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GOP senators to advance Blanche after $1.8B fund terminated
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche is expected to advance toward Senate confirmation after the Justice Department terminated a controversial $1.8 billion 'anti-weaponization fund.' Republican Sens. John Cornyn and Thom Tillis, who had blocked Blanche’s nomination, announced satisfaction with the fund’s formal rescission and plan to support moving the nomination forward.
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