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Trump seeks $1 billion in damages from Harvard
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February 4, 2026
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0:53Now PlayingPresident Trump says he now wants $1 billion in damages from Harvard University to settle a long-running dispute over alleged antisemitism on campus. That's double the amount the Trump administration had been seeking.
It comes after The New York Times reported that Mr. Trump was backing away from a demand for a cash payment from Harvard. In a series of social media posts on Tuesday, the president fired back, calling that reporting completely wrong.
Harvard has been fighting the administration in court over its efforts to freeze billions of dollars in federal funding and to hinder the school's ability to enroll foreign students.
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