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Citi wants more clarity about the timing of Santos’s updated capital allocation framework.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026

Barnard has filed as an intervenor in the case, meaning it isn’t a party in the suit but wants to participate.

From Salon • May 25, 2026

“He wants a revolution,” Edwin Reyes, 42 years old, a bicycle-parts salesman, said at a Cepeda campaign rally in the capital.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026

She just wants to be thought of as a hard worker and a good teammate.

From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2026

There’s something about the way she looks at me, the softness in her eyes, that makes me believe she genuinely wants to help me.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam



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