Janaki Mehta

The Trump administration had asked school leaders in all 50 states to submit letters certifying their schools wouldn't promote DEI programs. If they refused, the administration said schools would risk losing federal money, including Title I, which is aimed at low-income students around the country. Today was the deadline for state and local leaders to submit responses to the federal government.

The Trump administration had asked school leaders in all 50 states to submit letters certifying their schools wouldn't promote DEI programs. If they refused, the administration said schools would risk losing federal money, including Title I, which is aimed at low-income students around the country. Today was the deadline for state and local leaders to submit responses to the federal government.

About a dozen Democratic state leaders refused to sign the document. Others signed on behalf of their local school leaders. And several Republican states did comply with the order. Now, two federal judges have ruled against the Trump administration temporarily preventing the U.S. Department of Education from enforcing the DEI orders it has sent to K-12 schools. Janaki Mehta, NPR News.

About a dozen Democratic state leaders refused to sign the document. Others signed on behalf of their local school leaders. And several Republican states did comply with the order. Now, two federal judges have ruled against the Trump administration temporarily preventing the U.S. Department of Education from enforcing the DEI orders it has sent to K-12 schools. Janaki Mehta, NPR News.

Yeah, there are a range of demands. They include ordering the university to screen international students for what they call supporting terrorism or anti-Semitism, eliminating diversity, equity, and inclusion programs, and making sure their hiring and admission practices are solely based on merit rather than race-based preference, for example.

Yeah, there are a range of demands. They include ordering the university to screen international students for what they call supporting terrorism or anti-Semitism, eliminating diversity, equity, and inclusion programs, and making sure their hiring and admission practices are solely based on merit rather than race-based preference, for example.

Yeah, there are a range of demands. They include ordering the university to screen international students for what they call supporting terrorism or anti-Semitism, eliminating diversity, equity, and inclusion programs, and making sure their hiring and admission practices are solely based on merit rather than race-based preference, for example.

Yeah, that's right. On Monday, Harvard's President Alan Garber wrote a letter to students and staff that said, quote, whom they can admit and hire, and which areas of study and inquiry they can pursue.

Yeah, that's right. On Monday, Harvard's President Alan Garber wrote a letter to students and staff that said, quote, whom they can admit and hire, and which areas of study and inquiry they can pursue.

Yeah, that's right. On Monday, Harvard's President Alan Garber wrote a letter to students and staff that said, quote, whom they can admit and hire, and which areas of study and inquiry they can pursue.

He also went on to say that even though some of the demands outlined by the government were aimed at combating antisemitism, the majority were trying to regulate what he called intellectual conditions at Harvard and threatening free speech. And then just hours after that response, the Trump administration froze that $2.2 billion and said...

He also went on to say that even though some of the demands outlined by the government were aimed at combating antisemitism, the majority were trying to regulate what he called intellectual conditions at Harvard and threatening free speech. And then just hours after that response, the Trump administration froze that $2.2 billion and said...

He also went on to say that even though some of the demands outlined by the government were aimed at combating antisemitism, the majority were trying to regulate what he called intellectual conditions at Harvard and threatening free speech. And then just hours after that response, the Trump administration froze that $2.2 billion and said...

Has Harvard said anything in response to the funding freeze? Yeah.

Has Harvard said anything in response to the funding freeze? Yeah.

Has Harvard said anything in response to the funding freeze? Yeah.

So minutes after the announcement about the freeze, a spokesperson from Harvard pointed me to one specific part of the president's letter, which said for the government to retreat from these partnerships now risks not only the health and well-being of millions of individuals, but also the economic security and vitality of our nation.

So minutes after the announcement about the freeze, a spokesperson from Harvard pointed me to one specific part of the president's letter, which said for the government to retreat from these partnerships now risks not only the health and well-being of millions of individuals, but also the economic security and vitality of our nation.

So minutes after the announcement about the freeze, a spokesperson from Harvard pointed me to one specific part of the president's letter, which said for the government to retreat from these partnerships now risks not only the health and well-being of millions of individuals, but also the economic security and vitality of our nation.

Yeah, so Harvard actually updated the homepage of its website to reflect how federal dollars support research they do. They list research on treatments for several forms of cancer, heart disease, organs and transplantation. And they say federal funding is the university's largest source of support for what Harvard calls cutting-edge, groundbreaking research.