Coverage dated October 5, 2026

Federal appeals court weighs judge's authority to restore Trump administration funding cuts to Harvard

Headline from Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

The federal funding case reached the appellate court as part of several challenges the administration has made to District Court decisions that have ruled in Harvard’s favor, ranging from international student enrollment to antisemitism on campus.

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  1. WDIO Duluth

    Appeals court weighs judge’s authority to restore Trump administration funding cuts to Harvard (opens WDIO Duluth)

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    A federal appeals court has heard arguments over whether a judge had the authority to restore billions of dollars in funding that the Trump administration cut from Harvard University. Attorneys for the administration and Harvard appeared Monday before a three-judge panel of the First U.S.

  2. Courthouse News Service

    At First Circuit, Trump admin disputes judge’s authority to restore research funding to Harvard (opens Courthouse News Service)

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    The Trump administration froze $2.6 billion in the school’s grant funding on the basis that it didn’t crack down hard enough on pro-Palestine protestors in 2024.

  3. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

  4. The Boston Globe

    In the next chapter of Harvard v. Trump, cases mount in federal appeals court (opens The Boston Globe)

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    The federal funding case reached the appellate court as part of several challenges the administration has made to District Court decisions that have ruled in Harvard’s favor, ranging from international student enrollment to antisemitism on campus.

  5. The Washington Free Beacon

    Harvard Has No Entitlement to Federal Billions, Federal Lawyer Tells Appeals Court (opens The Washington Free Beacon)

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    BOSTON—A federal judge overstepped her authority when she ordered the federal government to pay out hundreds of millions of dollars in research grants to Harvard that the Trump administration had terminated, a government lawyer told a panel of appellate judges Monday.

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