Harvard battles Trump administration in court over canceled funding
Harvard University urged a federal judge on Monday, July 21, to order US President Donald Trump's administration to restore about $2.5 billion in canceled federal grants and cease efforts to cut off research funding to the prestigious Ivy League school.
But a lawyer for the Trump administration told the judge the canceled grants reflect a government priority not to send money to institutions that practice antisemitism.
"Harvard prioritized campus protestors over cancer research," said Michael Velchik, a senior lawyer at the US Justice Department. He told the judge she shouldn't be hearing the case in the first place, arguing the matter belonged in the US Court of Federal Claims, which handles monetary disputes.
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