A federal judge stepped into President Trump’s battle with Harvard University, temporarily blocking the White House’s plan to stop the Ivy League university from enrolling foreign students.

Harvard is the first school to sue the administration after a back-and-forth between President Alan Garber and most of Trump's team.

The administration has frozen funding and targeted international students as it presses the university for a stronger response to alleged antisemitism.

A U.S. judge on Friday temporarily blocked the Trump administration from revoking Harvard University's ability to enroll foreign students, a policy the Ivy League school called part of President Donald Trump's broader effort to retaliate against it for refusing to "surrender its academic independence.

Harvard is at the center of the Trump administration's higher education pressure campaign — and has emerged as the example of what happens when a university pushes back against the government's demands.

The Wall Street Journal slammed President Trump’s administration for delivering a “short-sighted attack” on Harvard University after banning the Ivy League institution from enrolling international