Judge Delays Harvard Funding Case for a Week Amid Shutdown

A federal judge in Boston agreed to a one-week delay in the Trump administration’s legal fight with Harvard University over more than $2 billion in research funding, after US Department of Justice lawyers cited challenges tied to the government shutdown.

US District Judge Allison Burroughs has already ruled in favor of Harvard in the case, declaring last month that the government had unlawfully sought to terminate research grants over the administration’s allegations that the university had not done enough to combat campus antisemitism. She has yet to issue a final judgment, but had asked for a status report by Friday on any potential objections to her ruling.