https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/trump-awards-musk-and-other-tech-titans-national-medals-of-scienceContinuously updated, source-cited coverage. https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/trump-awards-musk-and-other-tech-titans-national-medals-of-sciencehttps://www.live-feeds.com/feed/trump-awards-musk-and-other-tech-titans-national-medals-of-science#u125749Fri, 16 Oct 2026 11:30:23 +0000President Donald Trump awarded National Medals of Science and Technology to Elon Musk, Jensen Huang, Lisa Su, Sergey Brin, Satya Nadella, and Michael Dell at the White House on Thursday. During the ceremony at the Science: A New Golden Age Summit, Trump praised Musk as a national treasure and compared him to Thomas Edison. The honors arrived alongside announcements about new science funding, though the event contrasted sharply with administration policies targeting foreign workers and ongoing concerns over federal research cuts.Why it mattersThe White House ceremony brought together prominent