{
  "id": 683290,
  "title": "Gates Foundation’s $540 million gift to science comes as the federal government pulls back on funding",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/gates-foundations-540-million-gift-to-science-comes-as-the-federal",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-12T16:00:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Fortune",
    "slug": "fortune",
    "url": "https://fortune.com/2026/08/12/gates-foundation-540-million-donation-university-of-washington/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The historic gift to a University of Washington research institute lands as the federal government retreats from funding 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."
}