By Mike Stone WASHINGTON (Reuters) -When the Trump administration cut federal funding to Harvard University, it abruptly ended an estimated $180 million that the federal government had poured into U.S.

Alan Garber got a massive ovation from thousands of graduates in attendance and reportedly upset the White House in the process.

PBS said Trump ordered funding cut "because of the content of PBS programming and out of a desire to alter the content of speech."

The president says he's trying to force change at Harvard - and other top-level universities across the U.S. - because they have been captured by leftist "woke" thought and become bastions of antisemitism.

Mama bear mode has been activated for Melania Trump. The First Lady recently spoke out to defend her 19-year-old son Barron Trump from messy rumors that all started with her husband President Donald Trump's recent bizarre attacks on Harvard University.

Harvard Square buzzed this week with graduates and parents attending ceremonies and collecting regalia before commencement, which is Thursday.

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Melania Trump denies Barron applied to Harvard as political tensions and funding cuts target Ivy League universities.