“Sen. Thom Tillis said Saturday morning that new comments by President Trump about his ‘anti-weaponization’ fund mean that attorney general nominee Todd Blanche won’t be confirmed by the Senate next week,” Axios reports.
“Why it matters: Tillis’s comment escalates the fight between the White House and holdout Senate Republicans over whether Trump’s fund — for people he considers victims of political persecution — is dead or not.”
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