Overview

• Harvard filed a lawsuit in Massachusetts federal court seeking to overturn the Trump administration's freeze on $2.2 billion in federal research funding.
• The university accuses the administration of violating the First Amendment and federal laws by imposing conditions tied to campus antisemitism oversight and ideological diversity.
• The Department of Homeland Security also canceled $2.7 billion in aid and demanded a registry of alleged illegal activities by international students.
• Harvard President Alan Garber warned the government's actions could have long-term consequences for academic freedom and critical medical research on diseases like cancer and Alzheimer's.
• The Trump administration defends the funding cuts as necessary to combat antisemitism, but Harvard argues there is no rational connection between this justification and its research programs.