{
  "id": 788037,
  "title": "Judge dismisses Trump administration lawsuit alleging Harvard failed to protect Jewish students",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/judge-dismisses-trump-administration-lawsuit-alleging-harvard-failed",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-13T17:28:52.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Jerusalem Post",
    "slug": "jerusalem-post",
    "url": "https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-905472"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by the Trump administration against Harvard University, alleging that the institution failed to protect Jewish and Israeli students from harassment. US District Judge Richard Stearns ruled that the government's lawsuit, filed in March, did not provide sufficient evidence to prove ongoing violations of federal civil rights law on Harvard's campus. The judge pointed out that the government's allegations mainly concerned incidents during protests over Israel's war in Gaza in the 2023/24 school year, with only a limited number of isolated and episodic incidents in March 2025 that could not establish a claim of ongoing civil rights violations. The lawsuit also failed to adequately demonstrate that Harvard had not complied with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination based on race, color, and national origin in programs receiving federal funding. The White House and Harvard University have not yet commented on the ruling.",
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      {
        "outlet": "ABC News (US)",
        "title": "Judge to press DOJ to explain Epstein files redactions, withheld materials on Trump",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/judge-to-press-doj-to-explain-epstein-files-redactions-withheld",
        "published": "2026-08-13T16:02:32.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Le Monde English",
        "title": "US court dismisses Trump administration's antisemitism lawsuit against Harvard",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/us-court-dismisses-trump-administrations-antisemitism-lawsuit-against",
        "published": "2026-08-13T17:13:18.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Hill",
        "title": "DOJ's antisemitism lawsuit against Harvard dismissed",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/dojs-antisemitism-lawsuit-against-harvard-dismissed",
        "published": "2026-08-13T17:13:32.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Guardian US",
        "title": "Judge dismisses Trump lawsuit that claimed Harvard failed to protect Jewish students",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/judge-dismisses-trump-lawsuit-that-claimed-harvard-failed-to-protect",
        "published": "2026-08-13T17:17:05.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Haaretz",
        "title": "Judge dismisses Trump administration lawsuit alleging Harvard failed to protect Jewish students",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/judge-dismisses-trump-administration-lawsuit-alleging-harvard-failed-790683",
        "published": "2026-08-13T17:22:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "Judge nixes Trump lawsuit alleging Harvard did not protect Jewish students",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/judge-nixes-trump-lawsuit-alleging-harvard-did-not-protect-jewish",
        "published": "2026-08-13T18:28:14.000Z"
      }
    ]
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}