Tag: Attorney General Merrick Garland
On Voting Rights, Biden’s Power To Act On His Own Is Limited
As Republicans impose new restrictions on ballot access in multiple states, President Biden has no easy options for safeguarding voting rights despite rising pressure...
Biden grappling with ‘perfect storm’ of rising gun violence
By Colleen Long, Michael Balsamo and Michelle L. Price, Associated Press
Illegal guns are flooding the streets. Teenagers are being murdered. And alarming numbers of...
Justice Department won’t reopen probe into Tamir Rice death
By Colleen Long, Associated Press
The Justice Department has said it will not reopen the federal investigation into the 2014 death of 12-year-old Tamir Rice,...
NAACP Urges Federal Charges In Laquan McDonald’s Killing
The NAACP, the nation's oldest civil rights organization, on Tuesday, February 1, urged Attorney General Merrick Garland to bring federal civil rights charges against...
FACT FOCUS: Federal agents didn’t orchestrate Jan. 6
By Ali Swenson, Associated Press
The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection poked another hole in the pro-Trump conspiracy theory that federal agents orchestrated...