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  "id": 19296401,
  "title": "California billionaire tax measure defeated in contentious vote",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/10/california-billionaire-tax-measure-defeated-in-contentious-vote",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-10T05:53:40.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
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    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3373896/california-billionaire-tax-defeated-contentious-vote"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "A billionaire tax that US Senator Bernie Sanders and other progressives championed as an antidote to economic inequality and a potential model for the rest of the country was defeated in California, US media projected on Monday. Proponents had estimated Prop 40 would raise US$100 billion in revenue, most of which would have been earmarked for healthcare programmes to offset federal funding cuts…",
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      {
        "outlet": "The New York Times",
        "title": "California Voters Reject Prop. 40 Billionaire Tax Measure",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/10/california-voters-reject-prop-40-billionaire-tax-measure",
        "published": "2026-11-10T02:37:46.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "NPR",
        "title": "California voters defeat billionaire tax proposal that divided Democrats",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/10/california-voters-defeat-billionaire-tax-proposal-that-divided",
        "published": "2026-11-10T03:05:39.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Japan Today",
        "title": "California voters reject measure to tax wealth of billionaires",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/10/california-voters-reject-measure-to-tax-wealth-of-billionaires",
        "published": "2026-11-10T03:11:39.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CBS News",
        "title": "California voters reject billionaire wealth tax, CBS News projects",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/10/california-voters-reject-billionaire-wealth-tax-cbs-news-projects",
        "published": "2026-11-10T03:23:16.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CBC News",
        "title": "California voters reject proposed billionaire tax",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/10/california-voters-reject-proposed-billionaire-tax",
        "published": "2026-11-10T03:42:53.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Le Monde English",
        "title": "California voters reject billionaire tax designed by French-American economists",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/10/california-voters-reject-billionaire-tax-designed-by-french-american",
        "published": "2026-11-10T04:40:38.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "US media project defeat for California billionaire tax",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/10/us-media-project-defeat-for-california-billionaire-tax",
        "published": "2026-11-10T05:34:49.000Z"
      }
    ]
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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."
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