Washington: U.S. President Donald Trump announced that his administration is pursuing a $1 billion settlement from Harvard University, while denying a New York Times report that the White House had dropped its initial demand for $200 million in redress to settle the dispute. According to Thai News Agency, President Trump, speaking through his social media platform Truth Social, accused Harvard University of providing false information to the press and severely criticized the institution for having clearly anti-Semitic views. He further stated that the government aims to seek up to $1 billion in damages and that he has no future involvement with the university. However, Trump did not specify the exact amount of damage to the government but demanded that the New York Times revise what he claimed were completely inaccurate. Harvard University has yet to comment on the matter. Meanwhile, a New York Times report indicates that the White House's initial conciliatory stance stemmed from President Trump's declining popularity amid public discontent over immigration law enforcement measures and the recent shooting deaths of two U.S. citizens in Minnesota by federal agents. The Trump administration has attempted to use measures to withhold federal funding to pressure for change at Harvard University and other educational institutions, claiming that these institutions are dominated by "far-left" ideology and allow anti-Semitic sentiment to flourish. Previously, the administration cut significant research funding at Harvard, citing the institution's failure to address the harassment of Jewish students. This led to Harvard filing a lawsuit against the U.S. government. Meanwhile, other leading Ivy League universities, such as Columbia University and Brown University, had already reached agreements and accepted certain conditions from the government.