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The decision to drop the charge of assault on a federal officer came after Carlos Jimenez’s defense lawyers demanded records related to the shooting.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2026
But following the withdrawal of the Islamist militant group al-Shabab from most of the city in 2011, and the establishment of the federal government in 2012, Mogadishu has undergone a gradual transformation.
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2026
In 2009 the California solar-panel maker received a $535 million federal loan guarantee and went bankrupt two years later.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
Shortly after, the administration converted $8.9 billion in previously awarded federal support into a 9.9% stake.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
The term conveyed the political fear, so potent among the Antifederalist critics of the constitutional settlement of 1788, that the states would be absorbed by the new federal government.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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