## Merrick Garland Returns To Biglaw To Continue Not Prosecuting Donald Trump From The Private Sector

Authored by abovethelaw.com

The former Attorney General who — depending on who you ask — exemplified judicious restraint or the Democratic Party’s lingering commitment to bringing pointy sticks to gun fights is back in the private sector.

President Obama nominated Garland to the Supreme Court to replace Antonin Scalia as a concession to Senate Republicans who spent the preceding several years dragging Democratic nominees for not being Merrick Garland.

As Attorney General under President Biden, Garland was tasked with restoring the Department of Justice’s reputation for impartiality and independence.

Garland gets more flack than he should for failing to address criminality in the prior administration.

Prosecuting Donald Trump for January 6 might have satisfied a lot of people, but would’ve stretched the bounds of criminal incitement.

If Garland was right not to act earlier, he whiffed in not flooring it once he did.

Earlier: Stop Blaming Merrick Garland For Donald Trump Still Being A Free Man. »

### U.S. reports cases of new COVID variant NB.1.8.1 behind surge in China

Authored by cbsnews.com

In California and Washington state, the earliest cases date back to late March and early April.

Experts have been closely watching the variant, which is now dominant in China and is on the rise in parts of Asia.

The spokesperson said that, so far, too few U.S. sequences have been reported of NB.1.8.1 to be included in the agency's variant estimates dashboard. »

### Russian strikes kill 13 and injure scores of civilians

Authored by bbc.com

Russian aerial attacks on Ukraine have killed at least 13 people and injured 56 civilians across the country since Friday, according to regional officials.

Russia launched 250 drones and 14 ballistic missiles against Kyiv alone, Ukraine's air force said, causing fires in residential buildings.

On Friday, Ukraine and Russia each handed over 390 soldiers and civilians in the biggest prisoner exchange since Russia launched its full-scale assault in February 2022. »

### Extra funding for 43 German universities

Authored by deutschland.de

Bonn (dpa/d.de) – A large proportion of Germany’s 109 universities can look forward to substantial additional funding over the next seven years.

Under the so-called Excellence Strategy, projects at 43 universities in 13 federal states have been selected for extra funding, Federal Research Minister Dorothee Bär and the Joint Science Conference of the federal and state governments announced yesterday in Bonn.

These may be projects run by individual universities or joint initiatives involving several institutions – including partnerships with external research organisations. »

### Russia is offering Ukrainian POWs to ‘switch sides and occupy Europe together’

Authored by euronews.com

Labuzov added that they are also offered to switch sides and join Russian forces to then "together occupy Europe.".

They told me the one goal they had was to 'come join us and we go on to occupy Europe together," he recalled.

Labuzov told Euronews almost all Ukrainian POWs receive this offer: "These torturers say, ‘Come to us, we will liberate Ukraine, we will go on to capture Europe'.". »

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