Overview

• President Trump accused Harvard of being an 'antisemitic far-left institution' and a 'threat to democracy' in a Truth Social post.
• Federal funding of $2.2 billion to Harvard has been frozen after the university refused to comply with new White House mandates on admissions, hiring, and curricula.
• Harvard filed a federal lawsuit challenging the funding freeze, citing constitutional concerns and defending academic freedom.
• Trump issued additional executive orders increasing oversight of university operations and threatened to revoke Harvard's tax-exempt status.
• Other Ivy League universities, including Yale, Princeton, and Brown, have publicly opposed what they describe as unprecedented government interference in higher education.