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Investigators were also looking at a group of U.S. businessmen with connections to the former Soviet republic, an official said.

The Supreme Court declined to order the Texas abortion case back to the original trial judge for further proceedings for a second time. NBC News’ justice correspondent Pete Williams reports on the most restrictive abortion law in the country known as S.B.8. 

New York Attorney General Letitia James is seeking to gather more evidence in her multiyear investigation into the Trump Organization.

In a speech in Berlin, the secretary of state said it was Russia that threatens peace in Europe, not Ukraine or NATO: “Whose troops are surrounding whom?”

As a new law adds protections for victims of sexual violence, the mother of the slain Fort Hood soldier hopes to "learn the truth of what happened" to her daughter.

“Our colleagues are reporting real experiences and are suffering real symptoms,” Blinken said in a letter to State Department staff members.

The Minnesota attorney general has sued Center for Covid Control, alleging it “failed to deliver test results, or delivered test results that were falsified or inaccurate.”

The president sought to clarify his position on Thursday, saying that any Russian troop movement into Ukraine will be seen as an invasion.

It has been a year since President Biden took office, now he looks ahead to his second year addressing Covid-19, the economy and his legislative agenda. NBC News’ Hallie Jackson is joined by NBC’s White House Unit Director Stacey Klein, White House Correspondent Mike Memoli, and Chief White House Correspondent Kristen Welker to discuss what this past year has been like on camera and behind the scenes. 

President Biden is now trying to clarify comments made during his news conference on what punishment Russia would face if it invaded Ukraine. As Biden marks one year in office, a new NBC News poll finds his approval rating is 43 percent.

White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain tells Lester Holt that President Biden has “made his views very clear to President Putin” following Biden’s comments on a potential Russian incursion in Ukraine during a news conference on Wednesday.