EXCLUSIVE: Linda McMahon Confirms Deal With Harvard Is Close

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🗓️ 21 January 2026

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FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Secretary of Education Linda McMahon told The Daily Signal a settlement with Harvard University is close, after a protracted battle over the university’s diversity, equity, and inclusion practices. Trump said Wednesday that he heard the United States had a deal with Harvard. “I hear we have a deal but who the hell knows with them,” Trump told reporters. When asked about the president’s statement by The Daily Signal, McMahon said, “He’s right. It’s ongoing.” Harvard and the Trump administration have engaged in a legal battle for about nine months after President Donald Trump pulled $2 billion in federal funding and removed Harvard’s ability to enroll international students. The president took action over Harvard’s alleged failure to curb antisemitism and its DEI practices.Secretary McMahon talked about this, and more, in a sit down interview with Elizabeth Mitchell, Daily Signal White House correspondent, on Tuesday. 👉For more videos like this, subscribe to The Daily Signal’s YouTube channel and enable notifications to be alerted the second a new video drops: https://www.youtube.com/dailysignal?sub_confirmation=1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:29.6	The administration has made deals with a variety of late universities, but negotiations are ongoing with Harvard.
0:36.6	The president said today that we may have a deal pretty soon here.
0:40.3	Do you have an update on that?
0:42.3	Well, he's right. It's ongoing.
0:44.3	What does the Trump administration need in order to settle with Harvard?
0:47.3	Just continuing negotiations.
0:49.3	Harvard's made some concessions.
0:51.3	They've come to the table on some things.
0:53.3	And we're still you
0:54.5	know this way negotiations go you go back and forth until you get a deal done I'm
0:59.3	at the Department of Education with Secretary of Education Linda McMahon thank
1:03.1	you so much for doing this interview oh it's great to be here thank you thank you
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