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The Financial Times has reported that four federal agencies pushed to have Megaspeed blacklisted by the Commerce Department run by Howard Lutnick, but the latter did not do so.
From Barron's ● Nov. 15, 2026
A federal judge temporarily barred the Trump administration from closing a Washington, D.C. public golf course for a planned overhaul to turn it into a championship-level course.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 15, 2026
A federal judge has temporarily blocked the US government's closure of a historic golf course and park in Washington DC.
From BBC ● Nov. 15, 2026
Liu led the largest U.S. attorney’s office in the country as the top federal prosecutor in Washington under the first Trump administration.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 15, 2026
The federal government would take on—which is to say, assume—all the accumulated debts of the states, most of which had their origins during the war.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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