Donald Trump has lashed out at what he called the Senate’s “old and ridiculous custom” of using the “blue slip” tradition. The procedural tool that allows home-state senators to block nominees for ...

The issue of the blue slip hasn’t gone away. As I’ve argued before, getting rid of them is not a very good idea. It’s also fruitless red-on-red violence because even if Chairman Chuck Grassley ignored ...

President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House on Dec. 3, 2025 in Washington, D.C. Credit - Chip Somodevilla—Getty Images President Donald Trump has renewed his plea for the ...

President Trump is escalating his criticism of Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) for his unwillingness to overhaul the “blue slip,” a move that has further dismayed Senate ...

WASHINGTON (CN) — President Donald Trump waded into one of the Senate’s most arcane traditions Tuesday, as he called on Republicans to abandon a longstanding procedural mechanism known as the blue ...

Cleary is an editor at TIME, based in the London bureau. President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House on Dec. 3, 2025 in Washington, D.C. Cleary is an editor at TIME, based in ...

The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) has vowed to oppose the Senate Judiciary Committee’s consideration of two judges over what is called the “blue slip” policy. In a letter addressed to current ...

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 ...

President Donald Trump has railed against Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) for maintaining the customary use of blue slips in judicial nominations. Grassley, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, has ...

President Donald Trump has renewed his plea for the Senate’s century-old “blue slip” process to be axed in a bid to ensure his U.S. district court nominations, along with those for U.S. attorneys’ ...