Washington is grappling with how to govern cryptocurrencies, with many lawmakers struggling to understand against a steep learning curve how bitcoin and its brethren even work.
The virtual currencies are blurring decades-old lines that regulators use to police financial markets, posing new challenges for state and federal officials.
Pentagon officials are bracing themselves for increased friction between the Defense Department and the White House with John Bolton’s pending arrival as President Trump’s national security adviser.
Bolton, who Trump selected to replace H.R. McMaster earlier this month, enters a Cabinet already rocked by the February ousting of Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, who differed with the president but was seen as having a good relationship with Defense Secretary James Mattis.
