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September 4, 2025

Federal Judge Rules Trump Admin Illegally Blocked Research Funding from Harvard
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A federal judge in Boston has ruled in favor of Harvard, saying the
Trump administration violated the university's free speech rights when
canceling nearly $2.2 billion in research grants. In her ruling, Judge
Allison Burroughs wrote, "A review of the administrative record makes it
difficult to conclude anything other than that [the government] used
antisemitism as a smokescreen for a targeted, ideologically-motivated
assault on this country's premier universities." Harvard was the only
university to sue the Trump administration after it targeted the
school's research funding over claims of antisemitism. The Trump
administration has also tried to prevent Harvard from enrolling foreign
students and threatened to revoke its tax-exempt status. The White House
says it plans to appeal the decision.


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