Harvard’s president resigns; Trump challenges ballot decision

Harvard’s president, Claudine Gay, resigned following a plagiarism probe. The university’s first black and second female (and now shortest-serving) leader, Dr Gay faced a backlash last month over her evasive answers in a Congressional hearing on antisemitism. Harvard subsequently backed Dr Gay, and cleared her of “research misconduct” charges. But fresh rounds of plagiarism allegations, driven by conservative media, continued into January.