Blue slips are a long-standing Senate tradition that requires presidents to earn the approval of both home-state senators.

"I will not let the Senate move forward on President Trump's nominees for U.S. Attorney for the Southern and Eastern ...

More than half of New Yorkers said Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) should be replaced by another Democrat in ...

As the Trump administration presses on with its plan for global tariffs, Sen. Chuck Schumer warns New York could get more ...

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has become a leading face of the Democratic Party's resistance to the Trump administration, ...

New York Sen. Chuck Schumer is calling on federal authorities to revoke the operating permits of the helicopter tour company ...

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer blasted a New York helicopter tour company for seemingly profiting off of the tragic ...

Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced Wednesday that he'll use a Senate procedure that allows home state senators to object ...

Senator Chuck Schumer had said he would block the permanent appointment of Jay Clayton, the president’s choice to head one of ...

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) has been losing favorability over the course of President Trump’s second White ...

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) has invoked the Senate’s “blue slip” tradition to block President Trump’s ...

While it is not law, Senate custom for vetting U.S. attorneys and district court nominees has long required the approval of ...