Tillis declares he won’t 'go nuclear' to change rules to speed up Trump nominees

Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) said Thursday that he would not support a simple-majority vote to change the Senate’s rules on order to speed up the confirmation of more than 160 pending Trump nominees, who have been held up by Democrats demanding time-consuming votes on even low-level, non-controversial picks. The backlog of nominees has prompted Senate...