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A GOP congressional candidate used Covid relief funds meant for his employees to pay for his car and political campaign
The candidate, who owns a small business in Idaho, told his employees they would get paid if they w…
Matthew Loh
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Bill Gates joked that Microsoft axed Internet Explorer because it 'ran out of microchips' vaccinating everyone
The Microsoft cofounder responded to a Daily Show tweet linking the conspiracy theory to this week'…
Rosie Bradbury
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Senate shatters record with longest vote in history as Democrats negotiated the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill
The previous record was held by a June 2019 vote on an amendment to a defense authorization bill th…
John L. Dorman
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The author of Florida's 'Don't Say Gay' bill resigns after being indicted on charges of swindling COVID-relief loans
In a short statement, Florida State Representative Joe Harding said that he was resigning due to "l…
Azmi Haroun
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Sasse will introduce legislation to redirect expanded unemployment benefits into signing bonuses for new hires
"The emergency UI program is now penalizing people for going back to work," Sasse said. "We've got …
John L. Dorman
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Chinese hackers stole at least $20 million in US COVID-19 relief cash, the Secret Service says
This money was meant for COVID-19 relief and included small business loans and unemployment fund, t…
Cheryl Teh,Huileng Tan
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Biden says Stacey Abrams 'can be anything' she wants - including president
While in Georgia, Biden thanked Abrams for her voting rights activism, saying that she was "empower…
John L. Dorman
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez blasts Democrats' last-minute compromise on stimulus checks as an 'own-goal'
Other progressives criticized "Senate silliness." Biden struck a deal with Senate Democrats pushing…
Eliza Relman,Joseph Zeballos-…
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Tired of waiting for help, some states have begun passing their own COVID-19 aid
Critics argue the success of these individual relief bills undermines calls for significant state a…
Erin Snodgrass
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Ex-Georgia mayor gets prison for stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars of his city's COVID-19 relief funds
The Justice Department said Jason Lary, the 60-year-old former mayor of Atlanta suburb Stonecrest, …
Jake Epstein,Lloyd Lee
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Larry Summers, who called out inflation fears with Biden's $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package, says the US is seeing 'least responsible' macroeconomic policy in 40 years
"I'm much more worried that we'll have either inflation or a pretty dramatic fiscal-monetary collis…
John L. Dorman
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Bill Gates says we may have to take yearly shots of COVID-19 vaccine for some time
Gates’ response was to a question asked by Sridhar about the origin of SARS-CoV-2, the data that…
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$40 billion of new stimulus money could go to bitcoin and stocks, Mizuho says
About 10%, or $40 billion, of the $380 billion in direct stimulus checks could go to bitcoin and st…
Will Daniel
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Americans who give birth at any point in 2021 will be eligible for an additional $1,400 stimulus check from the new COVID-19 relief plan
Couples who make more than $160,000 or have a miscarriage are ineligible to receive any additional …
Madison Hall,Joseph Zeballos-…
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The COVID-19 relief bill includes $5 billion in aid for farmers of color who have long faced discrimination by federal officials
For over a century, Black farmers faced discrimination from the US Department of Agriculture and we…
John L. Dorman
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Bill Gates said it's 'kind of weird' that 'crazy people' are protesting vaccines outside his TED talk when he has helped save millions of lives
Bill Gates addressed TED2022 in Vancouver, Canada, where anti-vaccine protesters have gathered to f…
Allana Akhtar
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As another stimulus package hangs in the balance, some programs like unemployment benefits are set to expire by the end of March
The current package includes $1,400 stimulus checks, $400 payments in federal unemployment benefits…
Lauren Frias
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75% of Americans support Biden's $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill despite outcries from GOP lawmakers, a new poll finds
Republicans called out Biden's COVID-19 bill for a lack of bipartisanship, but a new poll shows tha…
Madison Hall
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Bill Gates says he was surprised at being targeted by COVID-19 conspiracy theorists and 'people were looking for a boogeyman'
Bill Gates has poured billions into researching, developing, and delivering vaccines through the Bi…
Beatrice Nolan
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A Miami influencer is accused of fraudulently using COVID-19 relief funds to rent a luxury apartment, car, among other things
Daniela Rendon could face up to 20 years in prison if convicted.