The Trump administration sued Harvard, accusing it of ignoring antisemitism and seeking to cut billions in federal funding.

On March 20, 2026, the Trump administration sued Harvard University in federal court, saying that the school violated civil rights laws by not doing enough to stop antisemitism on campus. The lawsuit sought to get back billions of dollars in taxpayer-funded grants and stop current funding. The Justice Department says that Harvard let pro-Palestinian protests, including a 20-day camp, go on even though the university's rules said they couldn't. They also say that Harvard didn't do enough to protect Jewish students and want the school to call the police and hire a government monitor. The disagreement is part of a larger campaign that started after President Trump's inauguration. It included cutting more than $2.6 billion in research funding and making it harder for international students to get in. Harvard has pushed back, saying the claims are just a way to put political pressure on them. They also won a court case that threw out the antisemitism claims as a "smokescreen." Even though there have been several rounds of talks and reported settlement offers, no agreement has been reached, and Harvard has not publicly responded to the most recent lawsuit.