WASHINGTON (AP) — Merrick Garland, President Joe Biden’s attorney general nominee, is vowing to prioritize civil rights and combating extremist violence. During his confirmation hearing Monday, the 68 ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The last time Merrick Garland was nominated by the White House for a job, Republicans wouldn't even meet with him. Now, the once-snubbed Supreme Court pick will finally come before ...

This post was updated at 2:55 p.m. on March 16, 2016. Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) called on Senate Republicans to hold a prompt confirmation vote on President Barack Obama’s U.S. Supreme Court nominee, ...

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) asked the top officials at the Department of Justice and FBI on Wednesday to testify at a pair of summer hearings as part of Congress’s annual ...

Senate Democrats met with President Obama's Supreme Court nominee, Merrick Garland, Thursday beginning the next phase of their campaign to break Republicans' resolve to hold no confirmation hearings ...

Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland returned to Capitol Hill on Tuesday to pay his first visit to a Republican, Sen. Mark Kirk of Illinois, who belongs to a faction of Senate GOPers that have agreed ...

Senate Democrats are reliving the snub of Merrick Garland, President Barack Obama's nominee to the Supreme Court, at the hearing of President Donald Trump's pick Monday. The first three Democrats ...