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What to watch for at Kim Potter's sentencing hearing

By Amy Forliti, Associated Press

The suburban Minneapolis police officer who said she confused her handgun for her Taser when she killed Daunte Wright is set to be sentenced for her first-degree manslaughter conviction.

Harris faces high-stakes as she meets with allies over tensions over Ukraine

By Aamer Madhani, Associated Press

Vice President Kamala Harris will face her highest-stakes foreign policy assignment yet this weekend in Germany, where she will try to keep European allies unified amid growing concern over the threat of a Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Reported sexual assaults increase at U.S. military academies after return to in-person learning

By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press

U.S. officials say reports of sexual assaults at the federal military academies increased sharply during the 2020-21 school year as students returned to in-person classes during the coronavirus pandemic.

Judge rules Trump must testify under oath in investigation into business

By Michael Sisak, Associated Press

A judge has ruled former President Donald Trump must answer questions under oath in a New York investigation into his business practices.

How American right-wing funding for Canadian trucker protests could sway U.S. politics

By Richard Lardner, Michelle R. Smith, Ali Swenson, Associated Press

The Canadians who have disrupted trade with the U.S. and occupied downtown Ottawa for nearly three weeks have been cheered and funded by American right-wing activists and conservative politicians who also oppose vaccine mandates and the country’s liberal leader.

WATCH: President Biden announces $1 billion for Great Lakes restoration

By News Desk

The infusion from the bipartisan deal will enable agencies by 2030 to finish work on 22 sites designated a quarter-century ago as among the region's most degraded.

WATCH: White House economic advisor Cecilia Rouse testifies before the Senate Banking committee

By News Desk and Associated Press

White House economic advisor Cecilia Rouse testified before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs on the state of the American economy.

WATCH: Senate Judiciary hearing on the rise in violence against minority institutions

By News Desk

The House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security held a hearing on Thursday, Feb. 17 on the rise in violence against minority institutions.

WATCH: Senate Finance Committee hearing on IRS customer service issues

By News Desk and Associated Press

The Senate Finance Committee held a hearing Thursday on IRS customer service issues. This week, the IRS began offering taxpayers limited Saturday walk-in help for the tax season.

WATCH: Sec. Blinken gives remarks at the U.N. on tensions between the U.S., Russia and Ukraine

By Associated Press

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken went before the U.N. Security Council and described in detail the range of false-flag attacks that Washington believes Moscow might stage to justify invasion.