A judge has set a Thursday hearing to address the Trump administration's attempt to revoke Harvard University's ability toenroll international students-- the latest salvo in what Harvard calls the administration's "escalating campaign of retaliation" against the school. Here is a timeline of what Harvard administrators say are the Trump administration's efforts to tighten the screws on the university. The Trump administration sends a letter to Harvard's president saying that the school has "failed to live up to both the intellectual and civil rights conditions that justify federal investment" and demanding that the university change its governance, adopt merit-based hiring, shutter any DEI programs and allow "audits" to ensure "viewpoint diversity." After Harvard refuses to comply with the Trump administration's demands, the administration responds byfreezing more than $2.2 billion in grantsand $60 million in contracts to the school. Trump posts on Truth Social that "Harvard should lose its Tax-Exempt Status." U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem sends a letter to Harvarddemanding informationon every international student with an F1 visa, warning that failing to comply with the request will result in the withdrawal of the school's Student and Exchange Visitor Program certification. DHS also cancels two grants to Harvard totaling $2.7 million. Harvardfiles a lawsuitagainst the Trump administration over the funding freeze. MORE: Trump administration bars Harvard from enrolling international students Harvard says it has given DHS "thousands of data points concerning its entire F-1 visa student population." U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon says that Harvard willno longer receiveany grants from the federal government. Harvard says it has begun to receive grant termination notices from the federal government, including from the National Institutes of Health. DHS tells Harvard that the school's initial production of information on its international students is insufficient, and asks for more details. Harvard redoes its search and produces more information for DHS. The U.S. Department of Agriculture terminates its grants with Harvard. MORE: Trump to push for end to all federal agencies' Harvard contracts The U.S. Department of Energy, the Department of Defense, the National Science Foundation, and the Department of Housing and Urban Development all cancel their grants with Harvard. Harvard amends its lawsuit against the Trump administration to cover additional funding cuts. A hearing in the case is set for July. Noem says she hasordered the cancellationof Harvard's Student and Exchange Visitor Program certification, which would bar the school from enrolling foreign students. Harvard sues the Trump administration over its attempt to cancel its Student and Exchange Visitor Program certification, and U.S. District Judge Allison Dale Burroughs grants atemporary orderblocking the move. MORE: Judge temporarily blocks Trump's move to bar Harvard from enrolling international students Trump, in a social media post, demands alist of the namesof international students enrolled at Harvard. The Trump administrationasks federal agenciesto "identify any contracts with Harvard, and whether they can be canceled or redirected elsewhere," according to a senior administration official. The development comes as Judge Burroughs sets a May 29 hearing to consider extending his order barring the Trump administration from revoking the Harvard's Student and Exchange Visitor Program certification. Timeline: Trump administration's actions against Harvard Universityoriginally appeared onabcnews.go.com
