At the center of that decision was a memo put by Noem requiring that every contract above $100,000 must be personally signed off by her.
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Luke Barr,
ABC News,
15 Sep. 2026
More than twice as many Palantir calls traded than puts by volume Monday, with traders buying 56,000 calls and fewer than 25,000 puts, according to ThinkOrSwim data.
In 2024, the city of Detroit reached a settlement with one Robert Williams that prohibited police from making arrests based solely on information acquired from facial recognition technology.
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Edward Longe,
Washington Post,
2 Nov. 2026
The company acquired wireless spectrum licenses from EchoStar last year and recently purchased a portfolio of low-band spectrum licenses that could allow Starlink Mobile’s signal to penetrate buildings.
For Round 2, Raman’s allies assembled a series of outside campaign committees to promote her mayoral bid.
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Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Nov. 2026
Since taking office, Mamdani has named Diya Vij, an arts-organizations veteran, to lead the Department of Cultural Affairs, and assembled a slew of heavyweights to serve on his Committee on Arts and Culture.
Prosper police detectives searched Garcia’s home and collected DNA evidence consistent with the girl’s account of what had happened, according to the DA’s office.
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Shambhavi Rimal,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
29 Oct. 2026
Homicide detectives and crime scene investigators processed the scene, collected evidence and interviewed witnesses.
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