CAMBRIDGE, Mass. —

President Donald Trump's funding cuts for higher education are impacting MIT, as the elite institution faces challenges due to cuts in federal funding.

MIT President Sally Kornbluth described the conditions in Washington as "complicated" in a letter to the school community. Latest Forecast

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"Our focus is on doing everything we can to navigate a constantly changing landscape. Federal science funding. Research policy. A huge new tax burden. Threats to visas. Executive orders – everything," she wrote.

The Trump administration has slashed or frozen billions of dollars in research funding since January.

Kornbluth added that the school will share more in the coming weeks about the "scope and severity of the challenges,

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