Harvard has been racking up wins in court as the Trump administration has frozen research funding and sought to block admissions of international students.

Harvard University and the Trump administration have restarted talks to potentially settle the acrimonious dispute that led President Trump to wage a far-reaching attack on the school and raised stark questions about the federal government’s place in higher education, according to three people briefed on the negotiations.

The development came as Harvard — the country's oldest and richest university — has been racking up wins in court as the Trump administration has frozen research funding and sought to block admissions of international students.