Federal Judge Blocks Trump Administration’s Funding Cuts to Harvard Boston – A federal judge has struck down the Trump administration’s decision to cut federal funding to Harvard University, ruling the move violated the First Amendment. The administration had claimed the cuts were justified due to Harvard’s alleged failure to protect Jewish and Israeli students amid […]
U.S. Court Hearing Highlights White House Conflict with Harvard Over Funding and Campus Policies Boston, MA – A critical court hearing before U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs in Boston is unfolding amid escalating tensions between the White House and Harvard University. The legal battle centers on the federal government’s efforts to push Harvard to overhaul […]
Trump’s administration this week said it would specifically target permissions for Chinese students, in its latest broadside against US higher education. But when asked Friday what message he would send to Chinese college students in the country, Trump insisted: “They’re going to be ok. It’s going to work out fine.” “We just want to check […]
The eventual order “gives some protection to international students” as Harvard and the administration prepare to make their cases, she said. Earlier, Harvard began its annual graduation ceremony as a federal judge considers the legality of punitive measures taken against the university by US President Donald Trump that threaten to overshadow festivities. Hundreds of robed […]
The sharp escalation in US President Donald Trump’s longstanding feud with the prestigious university came as tensions simmer between Washington and Beijing over trade and other issues. The Trump administration’s decision on Thursday, which was temporarily halted by a US judge after Harvard sued, has thrown the future of thousands of foreign students and the […]
The order, opens new tab provides temporary relief to thousands of international students who were faced with being forced to transfer under a policy that the Cambridge, Massachusetts-based university called a “blatant violation” of the U.S. Constitution and other federal laws, and said would have an “immediate and devastating effect” on the university and more […]
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem ordered the department to terminate Harvard University’s Student and Exchange Visitor Program certification effective for the 2025-2026 school year, the department said in a statement. Noem accused the university of “fostering violence, antisemitism, and coordinating with the Chinese Communist Party.” Harvard said the move by the Trump administration, which affects […]
Harvard filed the amended complaint, opens new tab in federal court in Boston hours after a federal antisemitism task force announced that eight government agencies were canceling additional grants on top of the $2.2 billion in funding President Donald Trump’s administration had already terminated. The task force, which includes representatives from agencies including the U.S. […]
Trump has sought to bring several prestigious universities to heel over claims they tolerated campus anti-Semitism, threatening their budgets, tax-exempt status, and the enrollment of foreign students, but Harvard has refused to bow. “This case involves the Government’s efforts to use the withholding of federal funding as leverage to gain control of academic decision making […]
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem also announced on Wednesday the termination of two DHS grants totaling more than $2.7 million to Harvard. Noem said she wrote a letter to Harvard demanding records on what she called the “illegal and violent activities” of Harvard’s foreign student visa holders by April 30. “And if Harvard […]
