{
  "id": 7848958,
  "title": "New lawsuit accuses Trump administration of blocking NIH grants as form of censorship",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/new-lawsuit-accuses-trump-administration-of-blocking-nih-grants-as",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-16T18:20:58.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian US",
    "slug": "the-guardian-us",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/16/aclu-lawsuit-nih-censorship"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The administration has used a list of 235 keywords – such as ‘gender’ and ‘racist’ – to prevent topics from being funded Researchers filed a class action lawsuit against the National Institutes of Health (NIH) on Wednesday, arguing the Trump administration is blocking and cancelling scientific grants to censor topics with which it disagrees. The administration has used a list of 235 keywords –…",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Hindustan Times - World News",
        "title": "Trump administration paid employees $9.5 billion not to work in 2025: Report",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/trump-administration-paid-employees-9-5-billion-not-to-work-in-2025",
        "published": "2026-09-16T16:04:41.000Z"
      }
    ]
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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."
}