The senatorial courtesy prevents partisans such as Alina Habba from becoming U.S. attorneys.

President Trump is escalating his criticism of Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) for his unwillingness ...

The blue slips give Democrats some power to block Trump’s nominations, angering the president despite the procedure having ...

President Donald Trump's acting U.S. attorney for New Jersey, Alina Habba, flew into a rage on social media at Senate ...

President Donald Trump said he plans legal action against the Senate's blue slip practice, calling it a barrier to appointing ...

President Donald Trump said he plans to sue California over its planned congressional maps and blue slips by that state and ...

Iowa, has previously rejected President Donald Trump’s calls to disregard the federal official confirmation tradition. The ...

"We're also going to be filing a lawsuit on blue slipping," Trump said. "You know, blue slips make it impossible for me as ...

Trump officials appealed a federal judge's ruling that Alina Habba has served 'unlawfully' as acting U.S. attorney in N.J.

Speaking from the Oval Office, Trump slammed the blue-slip process, which is not a formal Senate rule but a bipartisan ...

The Justice Department appealed a judge’s decision that rejected President Donald Trump’s appointment of Alina Habba as the ...

President Donald Trump and Iowa Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley are sparring on social media over whether the Judiciary Committee chairman should abandon a century-old tradition that allows senators ...