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  "id": 1790892,
  "title": "Pentagon threatens to cut federal funding to 30 universities over foreign academic partnerships",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/pentagon-threatens-to-cut-federal-funding-to-30-universities-over",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-18T20:01:35.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian US",
    "slug": "the-guardian-us",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/18/pentagon-funding-colleges-harvard"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Harvard, Yale, Stanford and others face directive to review and cut alliances Pentagon deems national security risk Thirty US universities could lose federal funding unless they review and cut foreign academic partnerships the Pentagon considers a national security risk within the next two weeks, under a Pentagon directive aimed largely at ties to Chinese institutions. Harvard, the Massachusetts…",
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      {
        "outlet": "The National Business",
        "title": "Pentagon orders security review of 30 universities into ties to 'foreign entities of concern'",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/pentagon-orders-security-review-of-30-universities-into-ties-to",
        "published": "2026-08-18T19:51:48.000Z"
      }
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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."
}