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  "id": 8985947,
  "title": "White House drafting executive order to take over NIH grant approvals: Reports",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/white-house-drafting-executive-order-to-take-over-nih-grant-approvals",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-21T18:45:56.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hill",
    "slug": "the-hill",
    "url": "https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/6102144-executive-order-nih-grantmaking/"
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  "summary": "The Trump administration is reportedly putting together an executive order to move the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) grant approval process away from the agency and giving political appointees more control. Reports emerged over the weekend that the Oval Office was considering enforcing more political oversight into NIH's grantmaking process. The Washington Post was first...",
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        "published": "2026-09-21T17:20:00.000Z"
      },
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        "published": "2026-09-21T18:14:21.000Z"
      },
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/trump-inaugurates-white-house-helipad-but-networks-skip-coverage-over",
        "published": "2026-09-21T19:13:08.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "What is the White House pool? These days, it’s a battleground between Trump and free press rights",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/what-is-the-white-house-pool-these-days-its-a-battleground-between",
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      }
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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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