Mexican Foreign Minister Juan Ramon de la Fuente spoke with the U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau on Wednesday in a call focused on strengthening bilateral relations, Mexico's foreign ministry said.

President Donald Trump’s administration expanded its campaign against elite universities, threatening to scrutinize billions of dollars of federal funding for Harvard University, weeks after freezing money meant for Columbia University.

In a letter Monday, Alan M. Garber vowed to “engage” with the government’s task force “to ensure that they have a full account of the work we have done and the actions we will take going forward to combat antisemitism.