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This is the era of KX. KX, survival of the fastest. Harvard sues the Trump administration, setting up a legal fight over the president's campaign to reorder elite higher education. Plus, Washington slaps heavy tariffs on solar imports from Southeast Asia and why the escalating U.S. trade war with China is a golden opportunity for India.

This is the era of KX. KX, survival of the fastest. Harvard sues the Trump administration, setting up a legal fight over the president's campaign to reorder elite higher education. Plus, Washington slaps heavy tariffs on solar imports from Southeast Asia and why the escalating U.S. trade war with China is a golden opportunity for India.

It's Tuesday, April 22nd. I'm Luke Vargas for The Wall Street Journal, and here is the AM edition of What's News, the top headlines and business stories moving your world today. Harvard is suing the Trump administration, arguing that the government violated the university's constitutional rights by freezing billions of dollars in federal funding and jeopardizing its academic independence.

It's Tuesday, April 22nd. I'm Luke Vargas for The Wall Street Journal, and here is the AM edition of What's News, the top headlines and business stories moving your world today. Harvard is suing the Trump administration, arguing that the government violated the university's constitutional rights by freezing billions of dollars in federal funding and jeopardizing its academic independence.

The suit asks a federal court to halt the funding freeze and declare the move, as well as demands made of the university by President Trump's anti-Semitism task force as illegal. Those demands include federal government oversight of admissions, hiring, and the ideology of students and staff, which Harvard says go against the First Amendment.

The suit asks a federal court to halt the funding freeze and declare the move, as well as demands made of the university by President Trump's anti-Semitism task force as illegal. Those demands include federal government oversight of admissions, hiring, and the ideology of students and staff, which Harvard says go against the First Amendment.

The task force, which in recent weeks has shaken up several top American universities, says it's targeting schools that failed to protect Jewish students during pro-Palestinian protests last year. A White House spokesman responded to Harvard's suit, saying the university had failed to meet the basic conditions of accessing taxpayer funding.

The task force, which in recent weeks has shaken up several top American universities, says it's targeting schools that failed to protect Jewish students during pro-Palestinian protests last year. A White House spokesman responded to Harvard's suit, saying the university had failed to meet the basic conditions of accessing taxpayer funding.

Elsewhere in higher ed news, the Education Department says it will start collecting on defaulted federal student loans for the first time since 2020 when collections were put on pause due to the pandemic. According to the department, borrowers in default will receive an email asking them to make a monthly payment, enroll in an income-driven repayment plan, or sign up for loan rehabilitation.

Elsewhere in higher ed news, the Education Department says it will start collecting on defaulted federal student loans for the first time since 2020 when collections were put on pause due to the pandemic. According to the department, borrowers in default will receive an email asking them to make a monthly payment, enroll in an income-driven repayment plan, or sign up for loan rehabilitation.

President Trump is vowing to stick by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in spite of new revelations that the Pentagon chief used his personal phone to place sensitive military information into a signal chat featuring his wife, personal lawyer, and others.

President Trump is vowing to stick by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in spite of new revelations that the Pentagon chief used his personal phone to place sensitive military information into a signal chat featuring his wife, personal lawyer, and others.