Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Tuesday that the department's investigative operation targeting fentanyl and opioid traffickers on the dark web resulted in a record number of arrests and seizures. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images hide caption
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Helen Biesenbach leaves a message at a memorial where 26 crosses were placed to honor the victims killed at the First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs on November 9, 2017 in Sutherland Springs, Texas. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption
Attorney General Merrick Garland attends the United for Justice International Conference in Lviv, Ukraine on Friday. Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption
Attorney General Merrick Garland made remarks Thursday regarding the FBI search of former President Trump's Florida home that took place earlier this week. Susan Walsh/AP hide caption
Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks at an event on Tuesday. The Justice Department is suing Idaho, arguing that its new abortion law violates federal law because it does not allow doctors to provide medically necessary treatment, Garland said Tuesday. Evelyn Hockstein/AP hide caption
President Biden addresses the nation Friday following the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland and Ukrainian Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova meet in Krakovets, along the Ukrainian border with Poland, on Tuesday. Nariman El-Mofty/AP hide caption
Flanked by US Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco (L) and Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta, Attorney General Merrick Garland convenes a Justice Department component heads meeting at the Justice Department on March 10. Garland was prompted by an NPR story on compassionate release waivers to fix the issue. KEVIN LAMARQUE/POOL/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
People walk past the Sol Tribe tattoo shop where two women were shot and killed and a man injured on Dec. 27 in Denver, Colo. It was the first in a series of shootings that claimed five lives across the area. Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images hide caption
Passengers deplane from an airplane after landing at the Albuquerque International Sunport on Nov. 24, 2021 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images hide caption
Attorney General Merrick Garland told the House Judiciary Committee that "the Department of Justice has a long-standing policy of not commenting on investigations." Greg Nash/Pool/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Abortion-rights supporters march outside the Texas Capitol in Austin on Sept. 1. Sergio Flores/The Washington Post/Getty Images hide caption
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott blamed the Biden administration for high levels of migration along the southern border. Eric Gay/AP hide caption
Merrick Garland, President Biden's nominee for U.S. attorney general, speaks in Wilmington, Del., on Jan. 7. Susan Walsh/AP hide caption
Merrick Garland Heads For Confirmation Hearing, 5 Years After He Was Denied A Vote
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell walks to a closed-door GOP policy lunch on Capitol Hill in 2016. Senate Republicans, including McConnell, argued that appointing a Supreme Court justice was too important to be determined by a lame-duck president. J. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption
Merrick Garland was nominated to the Supreme Court by President Barack Obama in March 2016. The Senate never voted on his nomination. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption
Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn of Texas pulled himself out of contention for FBI director Tuesday. Jacquelyn Martin/AP hide caption
Remember Judge Robert Bork's failed 1987 Supreme Court nomination? Some Republicans still do. Charles Tasnadi/AP hide caption
Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland, left, walks with Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., in March at the Capitol in Washington. Schumer is expected to become the new Senate minority leader, but with Donald Trump's election as president, Garland's nomination is done. J. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption
Republicans' Senate Tactics Leave Trump Wide Sway Over Nation's Courts
Eight out of nine chairs are seen at the Supreme Court, including one draped in black for Justice Antonin Scalia, who died in February. Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
If Clinton Wins, Republicans Suggest Shrinking Size of Supreme Court
Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland's confirmation has been stalled in the Senate for eight months. Susan Walsh/AP hide caption
Hillary Clinton, heartened by her supporters' reception, after voting on the June 7th, the night it became clear she would be the first woman nominee of a major-party ticket. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption
U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) in the basement of the U.S. Capitol last April. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption
Will The Supreme Court Nomination Fight Cost This Senator His Seat?
NPR's Nina Totenberg interviews President Obama in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on March 17. Ariel Zambelich/NPR hide caption