Harvard sues to block Trump from slashing billions in research funding

White House says university 'fails to meet the basic conditions' for federal assistance

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Student protesters, including some Jewish groups, say their criticism of Israel's military actions in Gaza is wrongly conflated with antisemitism.

(Reuters) -- Harvard University sued on Monday to block U.S. President Donald Trump from freezing billions of dollars in federal funding after the elite research institution rejected a list of White House demands that it said would undermine its independence.

The lawsuit filed in federal court in Boston said Trump has launched a broad attack on funding for cutting-edge research at major universities as he seeks to rid them of what he describes as antisemitism and ideological bias.

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