Harvard is suing the Trump administration for imposing conservative woke based conditions on Harvard's funding.

USDA abruptly halts $59 million grant to University of Idaho April 16, 2025

The University of Idaho took a gut punch earlier this week when the U.S. Department of Agriculture abruptly terminated a $59 million grant, which would have pumped money to Gem State farmers to boost the marketing of most of the crops grown there.

The grant, which was the largest in school history, was canceled in a message sent by the USDA on Sunday. By Monday morning, university officials informed 26 employees they no longer had jobs, said Sanford Eigenbrode, a university-distinguished professor at the UI College of Agricultural and Life Sciences.

“That’s how they came to work on Monday. It’s not like you have three weeks to close this down. It was, ‘You are done,’ ” Eigenbrode said.

Brown, other universities sue Department of Energy over research funding cuts April 14, 2025

Brown, eight other universities, the Association of American Universities, the American Council on Education and the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities filed a lawsuit Monday in an attempt to stop funding cuts by the U.S. Department of Energy.

MIT takes Trump to court over research cuts

The school, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, benefitted for decades from research advancements steered by John Trump, who engineered new tools to treat cancer through radiation therapy, according to the National Academy of Engineering.

Massive federal funding cuts proposed by his nephew's administration have prompted MIT to join two major lawsuits in recent months.

Cornell University has joined a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Energy and DOE Secretary Chris Wright, alleging cuts to its research grants are violating federal regulations. The Ithaca, N.Y.-based Ivy League school said it’s long engaged in research sponsored by federal agencies for studies that are critical to the U.S. economy and national security.