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Harvard Files Legal Challenge Over Trump’s Ban on Foreign Students. Overseas, Admitted Students Wait

Harvard challenged President Trump’s latest move to bar foreign students from entering the U.S. to attend the college, calling it illegal retaliation for Harvard’s rejection of White House demands.

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Trump Moves to Block US Entry for Foreign Students Planning to Study at Harvard

It’s a further escalation in the White House’s fight with the nation’s oldest university. A Harvard official called it a violation of the school's First Amendment rights.

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Trump Administration Moves To Cut $100 Million in Federal Contracts for Harvard

Trump has railed against Harvard in an intensifying clash with the nation’s oldest and wealthiest university, calling it a hotbed of liberalism and antisemitism.

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Federal Judge Blocks Trump Administration From Barring Foreign Student Enrollment at Harvard

The ruling from U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs puts the sanction against Harvard on hold, pending the lawsuit.

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Harvard Loses Another $450 Million in Escalating Battle with Trump Administration

The move comes a day after the Ivy League school pushed back against government allegations that it’s a hotbed of liberalism and antisemitism.

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Pentagon Directs Military To Pull Library Books That Address Diversity, Anti-Racism, Gender Issues

It is the broadest and most detailed directive so far on Defense Secretary Hegseth’s campaign to rid the military of diversity and equity programs, policies and instructional materials.

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Judge Blocks Trump Push To Cut Funding to Public Schools Over Diversity Programs

The judge said there is reason to believe the department’s actions amount to a violation of teachers’ free speech rights.

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Trump Administration Freezes $2.2 Billion in Grants to Harvard Over Campus Activism

Trump has normalized the extraordinary step of withholding federal money to pressure academic institutions to comply with the president’s agenda and influence campus policy.

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