The Pentagon announced Friday it would sever ties with Harvard University, ending all military training, fellowships, and certificate programs with the Ivy League institution. The decision, according to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, stemmed from concerns that Harvard no longer met the needs of the War Department or the military services. This move comes amid a backdrop of other significant developments, including a controversial video shared by former President Donald Trump and the announcement of a new CEO at Disney.
The Pentagon's decision, as reported by Fortune, marks the latest development in a prolonged standoff between the Trump administration and Harvard over demands for reforms at the university. Hegseth stated that the department had sent officers to Harvard "hoping the university would better understand and appreciate our warrior class," but instead, "too many of our officers came back looking too much like Harvard heads full of globalist and radical ideologies."
In other news, Disney announced Josh DAmaro as the winner of its CEO succession race, with DAmaro set to take over for outgoing chief executive Bob Iger in March, as reported by Fortune. DAmaro, currently the parks chief, will face the challenge of leading his former peer, Dana Walden, Disneys TV and entertainment chief, who was also a contender for the top job.
Meanwhile, former President Donald Trump faced widespread criticism from both Republicans and Democrats after sharing a video on his Truth Social account that depicted former President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama as apes, according to Time. The video, which was deleted from Trump's account on Friday, featured an AI-generated clip set to the song "The Lions Sleep Tonight" with images of the Obamas' faces imposed on the bodies of apes. The clip was part of a longer video promoting conspiracy theories about voting fraud during the 2020 presidential election. The depiction of the Obamas as apes is a racist trope used to dehumanize people.
In other news, NPR reported on the end of the CIA World Factbook, a resource that provided information about countries around the world. The website, which drew millions of views each year, according to the CIA, is now archived.
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