Harvard University has appeared in federal court, challenging $2.6 billion in funding cuts by the Trump administration.

The Trump administration’s legal case for cutting nearly $3 billion in federal aid to Harvard University was met with skepticism.

Harvard University was back in court Monday for a major hearing in its funding fight case against the Trump administration, a key step in a battle over restoring more than $2 billion in federal funding for research frozen by the White House this spring.

Harvard University appeared in federal court Monday in a pivotal case in its battle with the Trump administration, as the storied institution argued the government illegally cut $2.6 billion in federal funding.

Harvard University urged a federal judge on Monday to order President Donald Trump's administration to restore about $2.5 billion in funding.

The latest major escalation of the ongoing fight between universities and President Donald Trump is now in a Boston federal courthouse. The Trump administration has withheld government funding

Harvard University appeared in federal court Monday, challenging $2.6 billion in funding cuts by the Trump administration

Harvard University urged a federal judge on Monday to order U.S. President Donald Trump's administration to restore about $2.5 billion in canceled federal grants and cease efforts to cut off research funding to the prestigious Ivy League school.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Gita Gopinath, the No. 2 official at the International Monetary Fund, will leave her post at the end of August to return to Harvard University, the IMF said in a statement on Monday. IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva will name a successor to Gopinath in "due course," the IMF said.