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  "id": 10436999,
  "title": "Decades of fossil fuel influence paved way for Trump’s assault on university research, study says",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/decades-of-fossil-fuel-influence-paved-way-for-trumps-assault-on",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-28T12:00:33.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian US",
    "slug": "the-guardian-us",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/28/fossil-fuel-industry-climate-research-universities-study"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Fossil fuel firms have spent years trying to regulate climate research by donating to US universities, study authors argue Recent attacks on US universities by the Trump administration have built on decades of efforts by libertarian donor networks, fossil fuel companies and conservative thinktanks to reshape university governance and increase outside influence, according to a new study. The…",
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      {
        "outlet": "PsyPost",
        "title": "A political shift decades in the making explains Trump’s grip on Congress",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/26/a-political-shift-decades-in-the-making-explains-trumps-grip-on",
        "published": "2026-09-26T10:00:12.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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