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Now, property records show that the sale of the home has officially closed with a final price of $2.2 million—an even lower sum than Hoult paid for the home more than eight years ago.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

This year’s gubernatorial contest is not the first time Steyer has spent an inordinate sum seeking office.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

Though each home’s energy generation is capped at a relatively paltry 800 watts, their sum total across the country equates to a large power plant, he says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

In sum, it all sounds less like a good-faith effort to invigorate a vital newsmagazine for modern times—and more like an effort to have it fall apart, piece by piece.

From Slate • Jun. 5, 2026

Vaughan had successfully helped him file his application, and for this and other legal services Bigheart had planned to pay him as much as $10,000—a sum that is comparable today to nearly $140,000.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann