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Today, President Biden is set to make a public plea for Americans to get updated coronavirus vaccine shots, and he will detail his administration’s plans to make the omicron-targeting boosters widely available this fall. His planned remarks from the White House are part of an effort to move the country to a point where people get annual coronavirus shots, much like they get flu shots.
In New York, Stephen K. Bannon, a former top official in Donald Trump’s White House, is expected to surrender to prosecutors on Thursday morning to face a state-level criminal indictment, less than two months after being convicted of contempt of Congress and close to two years after Trump pardoned him in a federal case involving an allegedly fraudulent cash drive to build a border wall.
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On our radar: Treasury will warn White House that crypto needs major regulations
The Treasury Department will warn the White House that cryptocurrencies could pose significant financial risks that outweigh their benefits unless the government rolls out major new regulations, according to two people familiar with the matter.
The Post’s Jeff Stein and Tory Newmyer report that through four separate reports this month, Treasury is expected to make clear that the Biden administration’s top economic officials believe crypto needs strong oversight, as lawmakers weigh new rules for the digital assets. Per our colleagues:
