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No new trade deals have been reached, although administration officials said negotiations are underway.—
Time,
Time,
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The reasons for Patel's removal have not been made clear, and the change was only communicated to senior ATF officials on Wednesday.—
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Apr. 2025
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The photo album belonged to Karl Höcker, a former bank clerk who came to Auschwitz to be commandant Richard Baer’s right-hand man.—
Karen D'Souza,
Mercury News,
18 Apr. 2025
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The February 2023 election, for example, cost about $200,000, according to the city clerk.—
Tess Riski,
Miami Herald,
14 Apr. 2025
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Loading your audio article After spending decades in local politics, former Gilroy Mayor and Santa Clara County Supervisor Don Gage is being remembered as a straight-talking public servant with a bipartisan streak and a deep love for south Santa Clara County.—
Luis Melecio-Zambrano,
Mercury News,
27 Mar. 2025
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At her confirmation hearing in January, Pam Bondi presented herself as a lifelong public servant.—
Kyle Khan-Mullins,
Forbes,
18 Mar. 2025
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The position is typically occupied by civil servants, engineers, scientists or, more recently, politicians.—
Jackie Wattles,
CNN Money,
9 Apr. 2025
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This will only give Elon Musk more power to dismantle the people's government with as little resistance from dedicated civil servants as possible—further weakening the federal government's ability to serve the American people.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Apr. 2025
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The emoluments clause is a provision of the U.S. Constitution (Article I, Section 9, Paragraph 8) that generally prohibits federal officeholders from receiving any gift, payment or other thing of value from a foreign state or its rulers, officers, or representatives.—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
Footwear News,
7 Apr. 2025
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The resistors were bankers and business leaders, Kiwanis and Rotary Club members and clergy, and middle-class members of White Citizens’ Councils who took pains to distance themselves from the Ku Klux Klan—as well as officeholders from local school boards to state capitols to the halls of Congress.—
Essence,
Essence,
22 Mar. 2025
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“Officiary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/officiary. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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