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Judge in Trump-Harvard case questions tie between antisemitism allegations and federal funding cuts

JL;DR SUMMARY A federal court case in Boston is evaluating the Trump administration's decision to freeze over $2 billion in federal research funding to Harvard University, based on allegations that the institution inadequately addressed antisemitism on its campus. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Trump AdministrationJewish StudentsFree SpeechPro Palestinian ActivismHarvard UniversityCivil RightsFederal FundingCourt CaseResearch Projects

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Boston, Massachusetts, United States
"A federal judge in Boston heard arguments Monday in a closely watched case between Harvard University and the Trump administration over more than $2 billion in frozen research funding."
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
"According to CNN, which reported from inside the courtroom, Harvard attorney Steven Lehotsky said the administration acted in blatant and unrepentant violation of constitutional protections and that the move would devastate long-running research projects, eviscerate labs, and hurt careers."
New York, United States
"At Columbia University, settlement talks are underway following similar allegations, and the university recently adopted the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliances definition of antisemitism and pledged not to meet with the student group behind last years pro-Palestinian encampment."

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