WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The White House is seeking fines from several universities it says failed to stop antisemitism on campus, including Harvard University, in exchange for restoring federal funding, a Trump administration official said on Friday.

"We definitely had the intel," Susan Miller, who helped oversee the 2017 intelligence assessment of Russia's efforts in the 2016 election, told NBC News.

Justice Department officials interviewed Ghislaine Maxwell, the longtime associate of Jeffrey Epstein who is serving a 20-year sentence for sex trafficking, in Tallahassee, Fla., on Thursday. Senators used a similar approach in the past to overcome a stalemate on judicial nominations.

President Donald Trump’s paved makeover of the White House’s Rose Garden appears to be nearly finished. The garden’s previously grassy lawn was fully

According to a Thursday court declaration filed in the Northern District of California, the administration sought the go-ahead to lay people off at 17 agencies, including the departments of the Treasury, State, Interior, Agriculture, Labor, Commerce, Housing  and Urban Development, and Health and Human Services.

President Donald Trump has his own personal aesthetic, evident in his makeover of the White House: "It keeps my real estate juices flowing."

The Education Department accused Virginia school districts of discrimination. The charges: The Trump administration said five Virginia school districts that allow transgender students to use facilities aligned with their gender identity violate the law.

The White House attacked “The View" co-host Joy Behar in a statement on Wednesday by calling out the show’s low ratings and saying it could be canceled.