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Linda McMahon blasts Harvard in scathing letter telling elite university it will no longer get federal grants
Secretary of Education Linda McMahon sent a scathing letter to Harvard University President Alan Garber on Monday, not only blasting the Massachusetts Ivy League school’s handling of antisemitism on campus but also advising school officials to refrain from applying for future federal grants because they will not «be provided.»
In her no-holds-barred letter, McMahon told Garber that the federal government has a «sacred responsibility» to be an important steward of American taxpayer funds, adding that the school has amassed a largely tax-free $53.2 billion endowment and receives billions of dollars in taxpayer funds each year.
«Receiving such taxpayer funds is a privilege, not a right,» she wrote. «Yet instead of using these funds to advance the education of its students, Harvard is engaging in a systemic pattern of violating federal law. Where do many of these ‘students’ come from, who are they, how do they get into Harvard, or even into our country – and why is there so much HATE? These are questions that must be answered, among many more, but the biggest question of all is, why will Harvard not give straightforward answers to the American public?»
She also said the university has «made a mockery» of the higher education system in the U.S., inviting foreign students to its campuses who engage in violent behavior and show contempt for the U.S.
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Department of Education Secretary Linda McMahon sent a scathing letter to Harvard University President Alan Garber, advising him to not apply for federal grants because they will not be provided. (Getty Images)
McMahon slammed the school for adopting an «embarrassing» remedial math program for undergraduates, questioning why a school that’s so difficult to get admitted to has to teach low-level mathematics.
She called Harvard out for being embroiled in plagiarism scandals and lambasted the school for allowing Harvard University and the Harvard Law Review to engage in «ugly racism.»
McMahon blasted Harvard for hiring former Mayors Bill de Blasio of New York City and Lori Lightfoot of Chicago to teach «leadership» at its School of Public Health.
«This is like hiring the captain of the Titanic to teach navigation to future captains of the sea,» she said.
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«The above concerns are only a fraction of the long list of Harvard’s consistent violations of its own legal duties. Given these and other concerning allegations, this letter is to inform you that Harvard should no longer seek GRANTS from the federal government, since none will be provided,» McMahon later wrote. «Harvard will cease to be a publicly funded institution and can instead operate as a privately-funded institution, drawing on its colossal endowment, and raising money from its large base of wealthy alumni.
«You have an approximately $53 billion head start, much of which was made possible by the fact that you are living within the walls of, and benefiting from, the prosperity secured by the United States of America and its free-market system you teach your students to despise,» she added.
In closing, McMahon reminded Garber that the Trump administration had been willing to maintain federal funding to Harvard as long as the school complied with federal law to protect and promote student welfare and stop racial preferencing.
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Harvard President Alan Garber (Screenshot/NBC)
«The proposed common-sense reforms – which the Administration remains committed to – include a return to merit-based admissions and hiring, an end to unlawful programs that promote crude identity stereotypes, disciplinary reform and consistent accountability, including for student groups, cooperation with Law Enforcement, and reporting compliance with the Department of Education, Department of Homeland Security, and other Federal Agencies,» McMahon said. «The Administration’s priorities have not changed, and today’s letter marks the end of new grants for the university.»
Harvard confirmed to Fox News Digital that it received a letter from the administration on Monday.
«Today, we received another letter from the administration doubling down on demands that would impose unprecedented and improper control over Harvard University and would have chilling implications for higher education,» a Harvard spokesperson said. «Today’s letter makes new threats to illegally withhold funding for lifesaving research and innovation in retaliation against Harvard for filing its lawsuit on April 21.
«Harvard will continue to comply with the law, promote and encourage respect for viewpoint diversity, and combat antisemitism in our community. Harvard will also continue to defend against illegal government overreach aimed at stifling research and innovation that make Americans safer and more secure,» the spokesperson continued.
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President Donald Trump holds an executive order relating to education in the Oval Office on April 23, 2025. (AP NEWSROOM)
McMahon’s letter comes just days after President Donald Trump declared that his administration was going to be taking away Harvard’s tax-exempt status.
Trump made the announcement after Fox News reported that his administration asked the Internal Revenue Service to revoke Harvard University’s tax-exempt status. The Ivy League school’s failure to address antisemitism on campus is grounds for losing its 501(c)(3) status, sources said at the time.
Trump argued in mid-April that Harvard had «lost its way» and didn’t deserve federal funding.
«Harvard has been hiring almost all woke, Radical Left, idiots and ‘birdbrains’ who are only capable of teaching FAILURE to students and so-called ‘future leaders,’» Trump wrote on Truth Social. «Look just to the recent past at their plagiarizing President, who so greatly embarrassed Harvard before the United States Congress.»
Harvard has become a target of Trump’s broader crackdown on universities, much of which is in response to last year’s anti-Israel unrest that erupted on campuses across the country.
On April 11, the Trump administration sent a letter to Garber and Harvard Corporation Lead Member Penny Pritzker outlining the institution’s failures and a list of demands from the White House. In the letter, the administration accused Harvard of failing to uphold civil rights laws and to foster an «environment that produces intellectual creativity.»
The Trump administration threatened to pull federal funding if Harvard did not reform governance and leadership as well as its hiring and admissions practices by August 2025. The letter emphasized the need for Harvard to change its international admissions process to avoid admitting students who are «hostile» to American values or support terrorism or antisemitism.
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Harvard refused to comply with the demands, with Garber saying that «no government… should dictate what private universities can teach, whom they can admit and hire, and areas of study and inquiry they can pursue.»
The Trump administration then froze $2.2 billion in funding to Harvard and is reportedly looking to slash another billion, according to the Wall Street Journal.
The university later filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration over its «unlawful» freezing of funds.
Fox News’ Greg Norman, Andrea Margolis, Alexis McAdams and Rachel Wolf contributed to this report.
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Democratic lawmakers say President Donald Trump’s redistricting gambit is backfiring as Virginia’s Democratic-controlled Senate advanced new congressional maps that could chip away at the House GOP’s majority.
The Virginia Senate voted 21-16 along party lines on Wednesday to pass a set of new congressional maps that would leave just one Republican district in play.
Republicans currently hold five.
To Republicans like Rep. Rob Wittman, R-Va., that’s too drastic a swing for a state that only has 11 districts to begin with. Even in light of similar redistricting pushes in Texas, California and other states, Wittman believes Virginia’s case is unique.
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President Donald Trump speaks to reporters and members of the media at Mar-a-Lago on Feb. 1, 2026, in Palm Beach, Fla. (Al Drago/Getty Images)
«This partisan power grab is not reflective of Virginia. Virginia is a 6-5 congressional delegation: six Democrats, five Republicans. And now they want to go to 10 Democrats, one Republican — 92%,» Wittman said.
«They’re going to disenfranchise most Virginians, if not all of them, that are Republican or independent.»
Despite the size of the change the maps would bring, Democrats believe it’s just the latest continuation of a fight that Trump started.
«You have to fight fire with fire,» Rep. Suhas Subramanyam, D-Va., told Fox News Digital.
«The voters that I’m talking to feel that we can’t just sit back and be victims of redistricting. I don’t think this would be happening unless [Trump] pushed for redistricting in Texas and other red states,» Subramanyam said.
When asked if he thinks the changes would go too far, Subramanyam said he thinks Republicans will have a chance to press their case at the ballot box.
«If Republicans can win over the hearts and minds of Virginians, they will have a good cycle. It’s a very volatile map in that sense, and so I know many have argued that this is actually fair. I would say that it’s certainly a map where, if Republicans campaign well and their message resonates, they can win too,» Subramanyam said.
Since Trump urged lawmakers in Texas to push through a map change in July 2025, state legislatures across the country have explored ways to squeeze out a congressional advantage where control of the House hangs by a two-seat thread.
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Rep. Suhas Subramanyam, D-Va., speaks during a news conference on Oct. 14, 2025. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call, Inc. via Getty Images)
Virginia’s map change, on its own, would give Democrats a path to flipping control of the chamber in November.
But the maps aren’t a sure thing. Their implementation turns on pending legal battles about whether the shakeup complies with the state’s constitutional requirements, according to a complaint filed late last year.
On Friday, the Virginia Supreme Court ruled that the redistricting consideration could continue while it deliberates over a final ruling on whether the maps are permissible.
To become official, maps will also require a statewide constitutional referendum. Under current law, Virginia’s constitution outlaws gerrymandering, the practice of drawing congressional districts to purposefully benefit a political party.
Subramanyam said the referendum gives voters a chance to express their will.
«It will come down to the voters. One good thing in Virginia is that people will have a say and can vote on the referendum in April. Folks in Texas, like where my family still lives, didn’t have a choice,» Subramanyam said, noting that Texas’s redistricting push didn’t require a constitutional amendment and was decided purely by the legislature.
Wittman believes the fact Virginia is looking to upend its own constitution should make the reshuffle a foregone conclusion.
When asked whether he sees Virginia’s redistricting question as a consequence of the redistricting in Texas, Wittman said the two situations differ because of existing state law.
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Sen. Phil King, R-Texas, displays a map during a Special Committee on Congressional Redistricting public testimony hearing on Aug. 7, 2025, in Austin. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)
«Each state has their own constitution as to how they put together their congressional districts. Virginia’s is very clear. A super majority of voters — 66% of the voters — said we want a bipartisan redistricting commission. That’s Virginia,» Wittman said, referring to the 2020 vote in Virginia that outlawed gerrymandering.
«Texas is doing what Texas and its constitution allow,» he added.
Upon teeing up that referendum, Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger framed the action as a way to give Virginians a voice in a national debate over congressional redistricting.
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«Virginia voters deserve the opportunity to respond to nationwide attacks on our rights, freedoms and elections… I trust Virginia voters to respond,» Spanberger said in a statement.
Voters in the state will consider whether to «temporarily adopt new congressional districts to restore fairness in the upcoming elections» on April 21.
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Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), commonly known as Doctors Without Borders, suspended non-critical medical operations at Gaza’s Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, citing security concerns.
MSF said it made the decision, as of Jan. 20, due to concerns about the management of the hospital and what it described as a pattern of unacceptable incidents within the compound.
The suspension had not been widely reported at the time, and it was not immediately clear when the decision was first publicly posted.
MSF’s frequently asked questions page, where the update appears, shows it was last revised on Feb. 11.
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A Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) poster and other informational notices are seen on a door at Nasser Hospital as patients face difficulties accessing care in Khan Yunis, Gaza, on Jan. 15, 2026. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Anadolu via Getty Images)
In recent months, the international medical humanitarian aid group said staff and patients have reported the presence of armed and sometimes masked men, intimidation, arbitrary arrests of patients and the suspected movement of weapons on hospital grounds.
«While none of these incidents occurred in parts of the hospital compound where MSF works, they pose serious security threats to our teams and patients,» MSF wrote on its website.
«MSF formally expressed its strong concern to relevant authorities and emphasized the incompatibility of such violations with our medical mission. Hospitals must remain neutral, civilian spaces, free from military presence or activity, to ensure the safe and impartial delivery of medical care,» the group continued. «MSF calls on all armed groups, Hamas, and Israeli forces to respect medical facilities and ensure the protection of civilians.»
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Palestinian children receive medical treatment at Nasser Hospital amid a rise in influenza and respiratory infections in Khan Yunis, Gaza, on Jan. 14, 2026. (Hani Alshaer/Anadolu via Getty Images)
In a statement issued Saturday, Nasser Hospital rejected what it called «false, unsubstantiated, and misleading allegations» by MSF regarding the presence of weapons or armed groups inside the facility.
«These allegations are factually incorrect, irresponsible, and pose a serious risk to a protected civilian medical facility. The Gaza Strip is under an extreme and prolonged state of emergency resulting from systematic attacks on civilian institutions,» it said. «Under these conditions, isolated unlawful actions by uncontrolled individuals and groups have occurred across society, including attempts by some to carry weapons.»
Hospital officials said a civilian police presence had been arranged to help safeguard patients, staff and infrastructure and called on MSF to retract its claims and reaffirm its commitment to medical neutrality.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said Sunday on X that it has intelligence indicating Hamas is using Nasser Hospital as a headquarters and military post, reiterating longstanding allegations that the militant group embeds operations within civilian facilities in Gaza.
Patients are treated in the orthopaedic department of Nasser Hospital as Palestinians wounded in Israeli attacks continue receiving care under limited conditions in Khan Yunis, Gaza, on Jan. 29, 2026. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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«For over two years, the IDF and the defense establishment has warned about the cynical use by terrorist organizations in Gaza of hospitals and humanitarian shelters as human shields to conceal terrorist activity,» it wrote.
Hamas has previously denied using hospitals or other civilian facilities for military purposes.
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La traición, la noche helada y la fuga por la nieve: la historia de la masacre de Glencoe
El 13 de febrero de 1692, la Matanza de Glencoe marcó uno de los episodios más oscuros y polémicos en la historia de Escocia. Este acto de violencia, ejecutado por fuerzas del gobierno bajo el mando del capitán Robert Campbell de Glenlyon, selló el destino del clan MacDonald en las Tierras Altas occidentales, dejando una huella indeleble en la memoria nacional y en el imaginario popular, hasta el punto de inspirar relatos modernos como la célebre escena de la “boda roja” en la serie Game of Thrones.
Desde tiempos remotos, Escocia mantuvo una tradición de resistencia frente a invasores y de luchas internas por el poder. Las crónicas del país registran desde los Caledonios y los Pictos rechazando el dominio romano, hasta figuras emblemáticas como William Wallace y Robert the Bruce enfrentándose al ejército inglés en Stirling y Bannockburn.
A finales del siglo XVII, la política escocesa se vio marcada por la llamada causa jacobita, surgida tras la destitución del rey católico James VII de Escocia y II de Inglaterra durante la “Revolución Gloriosa” de 1688, que instauró en el trono a William de Orange (posteriormente William III).
La causa jacobita agrupó a quienes buscaban restaurar a un monarca católico, y encontró apoyo entre varios clanes de las Tierras Altas, en particular los MacDonald de Glencoe, quienes permanecieron leales al depuesto James.
El gobierno de William III, decidido a consolidar su autoridad, exigió que todos los clanes de las Tierras Altas firmaran un juramento de lealtad antes del 1 de enero de 1692.
A cambio, prometía dinero, tierras y el perdón para quienes acataran la orden a tiempo. En cambio, quienes no lo hicieran serían castigados como traidores.
La situación de los MacDonald era especialmente delicada. Aunque el jefe del clan, Iain MacIain, buscó cumplir la exigencia, se vio perjudicado por la demora en la autorización del propio James para prestar el juramento.
Según el archivo del Glencoe National Nature Reserve, “James solo dio su consentimiento a la solicitud de William a mediados de diciembre; la noticia llegó a los MacDonald el 28 de diciembre: tenían tres días para cumplir el plazo”.
MacIain emprendió una travesía a través de la nieve hasta Fort William, pero allí nadie tenía la autoridad para aceptar el juramento. Debió desplazarse a Inveraray, a más de 96 kilómetros de distancia, y finalmente pudo prestar el juramento el 6 de enero, convencido de que su clan quedaba a salvo.
Sin embargo, la decisión de “dar un escarmiento” ya estaba tomada desde el gobierno, y la suerte de Glencoe estaba echada.
El trasfondo de este trágico desenlace implicaba no solo rivalidades entre clanes, sino también un claro deseo del gobierno de imponer su control sobre los rebeldes de las Tierras Altas.
Aunque la historia suele asociar la masacre a la enemistad tradicional entre los MacDonald y los Campbell, la evidencia señala que se trató, sobre todo, de una operación estatal para quebrar la resistencia jacobita.
“Aunque los Campbell son los más asociados con la masacre, fue menos una cuestión de rivalidad de clanes que un complot gubernamental para alinear a los clanes de las Tierras Altas con el rey William”, detalló el propio sitio oficial de Glencoe.
En la última semana de enero de 1692, dos compañías, sumando unos 120 soldados del regimiento del conde de Argyll y comandados por Robert Campbell de Glenlyon, llegaron a Glencoe. Siguiendo las tradiciones de hospitalidad de las Tierras Altas, los MacDonald ofrecieron alojamiento y techo a los soldados durante casi dos semanas.
“Glenlyon había recibido órdenes de alojar a sus hombres entre las familias MacDonald en el valle, en lugar de impuestos no pagados. Las reglas tradicionales de hospitalidad implicaban que fueron bien recibidos. Sin embargo, Iain MacIain, jefe anciano del clan, ordenó que las mujeres jóvenes y solteras fueran enviadas lejos, y temiendo que Glenlyon pretendiera desarmar al clan, ocultó las armas en otro lugar”, relató el portal History Today.
La noche del 12 de febrero, Glenlyon y sus oficiales recibieron sus órdenes escritas: “A las 5 de la mañana del día siguiente debía atacar a los rebeldes… y matar a todos los menores de setenta años”.
El propio MacIain fue asesinado por la espalda mientras intentaba vestirse. Su esposa fue despojada de sus ropas y los soldados le arrancaron los anillos de los dedos con los dientes; terminó muriendo de exposición. Nueve hombres atados fueron fusilados uno a uno y Glenlyon remató a cada uno con su bayoneta.
En total, al menos 38 hombres, mujeres y niños murieron en el ataque inicial, y muchos más fallecieron de frío al intentar huir a las montañas.
El impacto de la masacre fue tan profundo que, señala el Glencoe National Nature Reserve, “cuando la noticia finalmente llegó al público, tras ser publicada primero en Francia, una Comisión Parlamentaria de Escocia determinó que los asesinatos fueron ‘crímenes de asesinato bajo confianza’“.
Y agrega: “En una época donde la hospitalidad era piedra angular de la vida en las Tierras Altas, este fue un crimen atroz y sorprendente”.
La indignación en Escocia fue inmediata y duradera. En 1695, el rey William III se vio obligado a ordenar una comisión de investigación. La responsabilidad se repartió, aunque la comisión concluyó que el rey había firmado la orden de “extirpar” a los MacDonald, pero solo con la intención de “proceder por la vía de la justicia pública”.
La mayor parte de la culpa recayó en John Dalrymple, secretario de Estado para Escocia, quien, según la comisión, “despreciaba a los Highlanders y particularmente a los MacDonald”.
William III finalmente lo perdonó, justificando que “al estar a muchos cientos de millas de distancia, no podía tener conocimiento ni participación en el método de ejecución”.
A pesar de que la tradición popular culpó a los Campbell, los registros históricos indican que solo una docena de miembros de este clan participaron directamente en la masacre.
El hecho de que los soldados se alojaran bajo el mismo techo que sus víctimas durante días antes del ataque, violando las normas más sagradas de hospitalidad, convirtió la masacre en un símbolo de traición y barbarie.
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