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What Trump's comments about ceasing stimulus-package negotiations mean for future $1,200 payments — in one minute or less
Confused on all the news around the stimulus talks and Trump's tweets? Catch up on what it all mean…
Barbara Smith
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Mark Cuban says all American households should get a $1,000 stimulus check every 2 weeks for 2 months
Cuban's idea doesn't have an income threshold and families would have to spend the federal cash wit…
Joseph Zeballos-Roig
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Trump nearly torpedoed his own stimulus package to get revenge on Mitch McConnell after the 2020 election, book says
Trump made a last-minute demand for $2,000 stimulus checks, an amount he knew McConnell and Senate …
Joseph Zeballos-Roig
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The $900 billion stimulus package that Trump bashed is being flown to Florida for his signature
President Donald Trump has refused to say whether he will sign the bill, leaving aid for millions o…
Oma Seddiq
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Trump's demolition of the COVID-19 stimulus package could cost the GOP control of the Senate
GOP Sens. Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue had put the passage of a stimulus bill at the front of th…
Mia Jankowicz
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Not a single Republican in either chamber of Congress voted for Biden's $1.9 trillion stimulus package
The vote reflected the widening gulf between Republicans and Democrats on Capitol Hill. Biden could…
Joseph Zeballos-Roig
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The $1 trillion stimulus package proposed by Republicans would compensate businesses for 'vandalism or looting due to public disturbances that occurred during 2020'
The $1 trillion bill includes a provision to compensate businesses for "looting and vandalism due t…
Isabella Jibilian
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Trump signs $484 billion stimulus package into law
It's official — President Donald Trump signed a $484 billion stimulus package into law on Friday.
Bryan Pietsch
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Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer call on Republicans to restart negotiations on another stimulus package
In a letter to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Democratic congressional leaders said they u…
Joseph Zeballos-Roig
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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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AOC, Ilhan Omar, and other progressives continue criticism of Senate's modified $1.9 trillion stimulus package
Progressive lawmakers pointed out shortcomings in the Senate's revised relief bill, including the r…
Kevin Shalvey
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Here are 3 ways the $748 billion stimulus package could aid millions of unemployed Americans
The bipartisan group of senators wants to renew federal unemployment benefits at $300 weekly until …
Joseph Zeballos-Roig
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Pelosi and Mnuchin are 'narrowing their differences' on a stimulus package as the deadline for a deal looms
Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin will speak again on Tuesday to see if th…
Kate Duffy
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Mitch McConnell torpedoes a stimulus package compromise between the White House and Democrats
McConnell said he wouldn't put a negotiated plan ranging from $1.8 trillion to $2.2 trillion on the…
Joseph Zeballos-Roig
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House approves key budget bill as Pelosi says Democrats will pass Biden's stimulus package by end of February
President Joe Biden gave one of the strongest signals yet that he was ready to move on his relief p…
Joseph Zeballos-Roig
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McConnell and the GOP are preparing a barrage of budget amendments to water down Biden's COVID-19 stimulus package
Republicans have already tabled at least 400 amendments to the budget resolution essential to passi…
Mia Jankowicz
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House Democrats voted to circumvent Republicans and start passing Biden's $1.9 trillion stimulus package on their own
President Joe Biden met with Democrats earlier, and they doubled down on their intent to move swift…
Joseph Zeballos-Roig
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Mitch McConnell wants to prevent a 'blue state bailout' of stimulus money. But Kentucky takes more from the federal government than almost any other state.
Kentucky is ranked No. 48 in taking more funds from the federal government than it contributes back.
Isaac Scher
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The coronavirus stimulus bill gave self-employed workers access to unemployment benefits for the first time in history. Here's what freelancers and contractors need to know.
Freelancers and contractors can get unemployment insurance, paid sick leave, and paycheck protectio…
Taylor Nicole Rogers
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The minimum wage hike Biden ran on is unlikely to be in the $1.9 trillion stimulus package because of 2 centrist Democrats
Two key Democratic Senators, Manchin of West Virginia and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona, are opposed to…