The Trump administration has been threatening to withhold federal funds from Harvard and several other universities over pro-Palestinian protests and diversity and transgender policies.

President Trump tore into The New York Times early Tuesday over reporting that his administration is dropping a cash ask to settle investigations into Harvard University. “The Failing New York Times story was completely wrong concerning Harvard University,

Donald Trump is now demanding $1 billion from Harvard after The New York Times reported he’d backed down from a request for the university to pay his administration off. For a moment, it appeared that Trump’s extortion scheme had failed at Harvard.