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 to ...

President Donald Trump's demands for Senate Republicans to back off on longstanding rules and traditions about nominees could ...

Blue slip supporters, which include most Senate Republicans, note two portions of the Constitution that they say clearly allow the process.

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.

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

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

His maneuvers to retain prosecutors, including Alina Habba, weaken a constitutional check.

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

The president’s lawsuit to defeat a Senate rule blocking confirmation of his prosecutorial nominees faces steep ...

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

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