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College educators are expressing relief
that Harvard University is defying the Trump administration's policy demands despite the risk of losing billions in federal funding.
NPR's Janaki Mehta has the story.
Harvard has become the first university to formally reject the Trump administration's demands that it drastically change its admissions,
hiring, and other policies in order to get federal money.
Primarily used for research.
Now the Trump administration has frozen over $2.2 billion in funding for the university and threatened to remove its tax-exempt status.
Here's Ted Mitchell, president of the American Council on Education, which represents hundreds of colleges.
If Harvard hadn't stood up,
it would have sent a chill across higher education that would have hampered the ability of other institutions to define for themselves where
that red line is.
Now, university professors and leaders are involved in at least two major lawsuits against the Trump administration,
Janaki Mehta and Pierre News.
As Secretary of State Marco Rubio continues cutting U.S. aid programs,
he's also named a doge associate to a key position at the State Department.
Details from NPR's Michelle Kellerman.
The State Department says Jeremy Lewin is now acting head of foreign assistance.
He's a doge associate who helped to dismantle the U.S. agency for international development.
The news comes as Rubio touts continued budget cuts at the State Department.