Overview

• On July 21, lawyers for Harvard and the Trump administration argued competing summary judgment motions before U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs in Boston.
• Burroughs pressed the administration on how slashing billions in research grants advances its aims to combat campus antisemitism and enforce policy demands.
• Harvard is seeking restoration of roughly $2.5 billion in federal grants to safeguard hundreds of scientific and medical projects jeopardized by the cuts.
• The administration maintains its authority to terminate funding for institutions it deems noncompliant with its antisemitism and diversity directives.
• A ruling is anticipated ahead of early September grant reporting deadlines, potentially resolving the dispute without a full trial.