Senate confirms former Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland to be US attorney general
Judge Merrick Garland, President Joe Biden's pick to be attorney general, answers questions from Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., as he appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee for his confirmation hearing, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Feb. 22, 2021. Garland will now inherit a Justice Department embattled by a turbulent era under Trump, who insisted that the attorney general and the department must be loyal to him personally, battering the departmentโs reputation. In the last month of Trump's presidency, Attorney General William Barr resigned after refuting Trump's false claims that widespread electoral fraud had led to his defeat. AdโLetโs hope our incoming attorney general applies that no-nonsense approach to the serious challenges facing the Department of Justice and our nation,โ McConnell said. โSo I very much want to be the kind of attorney general that youโre saying I could become, and Iโll do my best to become that kind of attorney general.โ___Associated Press writer Lisa Mascaro contributed to this report.
Texas AG announces multistate lawsuit against Google
FILE - In this June 22, 2017, file photo, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks at a news conference in Dallas. Google, which is based in Mountain View, California, called Paxton's claims "meritless" and said the price of online advertising has fallen over the last decade. As more marketers have increased their spending online, those digital ads have turned Google into a moneymaking machine. All eight of Paxton's accusers have since been fired or resigned, including the deputy attorney general who had been leading the office's probe of Google. The American Economic Liberties Project, an organization that advocates for government action against business concentration, welcomed the the statesโ suit.