federal
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Immigrants detained at two federal facilities in California have launched a boycott in protest of increasing and, in their view, burdensome prices at the facilities’ commissaries for items including tampons, coffee and soup.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 1, 2026
If there is one thing that is clear about the authority of the federal courts, it is the simple proposition that they can act only on real cases and controversies.
From Slate • Jul. 1, 2026
"After four years of litigation across every level of the federal court system, it is time for this case to end," Carroll's lawyers wrote in the legal brief.
From BBC • Jul. 1, 2026
They had good intent, but even the best federal efforts to “cut red tape” won’t solve the country’s housing woes.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 1, 2026
The federal government would take on—which is to say, assume—all the accumulated debts of the states, most of which had their origins during the war.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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