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Pentagon Orders Thirty Universities to Audit Foreign Research Ties or Risk Losing Federal Funding

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth directed major US universities to review their financial and research relationships with foreign entities by the end of August, intensifying scrutiny of potential links to China and the use of taxpayer-funded research.
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Major League Baseball Playoff Race Intensifies as Late-Season Moves Reshape Contenders
US Officials Monitor Expanding Long-Range Drone and Missile Strikes Abroad
NASA Completes Deep-Space Communications Tests for Artemis Missions
NIH Removes Diversity Requirements From Federal Research Grant Reviews
Judicial Conference Adopts Stricter Ethics and Financial Disclosure Rules for Appellate Judges
Supreme Court Declines to Hear Donald Trump Appeal in Earlier Civil Litigation
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