White House officials from nearly a dozen agencies — including the State, Treasury, Health and Human Services, and Justice departments — met Wednesday to discuss additional punitive measures against Harvard University that could happen as early as next month.

The administration would not comment on what it is considering, but some options include having the Department of Justice expand its investigation into the university’s admissions policies or cutting money to medical institutions affiliated with Harvard, Politico reported Thursday, citing an administration official and a second person familiar with the meeting, who were granted anonymity to share details.

The White House and Harvard have been butting heads since the Trump administration pulled billions of dollars in federal funding to address what it considers the Ivy League institution’s rampant on-campus antisemitism and what it believes is a discriminatory admissions process.

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