Hours after Harvard University faced the Trump administration in court for the first time in its push to restore more than $2 billion in blocked federal funding, the nation’s oldest and wealthiest college made a symbolic bow to White House demands,

Harvard is likely to prevail in court in its battles against the Trump administration, yet both sides have reasons to agree to a compromise, legal observers say.

The Trump administration is ramping up its fight against Harvard, launching investigations Monday into the university and the Harvard Law Review for alleged race-based discrimination. The big picture: The administration has employed a pressure campaign against the Ivy League school,

President Donald Trump's administration said it was probing whether Harvard University and the Harvard Law Review violated civil rights laws.

Harvard's lawsuit against Trump's funding freeze has set the stage for a legal showdown over the First Amendment.

Federal investigators are focusing on reports of discrimination. One report claimed an editor suggested “that a piece should be subject to expedited review because the author was a minority.”