Trump temporarily backs down on Harvard student ban
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Trump Says Harvard is 'Getting Their A** Kicked'
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Harvard Corp., the powerful body that oversees the richest and oldest US university, selected lawyer Kannon Shanmugam to serve as a member as the school faces unprecedented attacks from the US government.
As students gathered with family and friends for commencement, signs of the university’s fight with the Trump administration took many forms.
Harvard's battles with Trump over funding and restrictions on teaching and admissions presented another challenge for the thousands of graduates.
A federal judge said she would issue a temporary order that would prevent the Trump administration from blocking the school’s ability to enroll international students.
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Harvard University will relinquish 175-year-old photographs believed to be the earliest taken of enslaved people to a South Carolina museum devoted to African American history as part of a settlement with a woman who says she is one of the subjects’ descendants.
The commencement, during which thousands of students and parents will pack Harvard Yard, caps the end of a tumultuous academic year for Harvard amid unprecedented threats from the Trump administration.