LOADING ERROR LOADINGBOSTON, March 20 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration escalated its attacks on Harvard University on Friday, as it sued the Ivy League school to recover billions of dollars for allegedly failing to protect Jewish and Israeli students. AdvertisementThe Widener Library at Harvard University, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025, in Cambridge, Mass. The following month, the White House demanded $1 billion from the University of California, Los Angeles to resolve similar claims. The complaint said Harvard is set to receive more than $2.6 billion of taxpayer money from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services alone. Last year, the administration canceled hundreds of research grants to Harvard researchers because the school allegedly failed to stop harassment of Jewish students on campus.

Source: Huffington Post March 20, 2026 19:48 UTC