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Dave Boyer

Dave Boyer

dboyer@washingtontimes.com

Dave Boyer is a White House correspondent for The Washington Times. A native of Allentown, Pa., Boyer worked for the Philadelphia Inquirer from 2002 to 2011 and also has covered Congress for the Times. He is a graduate of Penn State University. Boyer can be reached at dboyer@washingtontimes.com.

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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., walks to the chamber as lawmakers negotiate on the emergency coronavirus response legislation, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, March 18, 2020. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate passes second coronavirus relief package

The Senate approved a $105 billion bill Wednesday to provide sick leave from the COVID-19 pandemic while the administration forged ahead with a $1.3 trillion plan to help out-of-work Americans and to rescue the cratering economy, as stocks sustained another massive sell-off that halted trading briefly for the fourth time in two weeks.

March 18, 2020
A few people walk on Wall Street in front of the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, March 18, 2020 in New York. Global stock markets have sunk in a third day of wild price swings after President Donald Trump promised to prop up the U.S. economy through the coronavirus outbreak.(AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Stocks fall again as markets continue month-long slide

Stocks tumbled again in early trading on Wednesday, giving back all of their gains from a day earlier as markets remained volatile while Washington grapples with a relief plan for the coronavirus pandemic.

March 18, 2020