Cornyn drops Kari Lake opposition after AIDS funding ‘assurances’

Two diplomat nominees opposed by Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) will get a confirmation vote on the Senate floor after the Trump administration provided him “assurances” on delayed AIDS funding.

Cornyn allowed the nominations of Kari Lake and Doug Mastriano, two close allies of President Donald Trump, to advance out of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee continue reading …