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Senate Confirms Merrick Garland as Attorney General
By Allan Lengel Well, the second time was the charm. After failing to even get a vote before the Senate on his Supreme Court nomination in 2016, the Senate on Wednesday confirmed Merrick Garland as the new attorney general. The vote was 70-30, with nearly half the Republicans voting in his favor. Garland is known…