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Trump to Award Medals to Musk and Tech Leaders

President to present National Medals of Science and Technology at White House summit.

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President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference with Elon Musk in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, May 30, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

What this story says

  • President Donald Trump will present the National Medal of Science to Elon Musk and other tech leaders at a White House ceremony on Thursday.
  • Google co-founder Sergei Brin, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, AMD chief Lisa Su, Dell CEO Michael Dell, and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella will also receive National Medals of Science or Technology.
  • The awards are being presented at a White House summit called 'Science: A New Golden Age'.
  • White House spokesperson Liz Huston stated the awardees are helping ensure America's global leadership in innovation.

Who covered it

Left 11%(4)Centre 40%(14)Right 49%(17)

Percentages are shares of the 35 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. 16 of the 51 outlets we know ran this story carry no rating and are not counted in them. Coverage measured .

Trust

86/100

Craft

70/100

Hype

30/100

51 sources · methodology

Thin on the left so far

Only 4 of the 35 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated left.

This story is still being watched, so it is a count and not yet a finding. Coverage keeps arriving for hours after an event, and a side that has published nothing this morning may publish by tonight. If it is still true when we stop checking, we will say so plainly.

President Donald Trump is scheduled to present the National Medal of Science to Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, at a White House ceremony on Thursday. The event is part of a summit hosted by the White House titled “Science: A New Golden Age.”

Also receiving awards at the ceremony will be Google co-founder Sergei Brin, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, and AMD chief Lisa Su, who will be awarded the National Medal of Science. Dell CEO Michael Dell and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella are set to receive the National Medal of Technology and Innovation. White House spokesperson Liz Huston said in a statement that the recipients are contributing to America's continued leadership in innovation.

Financial Contributions to Trump Campaigns

CNBC reports that Elon Musk contributed over $290 million to Trump’s 2024 campaign. The same report states that Michael Dell and his wife have committed $6.25 billion to Trump-related accounts. Other reports mention financial contributions from awardees to Republican campaigns and causes.

Omissions

None of the right-rated reports below mention the financial contributions of Elon Musk and Michael Dell to Trump's campaigns or related accounts, which were detailed in the left-rated CNBC report.

Still developing. We have re-checked which outlets are covering this 2 times, most recently on 8 Oct 2026, 02:15, and will add the sides that appear.

How other outlets pictured it

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How each side covered it

Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.

Left

4 rated outlets

  • The left-rated reports led on the fact that President Trump would present the awards. CNBC, a left-rated outlet, highlighted that each of the award recipients had financially contributed to President Trump or Republican campaigns and causes. CNBC detailed that Musk was Trump's biggest financial backer in the 2024 election cycle, contributing over $290 million. It also reported that Michael Dell and his wife committed $6.25 billion to Trump Accounts. Other left-rated reports, such as unn.ua and IndexHR, focused on Trump presenting Musk with the highest scientific award in the United States.

Centre

14 rated outlets

  • Centre-rated reports focused on the presentation of the awards by President Trump to Elon Musk and other tech leaders. CTV News, a centre-rated outlet, noted that Musk is a close ally of Trump and was the biggest donor to Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign. It also mentioned Musk and Huang attending a White House event for Chinese President Xi Jinping and a previous meeting with tech chiefs about artificial intelligence. Forbes, another centre-rated outlet, mentioned that Musk and Jensen Huang were among six tech moguls who signed a voluntary 'White House Accord on Super Intelligence' last month.

Right

17 rated outlets

  • Right-rated reports focused on President Trump presenting the National Medals of Science and Technology to Musk and other tech leaders. Latestly and Tribune India reported that Trump would present the nation's highest honours for scientific and technological achievement to Musk and other leading American innovators. Protothema and Free Malaysia Today News stated that Jensen Huang, Sergey Brin, Lisa Su, Michael Dell, and Satya Nadella would also be honored at the same ceremony. El Universo noted that Musk has again won Trump's favour after a disagreement between them last year.

Questions about this coverage

How did the left and right cover Trump to Award Medals to Musk and Tech Leaders?
Of the 35 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 11% are rated left, 40% are rated centre, 49% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 51. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
Is Trump to Award Medals to Musk and Tech Leaders left or right?
Neither side dominates it. Of the 35 rated outlets on this story, 11% are rated left, 40% are rated centre, 49% are rated right, and no side holds the 70% this site would want before calling a field one-sided. A story is not left or right in any case; the outlets that carried it are what carry ratings.
Is the coverage of Trump to Award Medals to Musk and Tech Leaders biased?
Trump to Award Medals to Musk and Tech Leaders is one event reported by 51 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
Which side is not reporting Trump to Award Medals to Musk and Tech Leaders?
When we first saw this story, outlets rated left had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.
Which outlets covered Trump to Award Medals to Musk and Tech Leaders?
51 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
Who is receiving awards at the White House ceremony?
President Donald Trump will present the National Medal of Science to Elon Musk, Google co-founder Sergei Brin, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, and AMD chief Lisa Su. Michael Dell, CEO of Dell, and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella will receive the National Medal of Technology and Innovation.
What is the name of the White House summit where the awards are being presented?
The White House summit where President Trump will present the National Medals of Science and Technology is titled 'Science: A New Golden Age'.
What did White House spokesperson Liz Huston say about the awardees?
White House spokesperson Liz Huston stated that the Trump Administration is grateful for the contributions of these leaders in science and technology. She added that these recipients are helping to ensure America continues to lead the world in innovation.

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