Harvard to ask court to declare Trump’s $2bn funding freeze unlawful – US politics live

<p>Top US university returns to court to fight against funding freeze that halted major research efforts</p><p><strong>Harvard University returns to court on Monday in a key hearing against the Trump administration over a freeze on more than $2 billion in federal research funding.</strong></p><p>US district judge Allison Burroughs will hear arguments from Harvard and the Department of Justice as the university seeks to have the funding freeze declared unlawful, <a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2025/07/21/politics/harvard-trump-administration-court">CNN reports</a>.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/jul/21/ice-immigration-donald-trump-latest-us-politics-news-updates">Continue reading...</a>