India, April 22 -- Harvard University has filed a federal lawsuit against the Trump administration, saying that it has violated the institution's constitutional rights by freezing billions of dollars in federal funding.

In a community message announcement, Harvard President Alan Garber said, "The consequences of the government's overreach will be severe and long-lasting," the Wall Street Journal reported. Garber argued that due to the funding cuts, research was at risk, including the work into child cancer, infectious disease outbreaks, and easing of injured soldiers' pain.

US President Donald Trump and the Harvard University has been engaged in a head-on battle for more than a week, with White House freezing $2.2 billion in grants to t...