A vote to advance Todd Blanche’s nomination to be President Donald Trump’s attorney general appeared on the verge of postponement late Wednesday, with a key GOP senator intensifying his calls for the Justice Department to guarantee that a controversial $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund won’t move forward.

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Senators John Cornyn and Thom Tillis have an ultimatum for Todd Blanche if he really wants to be attorney general.