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  "id": 15413644,
  "title": "California's Proposition 40: A tax on billionaires",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/18/californias-proposition-40-a-tax-on-billionaires",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-18T13:15:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CBS News",
    "slug": "cbs-news",
    "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/video/californias-proposition-40-a-tax-on-billionaires/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "California voters will decide whether to adopt Proposition 40, which would impose a new tax on billionaires' wealth. Correspondent Jo Ling Kent examines whether the measure would deliver the benefits its backers promise — and why some progressives oppose it.",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Le Monde English",
        "title": "On the campaign trail with Gabriel Zucman, the economist who wants to tax California's billionaires",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/18/on-the-campaign-trail-with-gabriel-zucman-the-economist-who-wants-to",
        "published": "2026-10-18T03:00:07.000Z"
      }
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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."
}