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Why Trump is railing against the Senate's blue slip tradition for nominees

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tradition of allowing home state senators to sign off on some federal judge and U.S. attorney nominees is “old and outdated.” Republican senators disagree.

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Trump ramps up criticism over Senate ‘blue slips’

Trump is warning he will try to sue over the precedent and criticizing Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Chuck Grassley for not ceding to his demands to nix the practice.

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Senate Republicans push back against Trump's calls to end 'blue slips'

President Donald Trump is once again upping the pressure on Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley to do away with a century-old Senate tradition that places some constraints on the president's authority to appoint judicial nominees.

Alina Habba, United States Attorney and Senate

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Alina Habba says she 'won't be intimidated' after Senate custom hinders US Attorney nomination

Trump's attorney Alina Habba clashes with Senate lawmakers over blue slip custom that prevents her U.S. Attorney nomination from advancing to floor vote

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GOP senator fires back after Trump rages over Alina Habba snub

President Donald Trump raged Sunday night at GOP senators who defended a legal rule preventing the confirmation of his former personal attorney, Alina Habba, as United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey.

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Judge Rules Alina Habba's Role as U.S. Attorney in New Jersey Was Illegitimate

Credit: Shutterstock When the Law Becomes a Chessboard, the People Always Lose Alina Habba, best known as one of Donald Trump's personal lawyers, was supposed to be the top federal prosecutor in New Jersey.

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Trump battles with US Senate Judiciary’s Grassley over home-state picks for judges

President Donald Trump and Iowa Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley are sparring on social media over whether the Judiciary ...

Trump remains undecided on endorsement in Senate race between Attorney General Ken Paxton and Sen. John Cornyn

While speaking with reporters on Monday, President Donald Trump said he’s not sure who he will endorse in the U.S. Senate ...

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Texas redistricting fight shakes up battle lines for both parties in key US Senate race

Just as Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Colin Allred was holding a town hall near the Mexican border as part of an “unrig ...

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Former Arkansas governor candidate announces run for U.S. Senate

Former Arkansas gubernatorial candidate James Russell has announced he is running for a seat in the U.S. Senate.

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Did US Senate Democrats introduce bill to eliminate Electoral College and 'restore democracy'?

A constitutional amendment would be required to change or abolish the role of the Electoral College in U.S. presidential ...

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Senate Passes Its First Spending Bills, but Battles Lie Ahead

The Senate on Friday overwhelmingly passed the first of its spending bills for the coming year, with bipartisan approval of measures to fund military construction projects, veterans and ...

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US Senate Committee on Appropriations professional staffers visit APS-2 Coleman

Two professional staff members from the U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Defense, conducted a site ...

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Democrat Sherrod Brown says he will try to return to US Senate in 2026

Democrat Sherrod Brown of Ohio said on Monday he would try to return to the U.S. Senate seat in next year's midterm elections ...

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Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry said he won't have final word on 2026 Senate race with Bill Cassidy

This article originally appeared on Shreveport Times: Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry said he won't have final word on 2026 Senate ...

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