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President Donald Trump renewed his demand for the Senate's "blue slip" tradition to be done away with and urged Senate ...
Senators approve of a nominee by returning their blue slip to the Judiciary Committee Chairman. If a senator does not return ...
Iowa, has previously rejected President Donald Trump’s calls to disregard the federal official confirmation tradition. The ...
President Donald Trump threatened legal action over a Senate tradition Democrats have used to block certain judicial nominees ...
The Judiciary Committee chair, and his fellow Republicans, have so far brushed off pressure from the president to nix the ...
President Trump on Sunday sought to ramp up pressure on Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) over his ...
Trump trashed the "blue slip" as an "old and outdated 'custom'" that has allowed Democrats to block his nominees.
Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is pushing back on criticism from President Trump, who has railed ...
The president’s lawsuit to defeat a Senate rule blocking confirmation of his prosecutorial nominees faces steep ...
President Donald Trump said he plans legal action against the Senate's blue slip practice, calling it a barrier to appointing ...
It’s unclear whether the president could succeed in a legal challenge to the longstanding bipartisan tradition, which is an ...
The president again took issue with Sen. Chuck Grassley and his refusal to do away with a check on certain judicial picks.