{
  "id": 13026175,
  "title": "6 leaders received awards as ‘America’s greatest living innovators’ from Donald Trump. Only 1 is US-born",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/6-leaders-received-awards-as-americas-greatest-living-innovators-from",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-09T04:17:29.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Hindustan Times - World News",
    "slug": "hindustan-times-world-news",
    "url": "https://www.hindustantimes.com/trending/us/6-leaders-received-awards-as-america-s-greatest-living-innovators-from-donald-trump-only-1-is-usborn-101791518842443.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Six leaders were honored on October 8 by President Donald Trump as America's greatest living innovators, receiving either the National Medal of Science or the National Medal of Technology and Innovation. Five of the recipients were foreign-born immigrants. Elon Musk, Sergey Brin, Jensen Huang, Lisa Su, and Michael Dell were all awarded for their significant contributions to science and technology.\n\nElon Musk, a South African-born co-founder of Tesla, SpaceX, and xAI, received the National Medal of Science for his engineering achievements in space exploration, intelligent systems, communications, and manufacturing. Sergey Brin, a Russian-born Google co-founder and former Alphabet president, was honored for his development of algorithms that transformed information retrieval and data processing worldwide. Jensen Huang, a Taiwanese-born co-founder, CEO, and president of Nvidia, was recognized for advancing the graphics processing unit into a general-purpose computing architecture. Lisa Su, a Taiwanese-born CEO of Advanced Micro Devices, was awarded for her leadership in semiconductor engineering and high-performance computing. Michael Dell, an American-born founder of Dell Technologies, received the award for advancing personal and enterprise computing adoption, technical management skills, and support for future generations of American scientists and engineers.",
  "summary": "The leaders received awards from US President Trump in two categories: the National Medals of Science and the National Medals of Technology and Innovation.",
  "key_points": [
    "Six leaders awarded as America's greatest living innovators by Trump",
    "Five recipients were foreign-born immigrants",
    "Elon Musk received National Medal of Science for engineering achievements"
  ],
  "editors_take": "The recognition of mostly immigrant innovators by Trump highlights the significant role of foreign-born individuals in driving American advancements in science and technology.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}