Harvard, the wealthiest school in the world, sought compromise amid pressure to do more to combat antisemitism. The Trump administration is examining its funding anyway.

The US government will review $9 billion of funding for Harvard University over alleged anti-Semitism on campus, authorities said Monday, after it cut millions from Columbia University, which has also seen fierce pro-Palestinian student protests.

Harvard President Alan Garber says his university will work with the federal antisemitism task force after it launched a review of the school. On Monday, the task force announced it will be reviewing the $9 billion in federal grants to Harvard in a similar style investigation to that of Columbia University,