{
  "id": 4731922,
  "title": "Trump officials cut political interference ban after unusual Census Bureau report",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/trump-officials-cut-political-interference-ban-after-unusual-census",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-31T22:24:12.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "NPR",
    "slug": "npr",
    "url": "https://www.npr.org/2026/08/31/nx-s1-5948057/department-commerce-census-bureau-scientific-integrity"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "After the Census Bureau issued a report tied to a Trump-aligned think tank, the bureau's parent agency cut language banning political interference from its scientific integrity policy, NPR learned.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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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."
}