A federal judge on Monday appeared skeptical of the federal government’s justification for freezing nearly $3 billion in research funding to Harvard, as lawyers for the two parties asked for a speedy decision in a high-stakes case that could determine the future of Harvard’s research enterprise.

The Trump administration’s attack on Harvard University is an unprecedented campaign by the U.S. government against an institution of higher education.

To fend off illiberalism from the White House, the university’s president also has to confront illiberalism on campus.

President Donald Trump's massive tax and spending package levies a hefty tax on the universities with the largest endowments.