Trump administration sues Harvard alleging failure to protect Jewish students

Harvard has been a central focus of the president's push to force changes at major U.S. universities by threatening to withhold or take back federal funding.

U.S. President Donald Trump's administration escalated its attacks on Harvard University on Friday, as it sued the Ivy League school to recover billions of dollars for allegedly failing to protect Jewish and Israeli students.

Harvard has been a central focus of the president's campaign to force changes at major U.S. universities, which Trump has derided for alleged antisemitic and "radical left" ideologies, by threatening to withhold or take back federal funding.

In a complaint filed in Boston federal court, the U.S. Department of Justice said Harvard remains "deliberately indifferent" to harassment of Jewish and Israeli students, and has intentionally refused to enforce its campus rules when victims are Jews or Israelis.