Federal Judge Dismisses Trump Administration's Antisemitism Lawsuit Against Harvard

US District Judge Richard Stearns dismissed the Trump administration's March 2026 lawsuit against Harvard, which alleged the university failed to protect Jewish and Israeli students from harassment after the Gaza war. Stearns ruled the cited incidents, largely from March 2025, were "too isolated and episodic" to support an ongoing civil rights violation claim. A separate federal funding dispute remains on appeal in the First Circuit.