A federal judge has halted President Donald Trump’s latest attempt to block international students from coming to Harvard University. The temporary restraining order issued late Thursday by US District Judge Allison Burroughs came hours after the university urged the judge to step in on an emergency basis to block a proclamation Trump signed a day earlier that suspends international visas for new students.

On Thursday, in a federal court filing, the university accused the Trump administration of a "vendetta against Harvard".

The temporary restraining order hands the university another win in its battle with the Trump administration, which has been trying to force change at Harvard.