Trump’s attorney general pick says he has reached deal with senators after standoff – US politics live

Todd Blanche, acting US attorney general, has formally terminated Trump's one point eight billion dollar 'anti-weaponization fund' after weeks of Senate negotiations, the Guardian reports. Republican senators had been blocking his confirmation until Blanche agreed to rescind the program, which was designed to compensate Trump's political allies.

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