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California Billionaire Tax Edges Toward Ballot as Signature Review Proceeds

Backers say a one-time 5% levy would raise about $100 billion to shore up health care after federal cuts.

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Prosecutors Detail Anti‑Wealth Motive in Pacific Palisades Arson Case as Trial Nears

California Billionaire Tax Drive Faces Brin-Funded Countermeasures

Comptroller Sizes Up NYC Pied-à-Terre Tax, Putting Annual Take at $340M–$500M

Citadel Says $6 Billion NYC Redevelopment Is in Doubt After Mayor’s Ken Griffin Video

Ultra-Wealth Surges as US Extends Lead and India Rises

Hochul and Mamdani Propose Tax on Luxury Second Homes to Help Close NYC Budget Gap

Subway Poster Campaign Targets Bezos–Sánchez Role in 2026 Met Gala

NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani Said to Decline 2026 Met Gala Invitation

Hochul and Mamdani Propose NYC Surcharge on $5 Million Second Homes

‘The Audacity’ Trains a Darker Satire on Big Tech

French Tax Agency Assesses €271 Million in Panama Papers Cases

France Recovers €132 Million in Audits of IFI Households Reporting No Income Tax

Sergey Brin Funnels $45 Million Into Bid to Defeat California Billionaire Tax

Activists Brand Larry Ellison’s Superyacht ‘The Trump Propagandist’

DOJ Emails Detail Epstein Tax Schemes and Leon Black Payments as Bank Alerts Mount

Giving Pledge Loses Momentum as Peter Thiel Urges Billionaires to Walk Away

City Hall Memo Presses Albany on Taxing Wealthy, Adds Aggressive Estate-Tax Overhaul

Reports Tie Iran’s New Supreme Leader to Concealed Global Wealth Network

California Billionaire Tax Proposal Shows Early Edge, Faces Wealthy Opposition