In a court filing on Monday, Harvard asked the court to find against the Trump administration and restore billions to Harvard.

Harvard University is asking a federal judge to unfreeze $2.5 billion in research funding halted by the Trump administration, calling the move illegal and politically motivated. In a filing submitted Monday to the U.

Harvard University lawyers have requested a federal judge to deem the Trump administration's $2.6 billion funding freeze illegal, arguing it violates free speech and regulatory rights.

Harvard University asked a federal judge on Monday to issue a summary judgment ruling to unfreeze $2.5 billion in funding blocked by President Donald Trump's administration, which Harvard said was illegal.

Harvard officials, in a new court filing on Monday, detailed the extent of cuts that the Trump administration had made to a broad swath of university research projects.

Other schools face the loss of federal funding and their ability to enroll international students if they don't agree to the Trump administration's shifting demands. But Harvard, which was founded in 1636, a century and a half before the nation itself, is taking the lead on defying the White House in federal court — and paying a significant price.