In the United States, Senate lawmakers have reached a deal on an anti-abortion provision tucked into a human trafficking bill, paving the way for a Thursday vote on the stalled confirmation of attorney general nominee Loretta Lynch. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell had refused to proceed with the confirmation of Lynch — who would be the first African-American woman attorney general — until after the Senate passed the trafficking bill. But Democrats objected to a provision they say would have expanded a ban on federal funding for abortion by applying it to a victims’ fund created by criminal fines. The compromise separates the victims’ fund into two streams: criminal fines, which won’t be used for healthcare, and health-related money subject to the existing ban on federal abortion funding.