Julie Chang

It's Friday, March 20th.

I'm Julie Chang for The Wall Street Journal, filling in for Alex Osola.

This is the PM edition of What News, the top headlines and business stories that moved the world today.

The Trump administration is suing Harvard University, alleging the school violated Jewish students' civil rights.

The Justice Department says Harvard ignored hostility to Jews and Israelis on campus and failed to enforce anti-harassment rules.

The lawsuit seeks to recover millions of taxpayer dollars that Harvard accepted while allegedly in violation of civil rights law.

Harvard said it's committed to ensuring respect on campus and has taken steps to address anti-Semitism, like training and anti-discrimination rules.

The school said the lawsuit was a, quote, retaliatory action by the government.

The lawsuit is the latest tactic in the Trump administration's battle against Harvard and other elite universities.

And turning to the Iran war, Iran is projecting defiance.

Its new supreme leader says that, quote, safety must be taken away from Iran's enemies and its armed forces are vowing to pursue them even in tourist spots.

Iran is denying that U.S.

and Israeli airstrikes have crippled its ability to produce missiles.

Meanwhile, the Pentagon is sending three warships and about 2,500 more Marines to the Middle East.

It's the second deployment of Marines to the region in the past week.

And President Trump again criticized NATO members for not joining a U.S.

effort to open the Strait of Hormuz.

Iran effectively closing the strait has helped drive up prices for oil and gas.

And because of that, governments around the world are pressuring people to use less energy.

It's reminiscent of the 1970s, the last time we had a global energy crisis of this magnitude.