Newsom Clashes with Reporters; Microsoft's Layoff Controversy | 7/10/26 FIRST LOOK
The Rubin Report
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🗓️ 10 July 2026
⏱️ 6 minutes
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Summary
Dave Rubin of "The Rubin Report" gives a first look at the stories you need to know to start your day, including California Governor Gavin Newsom having a tense exchange with reporters while refusing to explain why he has not released his tax returns since 2020 while dismissing federal investigations involving his wife, Jennifer Siebel Newsom, former chief of staff Dana Williamson, and others in his orbit as a politically motivated witch hunt; and Microsoft laying off 1,600 XBOX employees as part of broader company-wide cuts after receiving approval for thousands of H-1B visas, reigniting the debate over foreign workers, American jobs, immigration policy, and Vice President JD Vance's crackdown on alleged H-1B visa fraud; and much more.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everybody, I'm Dave Rubin, and this is First Look. It's Friday, July 10th, 2026. We've got a pack show for you today. Gavin Newsom gets testy when pressed on missing tax returns while facing federal probes. Microsoft fires 1,600 Xbox employees right after securing thousands |
| 0:23.6 | of H-1B visas for foreign workers. Let's dive in. |
| 0:28.6 | California Governor Gavin Newsom grew visibly testy Thursday when reporters pressed him on |
| 0:34.6 | why he has not released his tax returns since 2020. |
| 0:39.2 | Newsom deflected hard, asking Donald Trump, when has he released them? |
| 0:44.2 | And insisting the federal investigations into him, his wife, Jennifer Siebel Newsom, and |
| 0:50.0 | people in his orbit are nothing more than a Trump-directed witch hunt to find something. |
| 0:56.3 | Newsom has repeatedly promised to release his tax returns every year while in office, yet |
| 1:01.6 | he has not publicly disclosed any returns beyond tax year 2020. |
| 1:06.6 | He released several years of returns during his gubernatorial campaigns, but nothing since |
| 1:11.9 | 2022. When reminded that he has tried to position himself as different from Trump, Newsom |
| 1:18.4 | claimed he had released taxes for decades, but offered no clear explanation for the recent |
| 1:24.2 | gap. The governor was speaking at an elementary school in Davis to highlight his |
| 1:29.0 | education budget when the questions came up. He accused the Trump administration of weaponizing |
| 1:35.1 | the Department of Justice and other agencies, calling it pretty disgraceful and the most corrupt |
| 1:41.4 | administration in American history. |
| 1:44.3 | He said the probes have forced people around him to hire private attorneys and claim Trump |
| 1:49.8 | is going after his wife because officials couldn't figure out how to get me. |
| 1:55.4 | The investigations include scrutiny of Siebel Newsom's taxes and matters tied to Newsom's former chief of staff |
| 2:02.5 | Dana Williamson. Williamson pleaded guilty in May to conspiracy to commit bank and |
| 2:08.5 | wire fraud, subscribing to a false tax return, and lying to the FBI. She faces |
| 2:15.3 | sentencing in September. Last week, Williamson's attorney revealed |
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