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 ...

The Senate Judiciary Committee voted to move forward the nomination of Merrick Garland for attorney general. The committee voted 15 to seven at a meeting Monday afternoon. The final vote now moves to ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Chief Justice John Roberts has denied a lawyer’s bid to get the Supreme Court to force the Senate to consider the high court nomination of Judge Merrick Garland. Roberts on Monday ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Attorney General Merrick Garland said Thursday he hoped the Senate would confirm the head of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, to help front the federal effort ...

The Senate voted overwhelmingly to confirm Merrick Garland as U.S. attorney general, including Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, who refused to give him a vote when he was nominated to the ...

In 2016, the American Bar Assn. couldn’t say enough good things about Merrick Garland, then the chief judge of the powerful U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia and President Obama’s ...

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 ...

The Senate is preparing for a brutal fight just weeks ahead of the election as President Trump looks to fill the vacant Supreme Court seat left behind by the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Democrats are ...