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The Department of Education says it will be cutting future federal funding to Harvard University.

U.S. Secretary of Education, Linda McMahon,

will reportedly issue a letter to Harvard's president, Alan Garber, now seeing that, quote,

Harvard is not eligible for any new research grants from the federal government until they

demonstrate responsible management of the university. The federal government has already frozen

$2.2 billion in federal grants. After Harvard refused to comply with a list of demands to overhaul many of its campus policies, including programs the administration considers to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion.

President Trump says he plans to meet with leaders in the film industry.

NPR's Franco-Ordoniaz reports they will discuss Trump's proposal for

tariffs on foreign-made movies. President Trump announced on social media that he plans to impose

a hundred percent tariff on foreign-made films, penning the issue as a matter of national security.

At the White House, Trump said the industry had been abandoned. I'm not looking to hurt the industry. I want to help the

industry, but they're given financing by other countries. Trump says he authorized the U.S. Trade

Representative Jameson Greer to begin the process of taxing any and all movies that, quote,

are produced in foreign lands. Trump said the goal was to create jobs. He argued that Hollywood may

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