{
  "id": 9044588,
  "title": "Family tied to suspected Chinese spy gave $4.4M to Newsom, Calif. politicians",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/family-tied-to-suspected-chinese-spy-gave-4-4m-to-newsom-calif",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-22T00:38:25.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CBS News",
    "slug": "cbs-news",
    "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/video/family-tied-to-suspected-chinese-spy-gave-4-4m-to-newsom-calif-politicians/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A California family gave over $4.4 million in political donations to Governor Gavin Newsom, Kamala Harris and other leading California politicians. And now, that family's alleged past links to infamous suspected honeypot spy Fang Fang, also known as Christine Fang, and other Chinese government officials have thrust them into an ongoing debate over foreign influence in American politics.",
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      {
        "outlet": "CBS News",
        "title": "Family tied to suspected Chinese spy gave $4.4M to Newsom, Calif. politicians",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/family-tied-to-suspected-chinese-spy-gave-4-4m-to-newsom-calif",
        "published": "2026-09-21T18:51:22.000Z"
      }
    ]
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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."
}