President Trump on Thursday pressed Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) to end the chamber’s blue slip tradition, which Trump complained has gotten in the way of confirming many of his judge ...

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President Donald Trump has attacked the Senate for blocking his preferred nominees from being confirmed to key positions, but lawmakers and people familiar with the process say the Senate is not ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says the Senate’s century-old tradition of allowing home state senators to sign off on some federal judge and U.S. attorney nominees is “old and outdated.” ...

Senate Republicans do not always bow to President Donald Trump's wishes. He wants to end "blue slips," an informal practice that lets individual senators block Trump's appointments of federal judges ...

President Donald Trump is escalating his war against a long-time Senate precedent that allows home-state senators to effectively block district court and U.S. attorney nominees they oppose. Over the ...

Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is pushing back on criticism from President Trump, who has railed against the “blue-slip” practice that allows home-state senators to veto ...