The former president broke with his practice of not criticising policies or leaders on social media to praise Harvard's stand

Harvard University was hit with a $2.2 billion federal funding freeze after rejecting a list of sweeping demands from The Trump administration. MSNBC’s Ari Melber reports. (The Beat's YouTube playlist

U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to strip Harvard of its tax-exempt status on Tuesday and said the university should apologize, a day after it rejected what it called unlawful demands to overhaul academic programs or lose federal grants.