federal court
noun
: a court established by a federal government
especially
: one established under the constitution and laws of the U.S.
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Guam Department of Corrections via AP A former CIA analyst arrested in November and charged with leaking highly classified records showing Israeli plans to launch a retaliatory strike on Iran pleaded guilty Friday in a federal court in Virginia.
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Alexander Mallin, ABC News, 17 Jan. 2025
The 2012 Obama administration memo that originally created the policy has also been found to be unlawful by federal courts.
—Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 17 Jan. 2025
Samantha Yi, 31, and her then-boyfriend Darnell Mendez, 32, packaged, prepared and distributed fentanyl together and regularly sold the deadly, potent drug to the 10-month-old girl’s mother and father, according to federal court records.
—Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 17 Jan. 2025
Since joining the Miami Herald in 1999, he’s covered the federal courts nonstop, from Elian Gonzalez’s custody battle to Alex Rodriguez’s steroid abuse.
—Ben Wieder and, Miami Herald, 17 Jan. 2025
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Alexander Mallin, ABC News, 17 Jan. 2025
The 2012 Obama administration memo that originally created the policy has also been found to be unlawful by federal courts.
—Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 17 Jan. 2025
Samantha Yi, 31, and her then-boyfriend Darnell Mendez, 32, packaged, prepared and distributed fentanyl together and regularly sold the deadly, potent drug to the 10-month-old girl’s mother and father, according to federal court records.
—Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 17 Jan. 2025
Since joining the Miami Herald in 1999, he’s covered the federal courts nonstop, from Elian Gonzalez’s custody battle to Alex Rodriguez’s steroid abuse.
—Ben Wieder and, Miami Herald, 17 Jan. 2025
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“Federal court.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/federal%20court. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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