Key US Senator: No Hearings on Supreme Court Nominee

A key U.S. senator directly told Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland on Tuesday the Republican-controlled Senate has no intention of holding hearings on his nomination this year, and will wait for the country's next president to make an appointment to fill a court vacancy. Senator Charles Grassley of Iowa ate breakfast with Garland, with the lawmaker's office saying they had a "cordial and pleasant" meeting. But Grassley, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee...

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