2026-03-21
14 分钟The Trump administration sues Harvard, alleging it violated the civil rights of its Jewish students.
Plus, the Iran war is sending prices for oil and gas way up.
Now, governments worldwide are urging households and businesses to curb their energy consumption.
The International Energy Agency issued new guidelines this week, advice on governments on how to limit energy consumption.
Citizens to use less power, so fly less.
Use public transport, work from home, reduce the speed limit on highways.
So really quite a broad range of measures to limit demand.
And a national effort to strip Cesar Chavez's name from public infrastructure is underway.
It's Friday, March 20th.
I'm Julie Chang for The Wall Street Journal, filling in for Alex Osola.
This is the PM edition of What's News, the top headlines and business stories that moved the world today.
The Trump administration is suing Harvard University, alleging the school violated Jewish students' civil rights.
The Justice Department says Harvard ignored hostility to Jews and Israelis on campus and failed to enforce anti-harassment rules.
The lawsuit seeks to recover millions of taxpayer dollars that Harvard accepted while allegedly in violation of civil rights law.
Harvard said it's committed to ensuring respect on campus
and has taken steps to address anti-Semitism, like training and anti-discrimination rules.
The school said the lawsuit was a, quote, retaliatory action by the government.
The lawsuit is the latest tactic in the Trump administration's battle against Harvard and other elite universities.
And turning to the Iran war, Iran is projecting defiance.
Its new supreme leader says that, quote, safety must be taken away from Iran's enemies,