Around midnight on April 16, 2025, after Chen Zimo learned that the Department of Homeland Security had threatened to revoke Harvard University’s certification to enroll international students, he began communicating with a trusted source about possible legal scenarios.

Harvard officials, in a new court filing on Monday, detailed the extent of cuts that the Trump administration had made to a broad swath of university research projects.

Harvard University asked a federal judge on Monday to issue a summary judgment ruling to unfreeze $2.5 billion in funding blocked by President Donald Trump's administration, which Harvard said was illegal.

Harvard is moving for a decisive decision from a federal judge to unfreeze the around $2.5 billion in federal funds the Trump administration took away from the university. On Monday, Harvard filed a request for summary judgment,