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Biden Ordering Stopgap Help as Talks Start on Big Aid Plan
President Joe Biden is taking executive action to provide a stopgap measure of financial relief to millions of Americans
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A Bleak Outlook for Millions Facing Cutoff of US Jobless Aid
Unemployment has forced aching choices on millions of Americans and their families in the face of a rampaging viral pandemic that has closed shops and restaurants, paralyzed travel and left millions jobless for months
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With No Action by Washington, States Race to Offer Virus Aid
Governors and state lawmakers are racing to get pandemic relief to small-business owners, the unemployed, renters and others whose livelihoods have been upended by the widening coronavirus outbreak
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Here's What President-Elect Joe Biden Wants to Include in a Coronavirus Stimulus Bill
President-elect Joe Biden wasted little time laying out how he plans to tackle the coronavirus and aid economic recovery, among other priorities, on day one of his administration. Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris have already named their coronavirus task force, promised to significantly increase testing and plan to use the Defense Production Act to make more protective equipment for frontline...
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States Will Need Billions to Distribute a COVID-19 Vaccine as Federal Funding Falls Short
With the development of a coronavirus vaccine nearing its final stages, public health departments across the U.S. are hastily preparing to distribute it — even though they don’t know when it will be approved or which ones will ultimately get cleared by the FDA. But there’s an even more pressing and less certain issue for state leaders: How they’re...
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Small US Cities Hit With Airline Service Cuts in Pandemic
More than seven months into a pandemic, some small cities are grappling with airline service cuts because of the slump in air travel.
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8 Million Americans Slipped Into Poverty Amid Coronavirus Pandemic, New Study Says
The number of Americans living in poverty grew by 8 million since May, according to a Columbia University study, which found an increase in poverty rates after early coronavirus relief ended without more to follow. Although the federal Cares Act, which gave Americans a one-time stimulus check of $1,200 and unemployed workers an extra $600 each week, was successful at offsetting…
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Republicans Settle on $1 Trillion Coronavirus Relief Bill
Republican Congressional leaders and the White House have reached a tentative deal Wednesday on a $1 trillion coronavirus relief package, separate from the Democrat’s $3 trillion bill. The deal reportedly includes another round of direct payments to Americans, plus $16 billion in new money for coronavirus testing, something President Trump opposed.
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White House, GOP Agree on Virus Testing in New Aid Bill
Senate Republicans and the White House have reached tentative agreement for more testing funds in the next COVID-19 relief package
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EU Nations Close in on $2.1T Budget, Virus Aid Deal
Weary European Union leaders were closing in on an unprecedented 1.82 trillion euro ($2.1 trillion) budget and coronavirus recovery fund early Tuesday, somehow finding unity after four days and as many nights of fighting and wrangling over money and power in one of their longest summits ever
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Watchdogs Say Trump Admin Limiting Oversight of Virus Aid
Government watchdogs are sending up a warning flare about more than $1 trillion in spending related to the coronavirus pandemic
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Treasury Chief Refusing to Disclose Recipients of Virus Aid
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin is refusing to disclose what businesses received coronavirus aid, insisting on secrecy for a $600 billion-plus loan program funded by taxpayers
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Pelosi Pushes New Virus Package as McConnell Hits ‘Pause'
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is moving forward on the next coronavirus aid measure