{
  "id": 17951300,
  "title": "Californians vote on billionaire tax to replace federal cuts in healthcare funding",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/californians-vote-on-billionaire-tax-to-replace-federal-cuts-in",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-03T10:49:23.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "France 24",
    "slug": "france-24",
    "url": "https://www.france24.com/en/video/20261103-californians-vote-on-billionaire-tax-to-replace-federal-cuts-in-healthcare-funding"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "California could become the first US state to tax the net worth of billionaires Tuesday under a ballot measure that has divided liberal leaders nationally and triggered one of the most expensive ballot fights in state history as the ultra-rich scramble to figure out whether they would pay the tax or flee. Proposition 40 would impose a one-time 5% tax on the wealth of Californians whose net worth…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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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."
}