The conflict escalated rapidly after the Trump administration sent Harvard a letter earlier this month demanding sweeping changes. These included broad government and leadership reforms, modifications to admissions policies,

Harvard University announced Monday that it was suing to halt a federal freeze on more than $2.2 billion in grants after the institution said it would defy the Trump administration’s demands to limit activism on campus.

Harvard has spurned the Trump administration’s demands to make changes to its approach to combating alleged campus antisemitism.