Harvard University has filed a federal lawsuit against the Trump administration, alleging that the freeze on billions in federal funding violates the school’s constitutional rights.
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In a community message announcement, Harvard President Alan Garber said, “The consequences of the government’s overreach will be severe and long-lasting,” the Wall Street Journal reported. Garber argued that due to the funding cuts, research was at risk, including the work into child cancer, infectious disease outbreaks, and easing of injured soldiers’ pain.
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White House Withholds $2.2 Billion in Grants as Trump Administration Clashes with Harvard
US President Donald Trump and the Harvard University has been engaged in a head-on battle for more than a week, with White House freezing $2.2 billion in grants to the institution.The funding freeze reportedly came after one of the world’s finest educational institutes defied the government’s demands over campus protests.
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The rational connection between antisemitism concerns and the medical, scientific, technological, and other research it has frozen that aims to save American lives, foster American success, preserve American security, and maintain America’s position as a global leader in innovation,” a report from The Associated Press cited. “Nor has the Government acknowledged the significant consequences that the indefinite freeze of billions of dollars in federal research funding will have on Harvard’s research programs, the beneficiaries of that research, and the national interest in furthering American innovation and progress,” it added.
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