Overview

• At a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday, Trump told Education Secretary Linda McMahon, "We want nothing less than $500 million from Harvard. Don’t negotiate."
• Harvard is challenging the funding actions in court and has asked US District Judge Allison Burroughs for an expedited decision before September 3.
• The administration has already secured settlements with peer schools, including Columbia paying $200 million to the Treasury plus $21 million tied to EEOC cases with an independent monitor.
• Brown reached a separate resolution to provide $50 million in grants over 10 years with language stating the deal does not allow the government to dictate curriculum or academic speech.
• Talks continue with Cornell and Northwestern, and CNN previously reported a $1 billion ask of UCLA that the university called a nonstarter.