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Stock market today: US indexes extend plunge after surprise unemployment spike and jobs miss
Capital Economics said the weak July jobs report could lead to a surprise interest rate cut from th…
Matthew Fox  Â
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U.S. Bank has been fined nearly $36 million for freezing some customers' access to unemployment benefits during the pandemic
The CFPB said U.S. Bank froze tens of thousands of ReliaCard accounts and didn't make it easy for c…
Grace Dean  Â
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Trump's new platform pledges to 'end inflation' and maintain the retirement age to receive Social Security and Medicare benefits
Former President Donald Trump's platform for the GOP outlines 20 principles, ranging from the econo…
Ayelet Sheffey  Â
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George Santos was accused of unemployment fraud. The House may vote this week on an unemployment fraud bill that he co-sponsored.
In a wide-ranging indictment, Rep. George Santos was accused of fraudulently receiving more than $2…
Lloyd Lee  Â
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Indiana resumes federal pandemic unemployment benefits after court ruling
Gov. Eric Holcomb initially cut off the enhanced federal payments in June, citing the need for unem…
John L. Dorman  Â
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3 federal pandemic-aid programs expired as of Labor Day, severing millions of Americans from unemployment benefits
The Century Foundation, a left-leaning think tank, estimated that 7.5 million people - including gi…
Mia Jankowicz  Â
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Unemployment declining faster in states that are cutting off $300 enhanced federal benefits, according to WSJ
Gov. Mike Parson of Missouri said that federal benefits helped in the past, but the payments now "w…
John L. Dorman  Â
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These 13 states — including Florida and Texas — opted out of a $2.5 billion federal food program that would help feed low-income kids this summer
Tens of millions of children face increased hunger during the summer months without the certainty o…
Erin Snodgrass  Â
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A new Fed study blows a hole in the GOP argument that unemployment benefits caused the labor shortage
The Federal Reserve analysis found little difference between states that pulled the plug on federal…
Joseph Zeballos-Roig,Juliana …  Â
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AOC says ending federal unemployment benefits was 'based on fantasy, not data'
Federal unemployment benefits ended this month, but millions of Americans that were cut off aren't …
Juliana Kaplan  Â
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Biden supports keeping the income thresholds for $1,400 stimulus checks as more Democrats push back against curbing eligibility
Sen. Bernie Sanders, along with the freshman Democratic senators from Georgia, criticized efforts t…
Joseph Zeballos-Roig  Â
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10 Senate Republicans unveil a $618 billion stimulus plan including $1,000 direct payments in bid to strike bipartisan deal with Biden
The GOP plan significantly cuts spending on numerous top Biden priorities, including stimulus check…
Joseph Zeballos-Roig  Â
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The Biden administration rules out splitting its $1.9 trillion stimulus package into smaller bills, increasing odds that Democrats will pass it without GOP support
"We're not looking to split the package," White House press secretary Jen Psaki said. Democrats in …
Joseph Zeballos-Roig  Â
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The 4 measures in the Biden stimulus plan that could put extra cash in your wallet
Biden has said he intends to pursue an ambitious legislative agenda on the economy and infrastructu…
Joseph Zeballos-Roig  Â
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Biden's $1.9 trillion stimulus plan is set to collide with Republicans - and it could force Democrats to scrap measures like a $15 minimum wage
The rescue package is already running into early Republican opposition that threatens provisions li…
Joseph Zeballos-Roig  Â
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Joe Biden's stimulus plan would enact $400 weekly federal unemployment benefits through September 2021 - and it may continue beyond that date
It also renews federal unemployment programs for gig workers and people who exhausted state benefit…
Joseph Zeballos-Roig  Â
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Some companies in Florida and Alabama are still struggling to find staff months after the states cut enhanced COVID-19 unemployment benefits
Business owners have blamed the enhanced COVID-19 jobless benefits for a labor shortage that has fo…
Grace Dean  Â
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The owner of a Minnesota job agency said interviews shot up 60% before enhanced unemployment benefits expired
Some business owners have blamed the US labor shortage on benefits - but workers say they simply wa…
Grace Dean  Â
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Trump will cost jobless workers a week of $300 federal unemployment benefits if he doesn't sign the relief bill by the end of Saturday
The president's last-minute push for $2,000 stimulus checks threatens other parts of the relief pac…
Joseph Zeballos-Roig  Â
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House passes $900 billion stimulus plan with direct payments and federal unemployment benefits, clearing the way for a Senate vote
The package is just under half of the relief spending Democrats wanted before the election. They sa…