The US President Joe Biden heads to Brussels for a NATO summit this week as pressure builds on the military alliance over the Russian invasion and continued bombing of cities in Ukraine.
Domesticallly, the US Senate hearing is underway to confirm the first black woman justice, Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court.
Also record gas prices and a four decade high inflation rate is troubling Americas, along with rising Covid cases and a new worrying variant.
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Ron Elving is Senior Editor and Correspondent on the Washington Desk for NPR News.