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  "id": 8652712,
  "title": "Trump seeks greater control over US health research funding",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/20/trump-seeks-greater-control-over-us-health-research-funding",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-20T08:54:27.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Times",
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    "url": "https://dailytimes.com.pk/1555705/trump-seeks-greater-control-over-us-health-research-funding/"
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  "summary": "Trump seeks greater control over health research funding as President Donald Trump has asked budget director Russ Vought to draft an executive order on NIH grants. The proposal would create a board to decide which research projects receive federal funding. The plan could give political appointees a direct role in distributing money that Congress has […]",
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        "published": "2026-09-20T07:11:44.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/20/trumps-greenland-deal-a-triumph-of-optics",
        "published": "2026-09-20T10:49:10.000Z"
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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."
}