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The new COVID-19 relief package passed by Congress includes billions of dollars to help businesses. This relief deal comes more than seven months after the first applications for the Small Business Administration’s Paycheck Protection Program opened –  a program that was included in the CARES Act. Those federal funds helped businesses across the country, including thousands in South Florida....

The new COVID-19 relief package passed by Congress includes billions of dollars to help businesses.

President-elect Joe Biden is assailing the Trump administration for failing to fortify the nation’s cyber defenses

Top Capitol Hill negotiators sealed a deal Sunday on a $900 billion COVID-19 economic relief package, finally delivering long-overdue help to businesses and individuals and providing money to deliver vaccines to a nation eager for them.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says the Senate won’t leave for Christmas break until a deal is reached; President-elect Joe Biden names more cabinet picks.

There is roughly a week left before the current CARES Act provisions expire that provide relief and benefits for people and businesses struggling financially during the pandemic. Will Congress make the Friday night deadline to extend government funding? NBCLX Storyteller Clark Fouraker explains where the negotiations now stand.

With the current coronavirus relief package, called the CARES Act, set to expire between Christmas Day and New Year’s Day, a number of protections and benefits are set to end unless a second coronavirus stimulus package is passed. They include unemployment aid, cash for cities, and provisions for small businesses.

Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava and other local leaders held a news conference Saturday urging Congress to extend a stimulus package that includes funding for food distribution efforts. City of Miami Mayor Francis Suarez, Miami Beach Mayor Dan Gelber, and Miami Beach Commissioner David Richardson participated in the event, which was held on 22nd Street and Collins Avenue. Levine…

Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava and other local leaders urged Congress to extend a stimulus package that includes funding for food distribution efforts. NBC 6’s Nathalia Ortiz reports

Local leaders urge Congress to extend funding of stimulus bill.

The possibility that another round of stimulus checks will reach Americans this year seems to be changing by the day. The Economic Policy Institute’s senior economist, Heidi Shierholz, joined us to explain why a stimulus package is so important for the economy as well as for unemployed Americans.

The White House is trying to salvage its favored proposals for coronavirus aid now that President Donald Trump has ended negotiation with Democrats

President Donald Trump pressured Congress to pass a coronavirus stimulus plan Saturday as his administration and congressional Democrats struggle to forge a relief deal. In a tweet sent as the president receives treatment for Covid-19 at Walter Reed Medical Center, the president wrote, “OUR GREAT USA WANTS & NEEDS STIMULUS.”  “WORK TOGETHER AND GET IT DONE. Thank you!” he continued.  Trump’s tweet...

Oct.1 is around the corner.  And even though millions of Americans are living without a steady paycheck amid the pandemic, the bills are still due. Making the situation worse is that fact that Congress hasn’t been able to reach a deal on another stimulus package, leaving extra unemployment benefits and a second round of direct cash payments in the...

Jackie Nespral sits down with Kayleigh McEnany to discuss President Trump’s coronavirus relief package on this segment of NBC 6 Impact.

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin says Republicans are set to roll out the next COVID-19 aid package on Monday

Congress debates the amount and type of virus relief being offered as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread and the expanded unemployment benefits expire at the end of the week.

President Donald Trump is acknowledging a “big flareup” in COVID-19 cases, but divisions between the White House and Congress are threatening passage of a new federal aid package to deal with the pandemic

President Trump is threatening to veto the next coronavirus relief bill, unless the bill includes a payroll tax cut. Republicans have backed a trillion dollar plan that includes money for schools, lawsuit protections for businesses and another round of stimulus checks.