{
  "id": 6185650,
  "title": "Gavin Newsom on how to beat the GOP: 'Democrats need to grow a backbone'",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/07/gavin-newsom-on-how-to-beat-the-gop-democrats-need-to-grow-a-backbone",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-07T22:40:33.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "PBS NewsHour",
    "slug": "pbs-newshour",
    "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/gavin-newsom-on-how-to-beat-the-gop-democrats-need-to-grow-a-backbone"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "As California's governor, Gavin Newsom has become one of the Democratic Party's most vocal critics of President Trump. As speculation swirls around Newsom's own potential presidential bid, he's on the road and raising money to get more Democrats elected at the state level, where he says his party took its eye off the ball. Amna Nawaz caught up with Newsom in North and South Carolina.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}