President Donald Trump last month tried to goad Sen. Chuck Grassley into ending the practice of giving deference to home-state senators in the judicial nominations process — a pressure campaign that ...

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 ...

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 ...

President Donald Trump criticized the Senate’s judicial nominating process as “old and outdated.” Here’s what to know about blue slips. Photo from the White House President Donald Trump recently ...

Speaking from the Oval Office, Trump slammed the blue-slip process, which is not a formal Senate rule but a bipartisan tradition dating back more than 100 years. Trump complained the tradition has ...

The next election cycle is shaping up to be pivotal in Iowa politics. On this episode of River to River, the latest candidates entering the fray with analysis from political scientists Sara Mitchell ...