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Harvard to borrow $750 million after federal funding freeze over antisemitism claims

The Trump administration is reviewing around $9 billion in grants to the university in connection with an investigation into alleged Jew-hatred on campus

By Jacob Jaffa

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Harvard University has confirmed that it will borrow $750 million to bridge the gap left by the Trump administration's suspension of its federal funding (Image: Getty)
A number of Iran-backed militias in Iraq are reportedly willing to disarm to avoid US escalation in the region (Image: Getty)

Iran-backed militias in Iraq ‘willing to disarm’ to dodge US escalation

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Donald Trump announced direct talks with Iran and praised Turkey's President Erdogan during a meeting with Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu (Image: Getty)

Trump announces direct talks with Iran and praises Erdogan during Netanyahu meeting

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Robert Wood, former US deputy envoy to the UN, has claimed the institution is 'haemorraging with antisemitism' (Image: Getty)

Former diplomat claims UN is ‘haemorrhaging with antisemitism’

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Randy Fine's victory in Florida's special election may prove to be the key in propping up Trump's legislative agenda (Image: Getty)

Meet Randy Fine, the Jewish politician who may have changed the course of history

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American podcaster Stew Peters called for the mass deportation of US Jews, terming it a 'final solution' (Image: X)

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Donald Trump has claimed that the US will bomb Iran if a new nuclear deal is not agreed within the coming months

Trump claims US will bomb Iran if nuclear deal rejected

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