(Bloomberg) -- The Trump administration told a federal judge it will challenge the dismissal of its lawsuit against Harvard University alleging that the school violated civil rights laws by failing to protect Jewish and Israeli students after the October 2023 attack by Hamas on Israel. Justice Department lawyers notified US District Judge Richard Stearns in Boston on Thursday that they will ask the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit to overturn his Aug. 13 ruling.Stearns determined the government didn’t sustain its claims that Harvard violated Title VI of the Civil Rights Act. He said the DOJ claims focused “almost...