The Senate confirmed Merrick Garland on Wednesday to be the next U.S. attorney general with a strong bipartisan vote, placing the widely-respected, veteran judge in the post as President Joe Biden has ...

“Some folks have said, ‘Well, why didn’t people step forward in 2021?’ My response to that is two words: Merrick Garland.” ...

The confirmation hearing for Merrick Garland — the moderate, well-liked federal appellate judge who was infamously denied a Supreme Court seat by Senate Republicans — did not exactly provide the kind ...

WASHINGTON — Vice President Biden will speak Thursday in favor of timely Senate action on the current Supreme Court vacancy, arguing that leaving it unfilled would produce "a patchwork Constitution ...

A super PAC backing Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) for Senate is airing television ads in Palm Beach, Fla., where ...

WASHINGTON — A Republican senator said Tuesday she is “more convinced than ever” that there should be hearings on President Barack Obama’s Supreme Court nominee after meeting with Judge Merrick ...

THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. Everybody, please have a seat. Of the many powers and responsibilities that the Constitution vests in the presidency, few are more consequential than appointing a Supreme ...

Merrick Garland is President Obama’s nominee to replace the late Justice Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court. Garland is from Skokie, Illinois, went to Harvard Law School and serves as the chief judge ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Senate has voted 70-30 to confirm Merrick Garland as the nation’s attorney general. With Wednesday’s bipartisan vote, the federal appeals court judge will head the ...