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in the eleventh hour

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It doesn’t matter which details are switched in the eleventh hour: The deal would be very, very unlikely to meet Trump’s standard of “PERFECT ON THE BORDER.”

From Slate

We extended an unprecedented extension and we called them in the eleventh hour.

Nothing in the first four episodes suggested that there was going to be some brilliant revelation in the eleventh hour, but a girl could hope that we might get a bit more than an underwhelming ending in which the baffling character known as Tedros Tedros is both exposed for the creep that he is and ultimately forgiven by Lily-Rose Depp’s heroine, Jocelyn.

“The administration has failed to acknowledge the crisis at our border, and is recognizing in the eleventh hour that the upcoming removal of Title 42 authorities, and the subsequent surge in border crossings that is predicted, will have disastrous effects on the security of our nation,” the letter stated.

The sources, who requested anonymity as these discussions are confidential, cautioned that a deal is not guaranteed and that the talks could fall apart in the eleventh hour.

From Reuters

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