Day: April 22, 2025

US warplanes launch over 40 airstrikes across Yemen

Post author By Mike Nova
Post date April 22, 2025

TEHRAN, Apr. 22 (MNA) – US fighter jets carried out a wave of at least 40 airstrikes on multiple provinces across Yemen,.

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Harvard University sues Trump administration to stop funding freeze

Post author By Mike Nova
Post date April 22, 2025

Harvard University filed a federal lawsuit against the Trump administration to stop billions of dollars in proposed cuts, the BBC reports.

The suit filed Monday is part of a feud that escalated last week when the elite institution rejected a list of demands that the Trump administration said was designed to curb diversity initiatives and fight anti-semitism at the school.

President Donald Trump froze $2.2bn (£1.7bn) of federal funding and also threatened the university’s tax-exempt status.

“The consequences of the government’s overreach will be severe and long-lasting,” Harvard’s president Alan M. Garber said in a letter to the university on Monday.

The White House responded later Monday night in a statement.

“The gravy train of federal assistance to institutions like Harvard, which enrich their grossly overpaid bureaucrats with tax dollars from struggling American families is coming to an end. Taxpayer funds are a privilege, and Harvard fails to meet the basic conditions required to access that privilege”, said White House spokesman Harrison Fields.

Mr Garber said the funding freeze affected critical research including studies on pediatric cancer, Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease.