Harvard contracts being cancelled

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Harvard University is seen in 2020 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. (Maddie Meyer/Getty Images via CNN Newsource) WASHINGTON - The Trump administration asked federal agencies Tuesday to cancel contracts with Harvard University worth about US$100 million, intensifying the president’s clash with the nation’s oldest and wealthiest university. The government already has canceled more than $2.6 billion in federal research grants for the Ivy League school, which has pushed back on the administration’s demands for changes to several of its policies. A letter sent Tuesday from the General Services Administration, which oversees contracting and real estate for the federal government, directed agencies to...