Harvard University and Trump Lawyers Take Federal Funding Fight To Court

Harvard University will appear in federal court on Monday to make the case that President Donald Trump’s administration illegally cut $2.6 billion from the college in its battle against the federal government.

Harvard’s lawsuit accuses the administration of waging a retaliation campaign against the university after it rejected a series of demands in an April 11 letter from a federal antisemitism task force.

If U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs decides in the university’s favor, the ruling would reverse a series of funding freezes that later became outright cuts as the administration escalated its fight with the university. Such a ruling, if it stands, would revive Harvard’s sprawling scientific and medical research operation and hundreds of projects.