Pakistan, July 29 -- Harvard University is reportedly ready to pay up to $500 million to settle its legal dispute with the Trump administration. This amount is more than double what Columbia University recently agreed to pay in a similar case. However, Harvard strongly opposes the idea of having an outside monitor oversee the deal, calling it a red line in ongoing negotiations.

Meanwhile, the Trump administration has opened a new investigation into Duke University, focusing on allegations of race-based discrimination in selecting editors for the Duke Law Journal. The Education Department said it aims to determine whether Duke's editorial process gives unfair preference to candidates from minority backgrounds, which could violate federal ...