Insiders were optimistic on Thursday that Todd Blanche would be confirmed as attorney general and that a standoff between two Republicans and the Trump administration could be winding down, according to CNN reporters. The two Republicans have threatened to withhold support for Blanche over the president's IRS settlement and anti-weaponization fund. But that could be changing, CNN correspondent Katelyn Polantz reported Thursday, saying that Blanche met with Cornyn. Polantz wrote, in the update featured on CNN's text chains. "I just got off the phone with a source involved in the process who was very optimistic that Blanche gets confirmed — especially after the parties sat down today," Holmes wrote.