F ederal pressure on Harvard University is entering a decisive new phase. On Monday, the Trump Administration announced it would block the country’s oldest university from receiving any new federal research grants, signaling a sharp escalation in its campaign to remake higher education and isolate institutions that resist.

A top scientist at Harvard who has spent years unraveling the mysteries of tuberculosis woke up Tuesday morning and discovered an order from the federal government telling her to halt her research.

Failing to agree, the government suggested, would place the financial relationship between the government and Harvard at risk ... put over $2 billion in research funding on hold.

Harvard University is facing a dire situation in its ongoing clash with the Trump administration, as federal funding for its critical research projects comes under severe threat. The dispute ...

Harvard University President Alan Garber and Provost John F. Manning on Wednesday announced they will “reaffirm the University’s commitment to the research enterprise” amid Trump administration’s full-frontal assault on its financial and cultural capital.

Students Carter and Brendan had differing thoughts on whether taxpayers should be funding Harvard. Brendan would prefer taxpayer funds going to Alzheimer's research, rather than "defense or to ...

But that still leaves plenty of scientific work at risk. The federal government had pledged $2.5 billion for more than a thousand research projects at Harvard before the funding freeze.

“Defendants’ actions threaten Harvard’s academic independence and place at risk critical lifesaving and pathbreaking ... the university must satisfy in order to receive federal research funding that was already greenlit by the government.

After losing every one of my grants — and seeing the human cost to my team, patients, and society — I knew silence was not an option,” writes Brittany Charlton.