[ "Donald Trump announced he will be seeking $1 billion (£730m) in damages from Harvard University in his administration's ongoing feud with the institution.", "The news comes after the New York Times reported that the US president's administration had to backtrack from its demand for a $200m payment in negotiations with the university.", "Trump cited the story in a Truth Social post late on Monday, blaming Harvard for 'feeding a lot of nonsense' to the New York Times.", "Trump officials have accused Harvard of not doing enough to tackle antisemitism during pro-Palestinian protests. Harvard has rejected the accusation.", "Harvard has been a central target in the White House's campaign to stamp out what it calls 'woke' and 'radical left' ideologies on American campuses.", "In April last year, Trump revoked around $2 billion in research grants to Harvard and froze federal funding.", "The university sued the Trump administration over the move, stating that no government should dictate what private universities can teach or whom they can admit.", "A US federal court later overturned the billions in funding cuts, ruling that the government violated the university's free speech rights.", "The White House vowed to challenge the 'egregious decision', stating that Harvard remains 'ineligible for grants in the future.'", "Before Monday's announcement, the government had been in discussions with Harvard over a potential deal to unfreeze federal funding.", "'We are now seeking One Billion Dollars in damages, and want nothing further to do, into the future, with Harvard University,' Trump wrote.", "Trump accused Harvard of 'serious and heinous illegalities', but did not clarify how he believed it had broken the law.", "Three other Ivy League universities, Columbia, Penn, and Brown, struck deals with Trump to preserve funding threatened by similar claims, rather than go to court." ]