News Summary

• 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 necessarily to blame.
• Trump has faulted the Senate’s "blue slip" tradition, an unwritten rule requiring nominees to obtain home state senators' approval prior to being confirmed.
• He said blue state senators will only greenlight "Democrats or maybe weak Republicans" The president called on Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, to abolish the practice, and he threatened to sue over it.