Harvard University lawyers urged a federal judge to rule quickly that the Trump administration’s freeze on about $2.6 billion in federal funding is illegal and that it violated the school’s free speech and regulatory rights.

Harvard University asked a federal judge on Monday to issue a summary judgment ruling to unfreeze $2.5 billion in funding blocked by President Donald Trump's administration, which Harvard said was illegal.

In a court filing on Monday, Harvard asked the court to find against the Trump administration and restore billions to Harvard

It says the Trump administration’s freeze on US$2.2 billion in funding is illegal. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Harvard University told a judge it has a trove of internal Trump administration documents that show the White House directed the abrupt freezing of more than $2 billion in federal funds headed to the university’s research programs,

As President Trump moves to revoke Harvard University's certification to enroll foreign students, he is falsely claiming that the university is offering 'low grade mathematics like two plus two is four.

On its Cambridge campus and in a Boston courtroom, Harvard touted its international students as vital contributors to its makeup.

This week, the Ivy League university finds itself confronting the most serious enmity in its four-century existence