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Two Republican senators who threatened to block acting Attorney General Todd Blanche’s bid to lead the Justice Department say they will vote to advance his nominationAfter calling off a fresh round of strikes against Iran, U.S. President Donald Trump announced that new talks to wind down the war would startPresident Donald Trump has repeatedly threatened military action against Iran, only to pull back at the last minuteState health officials say two people have died in the cyclospora outbreak in Michigan in the first confirmed deaths in the U.S. related to the microscopic parasiteInvestigators are trying to determine what led a 24-year-old man to open fire at an Idaho fast-food restaurant over the weekend, in an attack that left three people dead and seven others wounded before authorities