{
  "id": 7766278,
  "title": "Texas universities purge core courses as political pressure takes its toll",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/texas-universities-purge-core-courses-as-political-pressure-takes-its",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-16T10:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hill",
    "slug": "the-hill",
    "url": "https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/6090827-texas-universities-courses-abbott/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Public universities in Texas have dropped hundreds of courses from their core curricula — or altogether — amid rising political pressure over the last two years. Texas A&M University has removed 350 core listings across its system, many dealing with gender, race and other popular GOP targets. The University of Houston has nixed 133 classes...",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "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."
}