{
  "id": 11249442,
  "title": "Steve Hilton, Xavier Becerra clash in testy California governor’s race debate",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/steve-hilton-xavier-becerra-clash-in-testy-california-governors-race-11249442",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-01T04:02:58.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Technology",
    "slug": "guardian-technology",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/01/steve-hilton-xavier-becerra-clash-california-governor-race-debate"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The candidates running to replace Gavin Newsom sparred over taxes, immigration and regulating AI Xavier Becerra and Steve Hilton , the candidates running to be California ’s next governor, clashed on Wednesday over taxes, immigration and regulating artificial intelligence in a testy debate held days before voters begin receiving their ballots in the heavily Democratic state. Hilton, the former…",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Newsweek",
        "title": "Steve Hilton vs. Xavier Becerra: Key Issues and Polls Ahead of CNN Debate",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/steve-hilton-vs-xavier-becerra-key-issues-and-polls-ahead-of-cnn",
        "published": "2026-09-30T22:31:53.000Z"
      }
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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."
}