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  2. Lying in state - Wikipedia

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    Lying in state is the tradition in which the body of a deceased official, such as a head of state, is placed in a state building, either outside or inside a coffin, to allow the public to pay their respects. It traditionally takes place in a major government building of a country, state, or city. While the practice differs among countries, in ...

  3. Deep state in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Deep state in the United States. According to an American political conspiracy theory, the deep state is a clandestine network of members of the federal government (especially within the FBI and CIA ), working in conjunction with high-level financial and industrial entities and leaders, to exercise power alongside or within the elected United ...

  4. U.S. state - Wikipedia

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    U.S. state. In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental jurisdiction over a separate and defined geographic territory where it shares its sovereignty with the federal government. Due to this shared sovereignty, Americans are citizens ...

  5. State governments of the United States - Wikipedia

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    In the United States, state governments are institutional units exercising functions of government at a level below that of the federal government. Each U.S. state 's government holds legislative, executive, and judicial authority over [ 1] a defined geographic territory. The United States comprises 50 states: 9 of the Thirteen Colonies that ...

  6. State (polity) - Wikipedia

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    A state is a political entity that regulates society and the population within a territory. [ 1] Government is considered to form the fundamental apparatus of contemporary states. [ 2][ 3] A country often has a single state, with various administrative divisions. A state may be a unitary state or a some type of federal union; in the latter type ...

  7. United States Department of State - Wikipedia

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    Kurt M. Campbell, Deputy Secretary. Richard Verma, Deputy Secretary for Management and Resources. Website. state.gov. The United States Department of State ( DOS ), [ 3] or simply the State Department, [ 4] is an executive department of the U.S. federal government responsible for the country's foreign policy and relations.

  8. Home rule in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Home Rule in the United States. Home rule in the United States relates to the authority of a constituent part of a U.S. state to exercise powers of governance; i.e.: whether such powers must be specifically delegated to it by the state (typically by legislative action) or are generally implicitly allowed unless specifically denied by state ...

  9. Altered state of consciousness - Wikipedia

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    An altered state of consciousness ( ASC ), [ 1] also called an altered state of mind, altered mental status ( AMS) or mind alteration, is any condition which is significantly different from a normal waking state. By 1892, the expression was in use in relation to hypnosis, [ 2] though there is an ongoing debate as to whether hypnosis is to be ...