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Biden fired the Trump-appointed Social Security head amid complaints of stimulus check delays and union-busting tactics
Andrew Saul told the Post that he doesn't plan on stepping down and intends to show up to work on M…
Joseph Zeballos-Roig
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Donald Trump renewed his calls for $2,000 checks, but it's unclear if he'll veto the bipartisan stimulus package
"Why would politicians not want to give people $2000, rather than only $600?" Trump tweeted Friday …
Juliana Kaplan
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The economic prospects of rich and poor Americans had long been diverging. The pandemic finally completed the break.
The pandemic worsened inequality so much it will take a decade for lower-income Americans to recove…
Juliana Kaplan
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Trump's delay on signing the stimulus bill could have cost unemployed Americans $5.9 billion - but now new reporting suggests payments won't lapse as feared
Some 20 million workers risked missing a week's worth of stimulus funds, but the Department of Labo…
Andy Kiersz
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AOC says if Trump walks away from relief spending, the economy would be 'staring down the barrel' of one of the largest mass evictions in US history
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Tuesday night said the US could experience problems with hunger un…
Shalini Nagarajan
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Republicans want to pass a series of standalone stimulus bills. Here's what that means, and why it's unlikely to happen.
Republicans' past piecemeal stimulus strategies fell prey to intraparty disagreements and Democrat …
Ben Winck
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Fed's Kashkari warns of 'enormous consequences' if fiscal stimulus is not approved — and says there are no 'moral hazards' to supporting more aid
"There are enormous consequences if we just let things go, and the downturn will end up being much,…
Shalini Nagarajan
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GOP lawmakers, Trump advisers broke ranks with the president after he decided to halt stimulus talks until after the election
A Trump campaign adviser told Axios, "You have to try to be this politically inept. What is going o…
Lauren Frias
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Lack of market turbulence is the key factor preventing Congress from forging a stimulus deal, global strategy chief at world's largest investment firm says
BlackRock's Mike Pyle said the lack of market turbulence has gotten rid of any urgency Congress has…
Emily Graffeo
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9 reasons your full stimulus payment might be delayed, and what to do about it
More than 159 million stimulus payments have gone out to qualifying Americans, but some are still e…
Tanza Loudenback
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9 reasons your stimulus payment might be delayed, and what to do about it
The IRS is working quickly to address delays in stimulus checks, but it hasn't yet provided solutio…
Tanza Loudenback
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TurboTax and H&R Block customers face delays on $10,200 unemployment tax break in stimulus
The stimulus plan includes a tax break on the first $10,200 of unemployment benefits, but TurboTax …
Ayelet Sheffey
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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene forces Congress to delay vote on $1.9 trillion coronavirus stimulus package
The Republican lawmaker has earned bipartisan pushback for repeatedly using procedural tactics to s…
Oma Seddiq
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Insider poll: Just half of Americans say that they got a stimulus payment, and only half of those say it was enough
48% of respondents said they're experiencing some degree of economic hardship from the coronavirus.…
Jake Lahut
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A historically underfunded IRS is preparing for a rough tax season and only has 1 person for every 16,000 calls it gets
Many Americans rely on tax refunds, but those checks might be delayed this year. Part of the proble…
Juliana Kaplan,Joseph Zeballo…
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14 million American adults don't have a bank account. They're still waiting for a stimulus payment.
Americans without bank accounts are disproportionately poor and people of color. The "unbanked" say…
Isaac Scher
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Economic aid during the pandemic got many Americans' backs off the wall for the first time in years - and they're not going back against it without a fight
Pandemic relief money offered workers who were squeezed by low wages and poor working conditions a …
Dominick Reuter
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Treasury Secretary Mnuchin expects direct stimulus checks to be released next week, says he 'couldn't be more pleased' about deal
Adults and children are set to each receive $600 payments. The payouts start to shrink for people w…
Ben Winck
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Over 16 million taxpayers from states like California should hold off on filing their taxes because of extra stimulus checks, the IRS says
Many states handed out checks and rebates to help ease the sting of inflation. Now, that means that…
Juliana Kaplan
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These 2 issues are proving the biggest barriers in negotiations for a $908 billion COVID-19 stimulus deal
Democrats and Republicans are yet to agree on, first, liability shields for businesses, and second,…