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Harvard students and faculty face the fallout from a showdown with Trump
After freezing $2.2 billion in funding, the Trump administration has also singled out Harvard in other key ways: It ...
Attacks on Harvard by Trump administration have built for months. A timeline of the dispute
Since returning to office in January, President Donald Trump has made a major push to put America’s elite universities on ...
Black Democrats who attended Harvard and Candace Owens agree on one thing: Trump’s campus crackdown goes too far
It's a rare moment in American politics when conservative personality Candace Owens and Democrats are on the opposing side of ...
You had dozens of questions about the battle between Trump and Harvard. Our reporters answered them.
The Trump administration and Harvard are locked in an extraordinary showdown over campus oversight and federal funding. We ...
J.D. Tuccille: Antisemitic hellhole Harvard should stop accepting public money
It’s difficult to summon much sympathy for Harvard University. Famously elitist, smug and with its graduates overrepresented ...
Trump's aggressive actions against free speech speak far louder than his words defending it
Trump issued the Executive Order Restoring Free Speech and Ending Federal Censorship on March 21, 2019. In it, he expressed ...
Harvard vs. Trump: The administration’s battle with elite higher education is a mixed bag
The fight between the Trump administration and elite higher education institutions has hit a fever pitch, escalating once ...
Harvard is relying on its billionaire alums as it faces down the White House
As Harvard squares up for a bruising legal fight with the White House over billions in frozen federal grants, the ...
Opinion
Trump’s aggressive actions against free speech speak a lot louder than his words defending it
(THE CONVERSATION) Harvard University took the extraordinary step of suing the Trump administration on April 21, 2025, claiming that the pressure campaign mounted on the school by the president and ...
The Nation2dOpinion
In a Normal World, Harvard’s Lawsuit Against Trump Would Be a Slam Dunk
The university’s case against the administration is incredibly strong. The question is whether normal rules still apply.
Morning Glory: What is Harvard arguing?
Harvard is going to have to argue in federal court —one way or another— that the courts pay no attention to the Civil Rights ...
The Harvard Crimson3d
As Deadline to Address DHS Letter Nears, Experts Say Harvard Should Sue — Again
Harvard has taken the Trump administration to court over federal funding, but the University has given no indication about ...