The week in 14 headlines

This week, President Joe Biden announced all US adults would be eligible for vaccines even sooner than expected. Some Republican-led states advanced the culture war with anti-transgender legislation while others defended restrictive voting measures. Meanwhile, Florida Sen. Matt Gaetz faces growing scrutiny over a federal investigation into sex trafficking allegations.

Monday

• Yellen calls for global minimum corporate tax rate in first major address as Treasury secretary
• Arkansas’ Republican governor vetoes anti-trans health care bill
• Manchin warns Biden’s infrastructure bill is in trouble over corporate tax hikes

Tuesday

• Biden moves deadline for all US adults to be eligible for Covid vaccine to April 19
• McConnell warns businesses of ‘serious consequences’ after many condemn Georgia’s restrictive voting law
• Arkansas becomes first state to outlaw gender-affirming treatment for trans youth

Wednesday

• Ten more members of Congress join NAACP lawsuit against Trump and Giuliani for conspiring to incite US Capitol riot
• Trump endorses Republican ally Mo Brooks for Alabama Senate

Thursday

• Manchin taps brakes on Biden agenda by warning against overuse of budget tool
• Georgia’s GOP lieutenant governor says Giuliani’s false fraud claims helped lead to restrictive voting law
• Federal investigators are scrutinizing Gaetz’s trip to Bahamas

Friday

• ‘He really jumped on the Trump train’: How a brash Matt Gaetz climbed the ranks in Trump’s Washington
• Trump appointee ‘bragged’ about influencing CDC reports on Covid-19, House committee says
• Pitchman Pete: Buttigieg steps into the spotlight to sell Biden’s infrastructure plan

And that was the week in 14 headlines.