A timeline of the Trump-Harvard saga

Published May 24, 2025 7:00am ET



Harvard University has been at the forefront of President Donald Trump‘s efforts to curtail antisemitism in higher education. The Ivy League institution has pushed back against these efforts more than other schools have, becoming the first to sue the Trump administration, now having sued twice.

The Trump administration has withheld billions in federal funding from Harvard over the school’s alleged failure to address antisemitism, offering a list of policy changes for the funding to be returned, targeted its diversity, equity, and inclusion policies through the False Claims Act, and most recently attempted to block the school from admitting international students.

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