President Donald Trump on Wednesday claimed the “last thing” he wants to do is hurt Harvard, while his administration is still relentlessly hammering the elite university and as he mounted a new demand for the school to cap its admission of international students.

With the future of thousands of students at stake, the two sides will argue in person as the Trump administration pushes Harvard to comply with its demands.

As President Donald Trump seeks to defund, devalue and maybe destroy Harvard, another prestigious university a little over a mile away is escaping his unreasoning wrath. Since Trump is always ultimately about himself,

President Donald Trump escalated his war with Harvard University on Wednesday, accusing it of "treating the country with great disrespect" and suggesting that it should stop fighting his policies. "But Harvard wants to fight.

US District Judge Allison D. Burroughs will hear arguments over Harvard’s request for a preliminary injunction that would prohibit the Department of Homeland Security from revoking the school’s ability to enroll international students while a lawsuit it filed against the government is pending.

The constitutional law scholar also warned of the wider fallout of the president's targeting of Harvard University.

Stephen Miran had one of those once-in-a-lifetime aha moments that few people experience in their careers. “It was during my first job working as an economist for a currency-focused hedge fund,” Miran recalled during a phone interview in early May.

By Tom Little, Sam Tabahriti COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -When Alfred Williamson packed his bags to travel to Denmark for summer break after a whirlwind first year at Harvard University, he could not wait to return.