A Trump administration investigation has found Harvard University in “violent violation” of the Civil Rights Act, once more escalating its battle with the school days after President Donald Trump suggested a deal was in sight to end its targeting of the university.

A letter threatening to cut off all of Harvard's federal funding is the latest escalation in an ongoing back-and-forth over the school's ideological future.

The investigation over Harvard’s treatment of Jewish and Israeli students is the latest in the battle between the White House and the university.