Normalcy by July 4th - Universal background checks - Fukushima remembered

[President Biden's first prime-time address] came the same day he signed a $1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief package into law, and several days before he planned to hit the road to pitch the law to Americans. In his remarks, Biden said he was "announcing that I will direct all states, tribes and territories to make all adults, people 18 and over, eligible to be vaccinated by May 1."
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Senior administration officials told reporters earlier Thursday that Biden had the power to do so with powers through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. While [states] have largely followed federal guidance for the order in which to vaccinate different groups, there is still a patchwork of different eligibility guidelines that restrict who can receive it.
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Earlier in the evening, the White House said the military will deploy 4,000 more active-duty service members "to support vaccination efforts," with 6,000 total troops backing vaccination programs. The president also set the Fourth of July as a new marker for the United States on the path to normalcy.