policy

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Police department policy at the time allowed the ranking officer to order the devices disabled.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

Senior policy adviser Iain Porter said the fact the change was coming into effect overnight made an "unjust situation even worse".

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said this week that U.S. interest rate policy was “in a good place” and that the Fed could wait for oil prices to come down.

From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026

Everything fell: oil prices, the dollar, even gold, because investors were shocked by how unsophisticated and draconian the policy was.

From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026

It also helped that foreign policy was the one area where he believed the nation should speak with one voice.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis