After cutting off $2.26bn in funding, the US president reportedly gave the IRS a potentially illegal orderHarvard University is in a standoff with Donald Trump after rejecting a series of demands from the president’s administration, which critics view as an attack on the elite college for its reputation among conservatives as a bastion of liberal thought.After cutting off its funding, Trump has reportedly given the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) a potentially illegal order to revoke the university’s tax-exempt status. Such a decision would mark an escalation in the Republican president’s weaponization of federal government agencies against the people and institutions that defy it. Continue reading…
Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/18/trump-harvard-irs-tax-status
Author : Chris Stein
Publish date : 2025-04-18 19:59:00
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What would it mean for Trump to revoke Harvard’s tax-exempt status?
