federal
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Regulators and prosecutors are playing catch-up to address a rash of suspicious betting that touches various corners of the federal bureaucracy.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026
I asked her if she believed that Pratt could deliver homeless residents to some facility he would create on federal land.
From Slate • Jun. 3, 2026
In a ruling on Friday, a federal judge ordered the justice department to suspend the fund to allow for a lawsuit against it to move forward.
From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026
Additionally, 77% of Latino voters voiced opposition to the idea of a federal ban on letting undocumented children attend public schools.
From Salon • Jun. 3, 2026
On the all-important question of sovereignty, the same artfully contrived ambiguity also obtained: Sovereignty did not reside with the federal government or the individual states; it resided with “the people.”
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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