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ILLUSTRATION BY SAM GREEN It’s hard to find someone in Washington who doesn’t like Merrick Garland. There are Republicans who don’t like Barack Obama and accordingly blocked the former president from elevating Garland to the Supreme Court in 2016. There are Republicans who don’t like Joe Biden and don’t want to see him, through Garland, reshape the Justice Department into something less Trumpian than it became over the past four years. But the list of people who don’t actually like Merrick Garland for Merrick Garland’s sake is virtually nonexistent. Even many GOP senators enthus...

From Trump to Hunter Biden, a lot hangs over Merrick Garland's Senate confirmation hearing Kevin Johnson and Bart Jansen, USA TODAY Judge Merrick Garland is up for attorney general confirmation, but he's not new to justice Replay Video UP NEXT When Merrick Garland accepted President Joe Biden’s nomination to serve as attorney general, the federal appeals court judge said he looked forward to a “homecoming” at the Justice Department where he began in the Carter administration. Any celebration marking his return to "Main Justice" – 24 years after departing for the fede...

From Trump to Hunter Biden, a lot hangs over Merrick Garland's Senate confirmation hearing Kevin Johnson and Bart Jansen, USA TODAY Judge Merrick Garland is up for attorney general confirmation, but he's not new to justice Replay Video UP NEXT When Merrick Garland accepted President Joe Biden’s nomination to serve as attorney general, the federal appeals court judge said he looked forward to a “homecoming” at the Justice Department where he began in the Carter administration. Any celebration marking his return to "Main Justice" – 24 years after departing for the fede...

The rolling crisis that defined the Justice Department and its relationship with President Donald Trump, who repeatedly sought to bend the agency to serve his political interests, is one of many challenges facing the nominee. Last month, a resurgent domestic extremist movement was thrust into public view during the deadly Capitol siege. The assault launched federal law enforcement authorities on one of the most far-reaching investigations in history while raising deeper concerns about the government’s capacity to contain the threat. As senators weigh confirmation, Garland is certain to be...

Former FBI Director James Comey's new memoir has the misfortune of rendering a verdict on the Trump presidency before what could be its most defining