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Newsom Rebukes Senate Moderates Over Shutdown Deal at COP30

He says the bipartisan vote surrendered leverage on expiring health-care subsidies, underscoring California's green‑tech leadership at COP30.

FILE - Fire crews monitor the Palisades Fire in Mandeville Canyon on Jan. 11, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
California Gov. Gavin Newsom arrives to speak with The Associated Press at the COP30 U.N. Climate Summit, Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025, in Belem, Brazil. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)
California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks during an interview with The Associated Press at the COP30 U.N. Climate Summit, Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025, in Belem, Brazil. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)
California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks during an interview with The Associated Press at the COP30 U.N. Climate Summit, Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025, in Belem, Brazil. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)

Overview

  • Eight senators—seven Democrats and independent Angus King—joined Republicans late Monday to pass a bill to reopen the government, moving the record shutdown toward an end.
  • Democratic critics fault the agreement for failing to secure a long‑term extension of federal health‑care subsidies set to lapse on January 1.
  • From Belem, Gavin Newsom said he was stunned by the decision and argued the senators are not alarmed enough about President Donald Trump’s disruptive politics.
  • Newsom’s office labeled the compromise a “surrender” on X, and he later called it “capitulation and a betrayal of working Americans.”
  • At COP30, Newsom blasted Trump’s climate stance as “dumb,” highlighted California’s green‑tech push, and contrasted state action with Washington’s absence from the summit.