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"Deliberate indifference": U.S. targets Harvard in antisemitism suit

The campus of Harvard Business School and Harvard University on July 26, 2016 in Boston, Massachusetts. Photo: Brooks Kraft/Corbis via Getty Images.

The Trump administration sued Harvard on Friday, alleging the school "turned a blind eye" to the harassment of Jewish and Israeli students on campus in the wake of the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks.

Why it matters: It's the latest example of the president using antisemitism investigations to influence university policy and administrators.

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