Grassley rebukes Trump's pressure to 'have the courage' to speed up nominations

President Donald Trump pressured the top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee to end a longstanding practice in the Senate to expedite his nominations to district courts and U.S. attorney’s offices, but the lawmaker isn't budging.

Trump late Tuesday night demanded that Senate Judiciary Chair Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, "have the courage" to end the "blue slip" tradition in the Senate, which effectively gives senators the ability to veto district court and U.S. attorney nominees in their home states.

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He charged that the practice was "probabl...