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Maxine Waters coronavirus plan threatens insurance industry

Pressure has been building on the insurance industry to reimburse companies big and small for their losses after a proposal began circulating in Congress that would treat the COVID-19 pandemic like an act of terrorism for insurance purposes.

April 5, 2020

Trump taps associate White House counsel to monitor Treasury spending of corporate relief fund

President Trump has appointed a member of his White House counsel's office as special inspector general of the $500 billion coronavirus relief fund for loans to distressed businesses.

April 4, 2020

Donald Trump fires Michael Atkinson, intel watchdog who handled Ukraine complaint

President Trump on Friday night fired Michael Atkinson, the inspector general for the intelligence community who had deemed "urgent" a whistleblower's complaint about the president's actions on aid to Ukraine.

April 3, 2020

Steven Mnuchin: First ‘paycheck protection’ loans for small businesses processed

Banks nationwide processed the first loans Friday morning under the federal government's "paycheck protection" plan to encourage as many as 30 million small businesses hurt by the coronavirus outbreak to keep workers on the payroll for eight weeks.

April 3, 2020

Jobless rate for March rose to 4.4%, expected to climb higher; 700K jobs lost over virus outbreak

The unemployment rate rose to 4.4% in March as employers shed 701,000 jobs, the government reported Friday, ending a streak of 113 consecutive months of job gains as the coronavirus outbreak shut down many businesses.

April 3, 2020

Donald Trump rips Chuck Schumer in two-page letter

President Trump's two-page letter to Senate Minority Leader and presidential irritant Charles E. Schumer on Thursday was one for the ages.

April 2, 2020

Coronavirus rocks U.S. economy; 10 million Americans lose jobs in two weeks

A record 10 million Americans lost their jobs in just two weeks because of the coronavirus shutdown, the government reported Thursday, as states struggle to keep up with the demand for unemployment benefits in the deepest, most rapid shock to the U.S. economy in history.

April 2, 2020

Donald Trump warns Democrats against coronavirus response ‘witch hunt’

President Trump warned House Democrats on Thursday to back off plans for what he called another "witch hunt" investigation, this time over his administration's response to the coronavirus outbreak.

April 2, 2020

Steven Mnuchin: Direct stimulus payments to most Americans to arrive within two weeks

Treasury Secretary Steven T. Mnuchin promised Americans Thursday that direct payments of up to $1,200 per person will be issued within two weeks.

April 2, 2020

Joe Biden, blaming Donald Trump, says U.S. has more coronavirus cases than China

Democratic front-runner Joseph R. Biden, in blaming President Trump for rising unemployment Thursday, said the U.S. "has more coronavirus cases than anywhere in the world."

April 2, 2020

Trump says Russia and Saudi Arabia will cut oil production, stocks rise

President Trump said Thursday he expects Saudi Arabia and Russia to cut oil production after he'd spoken with Saudi Arabia's crown prince, as rising oil prices buoyed the stock market.

April 2, 2020

Weekly jobless claims rise to record 6.6 million from coronavirus shutdowns

Claims for unemployment benefits rose to a record 6.6 million in the past week, the Labor Department reported Thursday, as the coronavirus pandemic continued to take its toll on the U.S. economy.

April 2, 2020

Treasury: Social Security recipients don’t need to file tax return to get coronavirus stimulus check

The Treasury Department announced late Wednesday that it was reversing course and allowing Social Security beneficiaries who typically do not file a tax return to receive $1,200 direct payments automatically from the coronavirus aid package.

April 1, 2020

One America News Network loses seat at Trump coronavirus briefings

The White House Correspondents Association on Wednesday night removed a news organization, the conservative One America News Network, from its seat at President Trump's coronavirus briefings after its reporter disregarded the group's social-distancing guidelines in the press room.

April 1, 2020

Donald Trump says he’d take Joe Biden’s call on coronavirus

President Trump said on Wednesday night that he'd love to hear from former Vice President Joseph R. Biden about fighting the coronavirus.

April 1, 2020

Unemployment offices jammed; lawmakers frustrated benefits will be delivered too slowly

Frustrated people seeking unemployment benefits were encountering jammed phone lines and crashed websites at state unemployment offices nationwide Wednesday, as lawmakers in Washington expressed increasing concern that beefed-up jobless payments from a $2.2 trillion coronavirus rescue package might not reach out-of-work Americans for more than a month.

April 1, 2020

Trump campaign mounts rival petition to demand ‘fake news’ keep airing president’s press briefings

The Trump campaign is asking supporters to sign a petition to demand that news networks continue airing President Trump's daily press briefings on the coronavirus crisis, countering a liberal effort to take him off the air.

April 1, 2020

Mike Pence thanks workers at Walmart warehouse for serving on ‘front line’ of pandemic

Vice President Mike Pence praised employees at a Walmart distribution center on Wednesday for working to provide families with the food, medicine and other supplies needed to endure the coronavirus pandemic.

April 1, 2020

Stocks fall to start second quarter, after worst first quarter in history

Stocks opened the second quarter sharply down on Wednesday, following the Dow Jones Industrial Average's worst first quarter on record from effects of the coronavirus pandemic and plummeting oil prices.

April 1, 2020

Democrats distracted by impeachment as coronavirus crept into U.S., Republicans say

President Trump and his allies are increasingly blaming the Democrats' failed impeachment drive for distracting Washington's attention from the coronavirus outbreak this winter.

March 31, 2020