Trump questions Harvard’s tax-exempt status after funding freeze

President Trump issued a new threat to Harvard University on Tuesday after the federal government froze $2.2 billion in grant funding for the institution, suggesting that the Ivy League school “should lose its tax-exempt status and be taxed as a political entity.”  The president’s latest statement came after the Cambridge, Massachusetts institution announced Monday that

USDA Cancels $3 Billion Program for Climate-Related Farming

‘It became clear that the majority of these projects had sky-high administration fees,’ the agency says. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced on April 15 that it terminated a $3.1 billion climate-related farming program after finding that it didn’t align with the Trump administration’s priorities. An archived USDA dashboard on its website had said

Johnson ‘Not a Big Fan’ of Raising Taxes for Wealthy, Supports Tax Cuts for Everyone

The speaker answered a question about whether taxes could be raised to 40 percent for some wealthier Americans. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said that he likely will not support a measure to hike taxes on wealthy Americans, saying he and his party prefer tax reduction across the board. Johnson was asked Sunday by Fox