Harvard University sues Trump administration to halt freeze of federal grants
The Trump administration announced it would freeze more than $2.2 billion (€2bn) in grants and contracts after the Ivy League school refused to comply with its demands to limit activism on campus.
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The Trump administration announced it would freeze more than $2.2 billion (€2bn) in grants and contracts after the Ivy League school refused to comply with its demands to limit activism on campus.
READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/04/21/harvard-university-sues-trump-administration-to-halt-freeze-of-federal-grants
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00:00Harvard University has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration in an effort to block
00:06a federal freeze on more than $2.2 billion in grant funding.
00:11The legal action follows the university's refusal to comply with a series of demands
00:16issued by the administration aimed at curbing campus activism.
00:22Earlier this month, the White House sent a letter to Harvard outlining proposed reforms
00:27that included changes to university leadership and admissions policies
00:31and an audit of its diversity initiatives.
00:35The administration also urged the university to revoke recognition of several student organizations.
00:43After Harvard President Alan Garber publicly rejected the demands,
00:47the federal government responded by freezing the university's grant funding.
00:52The university claims the government's demands are not only a threat to the Ivy League school itself,
00:59but to the autonomy that the Supreme Court has long granted American universities.