President Donald Trump has lashed out at the federal judge overseeing Harvard’s attempt to restore billions of dollars in federal grants, and although he predicted the government will lose the case, he vowed to appeal and cut the Ivy League institution off from any further funds.

Oral arguments began Monday in Boston in Harvard’s lawsuit seeking to restore about $2.6 billion in research funding cut by the Trump administration, which is demanding the university abide by a number of conditions, such as addressing on-campus antisemitism and external oversight of hiring and admissions.

U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs is also overseeing Harvard’s lawsuit against the administration’s block on foreign student visas, issuing a preliminary injunction last month against the administration’s plan.

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