{
  "id": 12866173,
  "title": "Donald Trump To Honour Elon Musk, Google Co-Founder Sergey Brin With Top US Science Medal",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/donald-trump-to-honour-elon-musk-google-co-founder-sergey-brin-with",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-08T11:41:33.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/tech/donald-trump-to-honour-elon-musk-google-co-founder-sergey-brin-with-top-us-science-medal"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "President Donald Trump is set to present the National Medal of Science and the National Medal of Technology and Innovation to several prominent technology executives, including Elon Musk, Sergey Brin, Jensen Huang, Lisa Su, Michael Dell and Satya Nadella, at a White House event on Thursday. The ceremony, themed \"Science: A New Golden Age,\" coincides with Trump's Republican Party grappling with the potential loss of congressional control in upcoming midterm elections. The recipients are lauded for their contributions to innovation and America's leadership in the field, despite Trump's skepticism about AI's potential existential risks.",
  "summary": "US President Donald Trump will honour his close ally Elon Musk and several leading technology executives with the country’s highest scientific awards at a White House ceremony on Thursday. Musk, Brin and Huang Among Science Medal Recipients The White House announced that Musk, Google co-founder Sergei Brin, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and AMD chief Lisa Su will receive the National Medal of Science…",
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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."
}