They should not be relevant anymore,’ the president says. ‘This is a different world than it was 15, 20 years ago. That was a ...

An informal custom gives Senate Democrats leverage on federal prosecutors even as Republicans have sought to ease other ...

Eight months after being nominated for an ambassadorship, former Rep. Mark Walker hasn’t had a hearing because of a senator ...

When President Trump returned to office in 2025, his first judicial nomination was recommended to him by Senator Blackburn.

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Highlights of 2025 in Congress included the longest partial government shutdown in history and the passage of the One Big ...

President Donald Trump is breezing past his predecessor on confirmations. Senate Republicans are set to approve a bloc of 97 ...

Because the U.S. Senate is controlled by a Republican majority, Aaron Christian Peterson’s confirmation process is not ...

Vice President JD Vance argued that the blue slip practice blocked nominees in Democratic states and hindered nationwide law ...

Under the practice, the Senate Judiciary Committee will not advance certain nominees unless both home-state senators return a ...

For a political figure whose power has long depended on intimidation, spectacle, and the assumption that resistance is futile ...

President Donald Trump has renewed his plea for the Senate’s century-old “blue slip” process to be axed in a bid to ensure ...