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Harvard is taking the Trump administration to court. The judge overseeing the case is no stranger to either side

By Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — The judge tasked with weighing in on the government’s reach into higher education in Harvard University’s recent lawsuit against the Trump administration is an experienced prosecutor and jurist with a history of taking on tough cases – including those involving both the Ivy League and the president. “95% of

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A pregnant woman wandered the desert for days before Border Patrol detained her. Now with a newborn, she faces deportation

By Julia Vargas Jones, Dalia Faheid and Norma Galeana, CNN (CNN) — A Guatemalan woman who had just given birth at an Arizona hospital was swiftly taken into US Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody before being released on Saturday as she faces deportation proceedings. The woman, who attorneys identified only by her first name, Erika,

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Harvard researcher detained in February for failing to declare frog embryo samples says she didn’t lie to government

By Jeff Winter, CNN (CNN) — A Harvard Medical School researcher currently detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement says she should have reviewed customs protocols before attempting to enter the US with “non-hazardous” frog embryo samples but insists what she told immigration agents was misunderstood. “I never provided false information to any government official,” Kseniia

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Harvard students are behind the university’s stand against Trump. The school’s recent actions could jeopardize that

By Jeff Winter and Nicki Brown, CNN Cambridge, Massachusetts (CNN) — As Harvard University students hunker down for spring semester finals, dozens of students rallied on campus on Tuesday urging the school’s leadership to hold firm in their fight with the Trump administration. It was the latest public display of support the Harvard community has

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Trump says the government will revoke Harvard’s tax-exempt status. The university’s president says that would be illegal

By Andy Rose and Taylor Romine, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump says Harvard University will be stripped of its tax-exempt status — redoubling an extraordinary threat that the Ivy League school’s president is pushing back against. “We are going to be taking away Harvard’s Tax Exempt Status. It’s what they deserve!” Trump posted Friday

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Harvard’s antisemitism task force agrees with White House on the need for reform. But not entirely on how or who’s in charge

By Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — Harvard University’s release this week of a long-awaited, 300-page report addressing antisemitism on campus is the latest milestone in an issue that has been incredibly painful for the campus community – and incredibly powerful for its biggest critic: the Trump administration. The Ivy League school doesn’t entirely disagree with

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