Harvard University has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration claiming that its freezing of federal grants worth billions of dollars is unlawful
Its president, Alan M Garber, announced the action on Monday in a letter to the university community which said the $2bn funding freeze would hamper critical disease research.
Harvard, the world’s richest university, last week rejected a list of demands that the Trump administration said was designed to curb diversity initiatives and fight anti-semitism at the school.
In response to the lawsuit, the White House said the “gravy train of federal assistance” was coming to an end.
Funding cuts have also been implemented at other elite universities, and a new government anti-semitism task force has identified at least 60 universities for review.
President Donald Trump has accused universities of failing to protect Jewish students during last year’s campus protests against the war in Gaza and US support for Israel.
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