US EditionTrump Administration Will Appeal Judge's Order Reversing Federal Funding Cuts at Harvard
The Justice Department challenges a ruling that blocked $2.7 billion in funding cuts to Harvard, raising constitutional and academic freedom issues in a high-stakes legal battle.
- Late on Thursday, the Department of Justice filed a notice of appeal to the First Circuit challenging Judge Allison D. Burroughs's ruling that blocked funding cuts and ordered the return of nearly $2.7 billion to Harvard.
- The administration says its demands included audits, admissions and hiring changes, and oversight aimed at addressing antisemitism, while Harvard University sued, arguing the funding freezes violated the First Amendment and administrative law.
- Following the ruling, Harvard researchers received $46 million restoring roughly 200 grants, as Judge Allison D. Burroughs found the administration's actions unlawful.
- For now, Judge Allison D. Burroughs's injunction keeps Harvard University’s federal funding intact while the appeal proceeds, and the First Circuit is expected to set a briefing schedule in the coming weeks.
- Against this backdrop, the case tests federal power over higher education and could influence future funding conditions, amid settlement talks including a potential $500 million payment and political pressure from President Donald Trump.
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Justice Department Appeals Judge’s Block on Harvard Funding Freeze
The Trump administration signaled on Dec. 19 that it would continue working to defund one of the world’s top universities over concerns about alleged anti-Semitism and ideological bias. In a notice of appeal, the Justice Department said it was challenging a district court’s decision to block that freeze, which impacted more than $2 billion in funding for the school. U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs entered a final judgment against the admin…
Trump Administration Appeals Harvard Funding Ruling
United States President Donald J Trump in White House in Washington, DC, USA, on Thursday, December 18, 2025. Photo: Aaron Schwartz via Reuters Connect. US President Donald Trump filed an appeal of a ruling by an Obama-appointed federal judge which restored $2.7 billion in public grants he had impounded from Harvard University over its alleged failure to address campus antisemitism along with other faults. The move aims to put Harvard on the bac…
Trump administration appealing Harvard funding ruling
The Trump administration will appeal a federal judge’s ruling that declared the rescission of $2.6 billion in federal funds from Harvard University was unconstitutional. U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs issued a September ruling describing the White House crackdown on the Ivy League institution as “a smokescreen for a targeted, ideologically-motivated assault on this country’s premier…
The Trump administration will appeal the order of a federal judge who reverses billions of dollars in funding cuts to Harvard University, spreading a confrontation over White House demands for reforms at the prestigious academic institution. The Justice Department filed a late Thursday appeal notice in a couple of consolidated lawsuits filed by Harvard and the Association of University Professors. The case has tested the government’s power to in…
Donald Trump’s government appealed a court order that restored funds that had cut off Harvard University, the oldest in the United States and one of the most prestigious in the world, for allegedly tolerating anti-Semitism and promoting radical leftist ideas. Harvard has been at the center of the US President’s campaign against the country’s leading universities by challenging its demands to submit to the supervision of its curriculum, staff, st…
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