The Latest Breaking News from Merrick Garland

Public defenders operate under heavy pressure and budget constraints 60 years after the Supreme Court ruled low-income criminal defendants should be provided lawyers even if they can't pay for them.

The president wants to redefine federally licensed gun dealers in service of an ineffective anti-crime strategy.

The senator, a leading force in the Democratic push for gun control, warns the US is ‘headed towards a very dangerous place’

Bank shares slide around world amid panic caused by SVB failure as its parent company and two top executives are sued by shareholders. Plus, what’s next for Escobar’s hippos?

Merrick Garland, the attorney general, tasked with moving the country ‘as close to universal background checks as possible’

The first federal capital case tried under President Joe Biden ended with a split among jurors, meaning the life of an Islamic extremist who killed eight people in a New York City will be spared

Broadcast also casts doubt on relevancy of Washington police officers who died by suicide after Capitol riot

Nearly three years after Breonna Taylor was shot and killed by Louisville police, the U.S. Department of Justice says it found probable cause to believe the Louisville Metro Police Department has violated federal law and the Constitution.

LOUISVILLE (UNITED STATES) - Police in Kentucky have engaged in a pattern of racist abuse for years, involving excessive force and illegal searches, a US Justice Department probe found Wednesday, following a botched raid that killed a Black medical technician and fuelled nationwide protests.

Merrick Garland condemns ‘unacceptable’ police conduct after review concludes officers violated residents’ civil rights

The U.S. Justice Department has found Louisville police have engaged in a pattern of violating constitutional rights following an investigation prompted by the fatal police shooting of Breonna Taylor