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  "id": 7911668,
  "title": "New lawsuit argues NIH violated First Amendment rights of grant applicants",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/new-lawsuit-argues-nih-violated-first-amendment-rights-of-grant",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-17T00:39:34.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "STAT News",
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    "url": "https://www.statnews.com/2026/09/16/lawsuit-argues-nih-violated-researcher-first-amendment-rights-aclu/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The lawsuit seeks to halt the process of searching grant applications for specific terms to determine if they should be rejected.",
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      {
        "outlet": "The Hill",
        "title": "DHS's 'warning notice' to ICE critic 'likely' violated First Amendment: Federal judge",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/dhss-warning-notice-to-ice-critic-likely-violated-first-amendment",
        "published": "2026-09-16T22:51:56.000Z"
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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."
}