Republicans are struggling to pass the Antisemitism Awareness Act as President Donald Trump’s push to defund Harvard University over alleged antisemitism has turned the measure into a flashpoint in his wider campaign against campus free speech and elite universities. 

The Trump administration informed Harvard on Monday that it will lose access to federal research grants indefinitely, escalating the president’s broader crackdown on the university over alleged antisemitism and viewpoint discrimination after the Oct. 7 attacks.