In an exclusive interview with NBC News, Harvard President Alan Garber doubled down on his defiance and said the school had “no choice” but to sue the federal government and reject its demands. In a letter on April 11, the Trump administration outlined a list of “critical reforms” it wanted Harvard to make to keep $2.2 billion in grants. The reforms included allowing the government to audit who the school hires and admits for at least the next three years. “We will not compromise on certain issues,” Garber said. “We’ve made that very clear.” When Harvard rejected the demands, the administration said it would freeze the funding, citing the school’s unwillingness to seriously address antisemitism and the harassment of Jewish students. The research that is now at risk includes efforts to improve the prospects of children who survive cancer, to understand at the molecular level how cancer spreads throughout the body, to predict the spread of infectious disease outbreaks, and to ease th...