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Coronavirus Will Scar the Economy for Years
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Dems Want to Save the $600 Unemployment Boost. GOP Has Other Ideas.
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How Face Masks Could Save the Economy
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Millions of Tax Refunds Face 'Extreme Delays'
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Trump Admin Tells Supreme Court Obamacare Must Fall
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$1.4 Billion in Coronavirus Stimulus Went to Dead People
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Pelosi's Plan to Bolster Obamacare — and Dems’ Election Chances
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Trump Says Yes to More Stimulus Checks … or Something
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Dems Say Trump Sitting on Billions in Coronavirus Testing Money
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Trump White House Infighting Clouds Next Stimulus
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A Tax Day Delay Until 2021?
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Trump Wants $1 Trillion for Infrastructure
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Conservatives Say It’s Time to Stop Spending on Coronavirus Relief
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Trump Wants ‘At Least $2 Trillion’ More in Coronavirus Relief
Newsletter
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CBO Estimates Damage to US Economy from Coronavirus
The coronavirus crisis will scar the U.S. economy for years to come, according to the updated 10-year outlook from the Congressional Budget Office, released Thursday. “The economic outlook for 2020...
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The Decline of the IRS
ProPublica has been documenting what it calls “the descent of the IRS” over the last decade as the agency struggles with budget cuts and hostility from lawmakers. In a report Thursday, the...
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Small Business Relief Program Gets a Surprise Extension
The Senate passed an unexpected extension of the Paycheck Protection Program Tuesday night, just a few hours before the $660 billion effort to aid small businesses was scheduled to cease receiving...
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$1.5 Trillion Infrastructure Plan Is DOA: McConnell
A $1.5 trillion infrastructure bill is expected to get a vote in the House Wednesday, but according to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), the effort is for naught. "So naturally this...
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Dems Want to Extend $600 Unemployment Boost. GOP Has Other Ideas.
The $600-a-week federal boost to unemployment insurance introduced by Congress in March is set to expire this month, and the debate about whether or how to extend jobless benefits will be central to...
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Military Contractors Hide the True Cost of War: Report
Since the 9/11 terror attacks, the Pentagon has relied on private contractors to handle a huge array of tasks, ranging from laundry and dining services to transportation and security at military...
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Unemployment Payments Top $100 Billion in June
With one day in the month to go, the U.S. Treasury Department has paid out $108.5 billion in unemployment benefits so far in June — the most so far during the coronavirus crisis, according to...
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National Face Mask Mandate Could Prevent 5% GDP Hit, Goldman Sachs Says
The widespread use of face masks is a simple and low-cost way to slow the spread of the coronavirus, and according the Jan Hatzius, chief economist at Goldman Sachs, a national mandate to wear masks...