Harvard University expanded its lawsuit Tuesday against the Trump administration for freezing billions of dollars in federal funds, ratcheting up the high-stakes legal battle between the wealthiest US university and the White House.

The dispute between the Trump administration and Harvard centers primarily on the university’s diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, commonly known as DEI programs. These institutional policies have become a focal point of disagreement between federal authorities and university leadership.

Nixon plotted to use the IRS to target his political enemies. Congress passed a statute to prevent that.

President Donald Trump's administration said it was probing whether Harvard University and the Harvard Law Review violated civil rights laws.

Alan Garber became a hero to liberals after Harvard resisted the federal government. At the same time, he is trying to remake campus culture in ways the Trump administration might appreciate.

In the letter, McMahon ripped the university, accusing it of "engaging in a systemic pattern of violating federal law." "Harvard University has made a mockery of this country’s higher education ...

Ivy League school had special, separate ceremonies for ‘Arab, Black, Indigenous, Latinx, first-generation, low-income’ students, and more.

President Donald Trump announced Friday his intention to revoke tax-exempt status from Harvard, further deepening the costly feud between the university and the federal administration.

The Conversation U.S. asked Philip Hackney, a nonprofit law professor who previously worked in the office of the chief counsel of the IRS, and Brian Mittendorf, an expert on nonprofit accounting, to explain what it would take for the federal government to revoke a university’s tax-exempt status.

This timeline is important because it underscores the need for institutions and people to step up for each other to protect foundational pillars of our representative government.