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The vote brings to an end a lengthy standoff between Senate Republicans and the Trump administration over Blanche, who has served as acting attorney general since April.

From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026

The US acting attorney general said Sunday he had reached an agreement with lawmakers and issued an order officially scrapping a $1.8-billion compensation fund that has led to a standoff over his Senate confirmation.

From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026

Hours before he backed down, an ally of Infantino’s told the Financial Times that he would not bend, seeing the standoff as “a fight to the death.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026

“This apparent standoff between the bulls and the bears reflects short-term temperature outlooks that are only slightly skewed in a bullish direction,” Ritterbusch & Associates says in a note.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

It somehow breaks the standoff between Captain Smith and Captain Ratcliffe.

From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone

US senators agreed unanimously Thursday to suspend their own pay during government shutdowns, in an effort to force Congress to share the financial pain after a series of funding standoffs that upended the federal government.

From Barron's ● May 14, 2026

The traditional fix for these standoffs was a conference committee, in which both chambers appoint a group of members to represent their side, and conferees hammer out differences.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 18, 2026

At the same time, carriage negotiations with programmers are more fraught, often leading to standoffs where channels are pulled, disrupting service to customers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 9, 2026

That idea has long been used to describe evolutionary standoffs between species, such as hosts and the parasites or pathogens that attack them.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 26, 2026

Such prolonged standoffs would not be necessary, however, for he sensed that his time in Chicago was nearing an end.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson