Cornyn drops Kari Lake opposition after AIDS funding ‘assurances’

on Wednesday, teeing up a vote before the full chamber. Lake has been nominated to be ambassador to Jamaica, while Mastriano was tapped by Trump for a post in the Slovak Republic.

Cornyn announced a day earlier that he would block their nominations, citing a delay in funding for PEPFAR, or the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. The Bush-era continue reading …