Newsom and Anthropic reach deal to give local governments discounted access to Claude

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WASHINGTON DC, UNITED STATES - MAY 20: Governor Gavin Newsom (D-CA) speaks to reporters inside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC on May 20, 2026. (Photo by Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Governor Gavin Newsom speaks to reporters inside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC on May 20, 2026.

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What business leaders are saying — and doing — about California's proposed billionaire tax

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Palmer Luckey, Jensen Huang, Elon Musk, and more have commented on California's billionaire tax proposal.

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Gavin Newsom backs nationwide billionaire tax and an AI equity fund: 'Every American should own a piece'

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California Gov. Gavin Newsom called for creating a national public equity fund that would hold stakes in the nation's largest AI companies.

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Gov. Gavin Newsom vowed to stop California's billionaire tax. He has just over a week left to keep it off the ballot.

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Gov. Gavin Newsom said he would fight the proposed billionaire tax.

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Gavin Newsom proposes a California digital software tax

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California Gov. Gavin Newsom said the state's current treatment of prewritten software is unfair to those who are already paying sales taxes.

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California babies are getting a free diaper stash at birth

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Gov. Gavin Newsom is praising the free diaper program as a way to lower costs for families.

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State employees are the latest targets of prediction market insider trading bans

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Three governors have signed executive orders aimed at banning state employees from insider trading on prediction markets.

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Silicon Valley investor Ron Conway says California's proposed wealth tax 'could' pass if it's up to voters

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Tech investor Ron Conway, seen here in 2013, is hoping that California Gov. Gavin Newsom helps kill a proposed wealth tax before it reaches voters.

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Gavin Newsom recounts Steve Jobs giving him and Google's founders an early peek at the first iPhone

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"We were quite aware that he was sharing something akin to a state secret," Newsom wrote in his new memoir.

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Democrats demand that Trump issue $1,700 tariff refunds to Americans after the Supreme Court ruling

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California Gov. Gavin Newsom called on Trump to pay back Americans for tariff costs.

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