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

Senators approve of a nominee by returning their blue slip to the Judiciary Committee Chairman. If a senator does not return ...

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

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

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

President Donald Trump threatened legal action over a Senate tradition Democrats have used to block certain judicial nominees ...

Donald Trump lashed out at Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley after the “blue slip” custom was used to block his former personal ...

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

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 ...

Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Chuck Grassley is holding firm against pressure from President Donald Trump to upend a ...

President Donald Trump renewed his demand for the Senate's "blue slip" tradition to be done away with and urged Senate ...

It’s unclear whether the president could succeed in a legal challenge to the longstanding bipartisan tradition, which is an ...