‘The Interview’: Antony Blinken Insists He and Biden Made the Right Calls
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‘My call’: India captain Rohit Sharma insists he was not axed for fifth Test
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Derrick Rose insists he doesn't want a statue based on 'the way people been creating them'
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Antony Blinken: ‘China has been trying to have it both ways’
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Trump has made a lot of Day One promises. Which will he keep?
Way up on his list of Day One priorities is his promise to begin rounding up and deporting immigrants who snuck into this country — and those who committed serious crimes would be the first to go.The Hill - 2d -
Johnson on homeland security: Biden admin didn't prioritize 'the right things'
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) criticized President Biden's administration's handling of homeland security following the deadly New Orleans truck attack, arguing they did not prioritize “the right ...The Hill - 3d -
Johnson says he hasn't asked Trump to call any holdouts
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Bill Self says five-star signee Darryn Peterson is best player he's recruited at Kansas -- is he right?
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Stephen Curry called the Warriors 'very average,' but even that's a stretch right now
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Trump says he would make calls for Mike Johnson
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