Trump says Harvard deal is close, university will pay $500 million

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that his administration was close to a deal with Harvard University that would include a $500 million payment by the Ivy League institution, after months of negotiations over school policies. The administration has been wrangling with several prestigious universities, threatening to withhold federal funds over issues including pro-Palestinian protests against Israel's war in Gaza, campus diversity and transgender policies. "We are in the process of getting very close," Trump told reporters at an event in the Oval Office.