Trump administration is set to cancel federal contracts with Harvard worth some US$100 million
Harvard University is seen in 2020 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. (via CNN Newsource)
The Trump administration is poised to direct federal agencies to cancel their contracts – totalling about US$100 million – with Harvard University, two senior Trump administration officials told CNN, the latest barb against the school as it refuses to bend to the White House's weekslong barrage of policy demands rooted in political ideology.
The directive will be delivered Tuesday in a letter and also will order government agencies to look for new vendors to which they can redirect the federal funds, the officials said.
The General Services Administration 'will send a letter to federal agencies today asking them to identify any contracts with Harvard, and whether they can be canceled or redirected elsewhere,' one senior Trump administration official told CNN.
The New York Times first reported on the planned cuts.
The nation's oldest and wealthiest university sued the Trump administration last month over its freeze of $2.2 billion in federal grants and contracts. The government since then has halted another $450 million to Harvard and canceled its ability to enroll foreign students, a move that's subject to a status conference Tuesday after a federal judge put it on hold.
Trump further has threatened to cut off $3 billion more in Harvard's federal grant funding and pull its tax-exempt status.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
By Alayna Treene, CNN
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