A Harvard education will soon be free for many students' families, Axios' April Rubin reports.

• Tuition will be free for students whose families make less than $200,000 per year, the university said.
• Harvard will go further, covering tuition, food, housing, health insurance and travel costs for students whose families make less than $100,000.

🎓 Zoom out: Institutions like MIT, the University of Pennsylvania and Caltech have already implemented similar $200,000 thresholds for free tuition, Axios Boston's Mike Deehan notes.

• As elite schools grapple with the end of affirmative action in their admissions programs, free or reduced tuition is emerging as a tool to keep their schools accessible to a diverse pool of potential applicants.

🎤 What they're saying: "Putting Harvard within financial reach for more individuals widens the array of backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives that all of our students encounter, fostering their intellectual and personal growth," Alan Garber, Harvard University president, said in a statement.

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The Trump administration today intensified its clash with the courts over deportation.

• "We are not stopping. I don't care what the judges think. I don't care what the left thinks. We're coming," President Trump's border czar, Tom Homan, said on Fox News.

⚖️ And in a highly unusual filing, the Justice Department asked Judge James Boasberg to cancel a hearing this afternoon on the grounds that it was not willing to provide any further information about this weekend's deportation flights.

• Boasberg declined to cancel the hearing.
• The Justice Department also asked an appeals court to remove Boasberg from the case entirely, The New York Times reports.

🌎 The latest: The administration also said in court filings today that border-control agents deported Rhode Island doctor Rasha Alawieh before they knew there was a court order telling them not to.

• She was deported because officials believed she was sympathetic to Hezbollah, citing photos on her phone.

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2. 🛍️ Forever 21 — the once-ubiquitous clothing retailer — plans to close all of its U.S. stores. Go deeper.
3. 🎥 Conan O'Brien will host the Oscars again next year. Go deeper.

The fountain on the North Lawn of the White House was dyed green today for St. Patrick's Day.