AFTER HARVARD, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SUES TRUMP ADMINISTRATION OVER FUNDING FREEZE

Days after a federal judge in Boston struck down the Trump administration's $2.6 billion funding cuts to Harvard, calling them unlawful retaliation over governance disputes, the faculty, staff, student groups, and labour unions of the University of California have filed a lawsuit in San Francisco, accusing the Trump administration of weaponising civil rights laws to muzzle academic freedom and free expression.

- OUR CORRESPONDENT

The move comes just after UCLA was hit with a staggering $1.2 billion fine and had all of its federal research funds frozen over allegations of antisemitism and civil rights violations. UCLA is the first public university to face such sweeping penalties, following earlier crackdowns on private schools like Harvard, Brown, and Columbia.