Harvard sees $2.2 billion in grants frozen after university says it will defy Trump administration demands to limit campus activism

The federal government says it’s freezing more than $2.2 billion in grants and $60 million in contracts to Harvard University, after the institution said it would defy the Trump administration’s demands to limit activism on campus.

The hold on Harvard's funding marks the seventh time President Donald Trump's administration has taken the step at one of the nation’s most elite colleges, in an attempt to force compliance with Trump's political agenda. Six of the seven schools are in the Ivy League.