federal
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Since his 2019 conviction in a Brooklyn federal court, El Chapo has been serving a life sentence plus 30 years in a Supermax prison high in the Colorado Rocky Mountains.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026
A federal judge also sentenced Fleming to three years of supervised release and a $200 penalty.
From BBC • May 13, 2026
California’s Medicaid program, known as Medi-Cal, is expected to cost about $222 billion for the budget year starting July 1, including both state and federal funding.
From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026
Treasury yields climb to absorb new federal borrowing, and those higher rates flow through to mortgages, business loans, auto loans and credit-card balances.
From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026
Fortunately for Jefferson, the leadership of the Kentucky legislature decided to delete the sections of his draft endorsing nullification, presumably because such open defiance of federal law seemed excessive and unnecessarily risky.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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