briefed

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A newspaper reporter looking into the case learned that local police were briefed by federal authorities of the urgency to recover the documents because they revealed the Hughes connection to the CIA.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 16, 2026

Energy Secretary Chris Wright told The Wall Street Journal last week that Trump has been briefed on the inventory situation and the administration doesn’t foresee a jump in energy prices.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 15, 2026

“From what we have been briefed on, yes,” Mullin replied.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026

British business groups have been briefed on the move and the EU's pushback that such an ambitious ask would not be negotiable with the government's existing red lines on, for example, freedom of movement.

From BBC • May 23, 2026

The other guards are getting briefed at the Hub.

From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed