The president of Harvard University on Monday defended his institution’s efforts to fight antisemitism and denounced the Trump administration’s interference in trying to shape its core values.

But he also conceded they share common ground.

Last week, Education Secretary Linda McMahon wrote a letter to Harvard and its president, Alan Garber, in which she said the university will no longer receive new federal research grants until it meets a series of demands from the Trump administration. McMahon accused Harvard of lowering its academic standards, allowing antisemitism to spread on campus, and ignoring the 2023 Supreme Court ruling that eliminated affirmative action in college admissions.

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