Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) is vetoing U.S. attorney nominations in two of the country’s most high-profile districts. This is the minority leader’s latest effort to take a harder line on President Donald Trump.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is seeking to block confirmation for President Donald Trump’s nominees for top federal prosecutors in New York. His hard line comes as he's facing mounting pressure from his party’s base to push back against the Trump administration more aggressively following his decision last month to allow a GOP-drafted government funding bill to advance rather than use his leverage and threaten a shutdown.