Nope. It’s not just your imagination. The Biden administration has been on a roll to finalize several regulations — from changes at nursing homes and updates to Title IX to health care protections for transgender people. Kimberly explains what’s really behind the mad dash. Also, Kai is back with a reminder: Don’t sleep on the foreign exchange market, folks! And we’ll smile about the tales of two cats.

Here’s everything we talked about today:

• “Biden administration strengthens health care protections for LGBTQ+ Americans” from The 19th News
• “Congressional Review Act Threat Looms Over Biden Administration Rulemakings” from Inside Privacy
• “A Strong U.S. Dollar Weighs on the World”from The New York Times
• “Japan Intervenes After Yen Slides Against the Dollar” from The Wall Street Journal
• “Nebraska’s “Capitol Cat” brings paw-sitivity to politics” from USA Today
• “Stowaway Cat Gets From Utah to California in Amazon Returns Package” from The New York Times

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