The Trump Administration vs. Harvard

The Fox News Rundown

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Politics, Daily News, News

3.4 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 23 April 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Since the Hamas terror attack in October 2023, pro-Palestinian protests have emerged on college campuses across the United States, particularly at Harvard and Columbia University. While not all of these protests have been violent, many of the behaviors have raised concerns about student safety. In response, the Trump administration is working to remove federal funding from schools that fail to protect students from dangerous antisemitism on their campuses. FOX News contributor and former federal prosecutor Andy McCarthy joins the Rundown to discuss the legal challenges facing Harvard University, as well as the administration's actions. The Department of Education has announced that it will resume collections on defaulted student loans starting May 5th, 2025. Millions of borrowers must make payments before the government takes further action. FOX Business correspondent Gerri Willis joins the podcast to discuss the rising costs of colleges and universities, which have contributed to the student debt crisis. Gerri explains why now, more than ever, students and parents need to make informed and responsible decisions about affording an education. Plus, commentary from New York Post columnist and co-author of "Stolen Youth," Karol Markowicz. Photo Credit: AP Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:30.0	I'm Mark Tieson. I'm Dana Perino. I'm Brett Bear, and this is the Fox News Rundown.
0:38.0	Wednesday, April 23rd, 2025.
0:42.6	I'm Dave Anthony.
0:44.5	President Trump is an illegal and financial tug of war with Harvard after the university
0:51.1	sued over frozen federal grants.
0:53.9	I think both sides are overstating the case, right?
0:57.2	Okay.
0:57.6	So I think the Trump administration is correct that Harvard has some significant civil rights problems,
1:06.5	and they are trying to tuck everything else they want to do under that rubric. And Harvard is right to say
1:13.5	the government doesn't get to run Harvard. I'm Grinnell Scott. You may want to see if you can find
1:20.5	those student loan payment slips you've stashed away for the last little while. Come the month of May,
1:26.7	those payments will kick in once again,
1:29.6	ready or not. This is going to freak a lot of people out. More than 42 million folks. And think about
1:35.5	this. A lot of these people didn't even get degrees, right? They don't have a four-year degree to show
1:40.3	for it. They just have the debt. And that's part of the reason there was so much defaulting on
1:45.4	this debt, because at the end of the day, what did you have to show for it? Nothing. And I'm Carol Markowitz.
1:51.9	I've got the final word on the Fox News rundown.
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