Trump freezes Harvard funding after university rejects demands
President Donald Trump has threatened to freeze federal funding for multiple elite universities if they do not adhere to his demands.
Harvard University sued the Trump administration Monday, alleging it unlawfully threatened the school’s “academic independence” and “pathbreaking research.”
The lawsuit comes after the Trump administration announced it was freezing $2.2 billion in funding to the elite school, which resisted demands to ban masks and diversity, equity, and inclusion programs.
“This case involves the Government’s efforts to use the withholding of federal funding as leverage to gain control of academic decisionmaking at Harvard,” the university said in its lawsuit.
The White House didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.
This is a developing story that will be updated.