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  "id": 8943879,
  "title": "White House plans to put NIH grants under political control: reports",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/white-house-plans-to-put-nih-grants-under-political-control-reports",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-21T13:10:44.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Fierce Healthcare",
    "slug": "fierce-healthcare",
    "url": "https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/research/white-house-plans-put-nih-grants-under-political-control-reports"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "President Donald Trump is attempting to seize further control of funding decisions made by the National Institutes of Health. According to multiple reports, senior officials met in the Oval Office on Friday to discuss plans for an executive order that would create an external panel with the power to shoot down NIH grants.",
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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."
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