Major U.S. universities have filed a lawsuit seeking to block President Donald Trump's administration from carrying out steep cuts to federal research funding provided to academic institutions by the National Science Foundation.

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Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world The Trump administration has said it will block Harvard University from eligibility for new federal government research grants,

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