On Thursday, President Trump awarded Elon Musk, Jensen Huang, Sergey Brin, and AMD’s Lisa Su the National Medal of Science, the nation’s top science prize.
President Trump awards Big Tech donors with nation’s highest science prizes

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President Trump awarded several tech leaders the National Medal of Science and Technology, with some donating billions to Trump-related causes.
- Trump awarded Elon Musk, Jensen Huang, Sergey Brin, and others with top science prizes.
- Some recipients donated nearly $6 billion to Trump and his administration.
- Microsoft was suspended from the H-1B program after Nadella received his medal.
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