The White House is pushing Harvard for a major financial settlement in negotiations to restore more than $2 billion in frozen funds, according to a person familiar with the talks — and demanding that Harvard cough up even more than Columbia University did earlier this week.

Columbia University has struck a deal with the Trump administration to restore federal research funding in exchange for a $200 million settlement and other concessions. What’s the context? Columbia has been attempting to come to terms with the Trump administration since it canceled $400 million in research funding for the university in March,