Trump's Harvard funding freeze struck down by federal judge

A federal judge ruled Wednesday that the Trump administration illegally froze nearly $3 billion in federal grants to Harvard.

The big picture: The Trump administration's demands on Harvard were unconstitutional and violated the university's First Amendment rights, Judge Allison D. Burroughs said in the ruling. • The order also bars the Trump administration from issuing new freeze orders in retaliation against Harvard. • Burroughs agreed with Harvard's argument that the administration's funding freeze was in retaliation for the university's refusal to give in to demands for reform — such as the end of its diversity, equity and inclusion programs and doing more to address antisemitism on campus.

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