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  "id": 12757975,
  "title": "Trump might award science medal to Elon Musk",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/trump-might-award-science-medal-to-elon-musk",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-08T01:07:40.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Economic Times",
    "slug": "the-economic-times",
    "url": "https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/world-news/trump-expected-to-award-science-medal-to-spacexs-elon-musk-other-tech-leaders/articleshow/134777322.cms"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "US President Donald Trump plans to award the National Medal of Science to Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, as well as other leading American innovators, according to The Economic Times. The recipients also include Google co-founder Sergey Brin, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, AMD CEO Lisa Su, Dell Technologies CEO Michael Dell, and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. The ceremony, which will take place at the White House's Science: A New Golden Age Summit, aims to highlight the role of scientific innovation, emerging technologies, and private-sector investment in advancing research and maintaining US leadership in science and technology. Trump's relationship with Musk has recently improved, with the two appearing together at a recent event and Musk returning to an advisory role in the Trump administration.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Fortune",
        "title": "Linda Yaccarino spent 2 years as Elon Musk’s X CEO. She says his ‘insatiable sense of urgency’ is the secret to his trillionaire success",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/linda-yaccarino-spent-2-years-as-elon-musks-x-ceo-she-says-his",
        "published": "2026-10-07T14:51:46.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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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."
}