Harvard University sued the Trump administration to halt what it calls an “unlawful” plan to pause over $3 billion in federal funds. In a statement, Harvard’s president, Alan Garber, said the government’s “sweeping and intrusive demands .

Harvard University is the latest in a growing list of higher education institutions that had its federal funding targeted by the government in order to comply with the Trump administration's political agenda.

The Trump administration is pausing more than 500 grants worth an additional $1 billion from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to Harvard University, senior HHS officials told the Daily Caller.