The White House is negotiating with several U.S. universities, including Harvard, Cornell, Duke, Northwestern, and Brown, over fines related to alleged failures in addressing antisemitism on campus. According to a

Harvard and the Trump administration are going head-to-head in court on Monday over the federal government’s pause of billions of dollars in funding to the university. Federal Judge

Harvard is suing the Trump administration over a $2.6 billion research funding cut, calling it retaliation for defying federal antisemitism directives—raising concerns about academic independence.

HARVARD LAWSUIT: A federal judge appeared to lean in favor of Harvard University during arguments today in its lawsuit over the Trump administration's cuts to the school's research funding.

Harvard called the government’s rationale for cutting billions of dollars in federal funding illegal and “cooked up.”

The Trump administration has continued to pressure the university despite continuing talks to settle a monthslong dispute over the federal government’s role in higher education.

Oral arguments were heard this week in Harvard v. Trump’s cross motions for summary judgment. Summary judgment, or “judgment on the papers,” means both sides agree on the facts but disagree on how the law applies to those facts.

Judge Allison Burroughs, who noted in court that she is Jewish, said she would aim to rule quickly in the case.

One month after a judge ordered Mahmoud Khalil’s release from US Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody, the Palestinian student activist tells CNN’s Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown why he filed a $20 million claim against the Trump administration following his 104 days in detention.