Attorney General Merrick Garland came in with a mission to calm the waters at the Justice Department and restore its reputation for independence after four turbulent years during Donald Trump's presidency.

With Donald Trump returning to the White House, Attorney General Merrick Garland defended the Justice Department and urged its ongoing independence.

After a tumultuous tenure clouded by two failed criminal prosecutions against the incoming president, Attorney General Merrick Garland is leaving the Justice Department the same way he came in: trying to defend it against political attacks.

The volume of Smith’s report covering the investigation into whether Trump withheld White House documents won’t be released.

It’s a state of affairs in which Attorney General Merrick Garland playing it by the book will effectively aid Trump’s bid to keep special counsel Jack Smith’s report on the documents case ...

Education and defense officials have combined efforts to launch programs that support military children with disabilities, the White House said Thursday.

Attorney General Merrick Garland plans to release a report on the election-interference investigation into Donald Trump 'when permitted' by the courts.

Senate Democrats want the DOJ to preserve all records related to special counsel Jack Smith's probes into Donald Trump, they wrote in a letter obtained by ABC News.

Therein lies the tragedy of Merrick Garland ... contacts between law enforcement officials and the White House, norms that Garland, as a young Justice lawyer in the Carter administration, helped ...

Attorney General Merrick Garland plans to release Jack Smith's report on Trump's alleged election interference, but the timing remains uncertain.

His spokesperson Steven Cheung said that it’s “time for Joe Biden and [Attorney General] Merrick Garland to do the right thing ... remaining before the president-elect returns to the White House. The report consists of two volumes: one includes Smith ...