federal
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Prosecutors asked for a 30-year sentence, but federal Judge Deborah Boardman sentenced the attacker to eight years in prison, about what the defense sought.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026
No one appeared to have been taken, but the presence of federal agents drove off customers again.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026
The Unite Here Local 11 union, which represents about 2,000 stadium food and beverage workers, is demanding better pay along with assurances that federal immigration agents will not be allowed to enter the venue.
From Barron's • Jun. 6, 2026
The policy touches on a sensitive area of military life: how a federal institution recognizes and records personal belief systems.
From Salon • Jun. 6, 2026
Eventually an American federal judge ruled the quarantine unconstitutional and ended the Guantanamo program.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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