Harvard refuses to comply with Trump administration’s demands over $9 billion

Harvard University rejected a list of demands from the Trump administration that would require sweeping changes at the higher education institution to secure back nearly $9 billion in federal funding, saying it would not allow itself “to be taken over by the federal government.”

In a letter to administration officials on Monday, lawyers for the university said the list of demands the government sent in early April “go beyond the lawful authority of this or any administration” and refused to agree to the terms.

Trump administration officials had demanded Harvard end all diversity, equity and inclusion policies, crack down...