The university called the funding freeze "unlawful and beyond the government’s authority" and warned of severe and long-lasting consequences.

BOSTON (AP) — Harvard University announced Monday that it was suing the Trump administration to halt a freeze on more than $2.2 billion in grants after the institution said it would defy the Trump administration’s demands to limit activism on campus.

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