federal
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The calls were recorded last year while he was being treated for four months in a mental health unit at a federal prison in North Carolina to see if he could regain competency.
From BBC
They are overseen by state insurance commissioners, who lack the resources and broader mandate of federal bank regulators.
And more recently, federal raids hit merchants and their customers.
From Los Angeles Times
The settlement was reached earlier this month, but details of the deal had not been revealed until documents were filed on Friday in a New York federal court.
From BBC
Note that tipping TSA agents isn’t allowed because federal workers are forbidden from accepting gratuities for performing official duties.
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