Harvard, US govt to face off in court over cancelled grants

HARVARD UNIVERSITY WILL urge a federal judge to order US President Donald Trump's administration to restore about $2.5 billion in canceled federal grants and cease efforts to cut off research funding to the prestigious Ivy League school.

- NATE RAYMOND & TIM MCLAUGHLIN

The court hearing before US District Judge Allison Burroughs in Boston marks a crucial moment in the White House's escalating conflict with Harvard, which has been in the administration's crosshairs after it rejected a list of demands to make changes to its governance, hiring and admissions practices in April.