Trump orders agencies to cut all federal ties with Harvard

The Donald Trump administration is set to order federal agencies to cancel all government contracts with Harvard University worth an estimated $100m, dramatically escalating the president's assault against America's most prestigious university. A planned directive first seen by the New York Times set to circulate to agencies on Tuesday instructs officials to terminate existing deals and seek new suppliers, marking what the White House describes as a total break with Harvard after decades of collaboration. The order comes by way of the General Service Administration (GSA) and affects contracts across nine federal departments, from health research to executive training programs….