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Copyright 2021 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: When Merrick Garland was announced as Joe Biden's pick for attorney general, he vowed to operate free of political influence. That has meant staking out legal positions that Democrats and the Biden administration's political allies sometimes don't like. NPR justice correspondent Ryan Lucas reports. RYAN LUCAS, BYLINE: At a recent hearing on Capitol Hill with Attorney General Merrick Garland, Democratic Senator Patrick Leahy opened his round of questioning with this observation. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING)...

They're going to get into with barr, rudy giuliani and mike pompeo. they are going to try to steam roll them? haven't they been watching them the last three years. steve: i was going to say put on your seat belt because we are in for a bumpy ride. jillian: let's gets to this fox news alert now. north korea test launches a ballistic missile one day after agreeing to nuclear talks with the u.s. south korea's military believes it was designed to be used by a submarine, which would be much harder to detect. it may have been launched off a barge. a state department is condemning the test and callin...