klein and Sarah Owermohle, CNN (CNN) — The White House characterized recent steps by Harvard University to rectify its apparent mishandling of antisemitism as “positive,” but signaled Wednesday that the university needs to do more to crack down on what it sees as anti-Israel bias on campus for the flow of federal funding

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