In a letter last week, the government listed conditions that Harvard must meet to receive federal money, including a ban on protesters wearing masks.

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Harvard University received a letter from a federal task force Thursday outlining policy demands tied to nearly $9 billion in federal funding, a university spokesperson told CNN.