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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell introduced a bill Tuesday aimed at responding to the Covid-19 pandemic and its economic fallout. The 78-page piece of legislation could face a procedural vote as soon as Thursday.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced Tuesday he might try to force his chamber to cast a test vote this week on a new version of his party's economic recovery plan, putting pressure on Republicans to get behind a measure meant to serve as an elect…

The day after Labor Day is a time to reset. To return to life's ordinary rhythms. To punch the clock and ring the school bell. But there's no ordinary in 2020.

Once this effort to get all Senate Republicans on board with a partisan proposal is past, maybe real negotiations can resume.

The massive wave of stimulus unleashed by central banks around the world has helped push stock markets to record highs.

If you were paying attention when stimulus talks collapsed last month when millions of Americans were unemployed and when millions of American small businesses were weighing shuttering with an economy still in limbo -- well, then you are pretty much caught up…

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell unveiled a trimmed-down stimulus bill Tuesday, more than a month after negotiations over the next economic aid package stalled in Congress.

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Biden seems interested in redistributing income, but not in challenging the private power of his party’s favorite industries.

1. McConnell announces plan to vote on slimmed-down coronavirus relief bill in Senate  The Washington Post
2. Second stimulus check updates: Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says Senate to vote on ’targeted’ coronavirus a  Chicago Tribune

Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced Tuesday that the Senate will vote on a GOP proposal for coronavirus relief on Thursday.

Frontrunner is 71-year-old Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga who says tackling the coronavirus will be a priority.

Tax agency is urging eligible citizens to register at IRS.gov by October 15 to get their payments by year-end.

The $500 billion bill is Republicans' slimmest relief proposal yet, a "targeted" measure that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell will try to advance in the upper chamber later this week after trying to rally GOP colleagues.

As Congress remains deadlocked over a new coronavirus relief package, here's a look at what Trump has said about direct payments.

President Donald Trump is on board with another round of stimulus checks as long as it excludes a stipulation in the Democrat-led relief bill.

The partisan divide on what steps to take on stimulus looks set only to widen, with the Senate expected to turn focus to another relief bill.

The IRS will mail letters to Americans who have yet to receive a stimulus check later this month with instructions on how to claim the funds.

White House chief of staff Mark Meadows was confident the two sides could agree on unemployment and the postal service but said the real "stumbling block" is aid to state and local governments.

Senate likely to take up coronavirus stimulus bill, Michael Cohen releases tell-all memoir about Trump and more news to know Tuesday.

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Notices for unclaimed stimulus checks are going to Americans who haven't filed a tax return for 2018 or 2019, likely because they didn't earn enough.

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y) denounced Senate Republicans' plan to introduce a pared-down coronavirus stimulus bill on Tuesday, saying the "emaciated" bill "is headed nowhere." Why it matters: Weeks af…

President Trump told reporters at a Labor Day briefing on Monday that he is "taking the high road" by not meeting with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other top Democrats to negotiate the next coronavirus stimulus package. Why it matters: Unemployment benefits…

As talks with Democrats on a new coronavirus aid package remain stalled, Senate Republicans proposed a new ‘skinny’ stimulus bill Tuesday. WSJ’s Gerald F. Seib explains why this might be the last chance congress has to pass a law before the election. Photo: A…

White House chief of staff Mark Meadows on Tuesday said he is "optimistic" there will be another coronavirus stimulus package before the 2020 presidential election. | Clips

A GOP-led Senate bill designed to protect small businesses amidst the COVID-19 pandemic could be the difference between reaching an agreement on economic relief and watching negotiations blow up ahead of the 2020 presidential election.

These are the biggest points of contention between Democrats and Republicans over another virus relief package as talks resume this week.

President Trump on Monday slammed Democratic rival Joe Biden, calling him a “pawn” for China, saying he “doesn’t have a clue" and warning that he would "destroy" the economy.

Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia praised the August jobs report of 1.4 million jobs added in August with unemployment dropping to 8.4% as a great way to head into Labor Day weekend.

Democrats “want a blank check to fund their long-standing wish list,” Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., told “Fox & Friends” on Tuesday regarding the stalled negotiations on Capitol Hill for the next coronavirus relief bill.

Senate Republicans unveiled a new "targeted" coronavirus relief proposal Tuesday, aiming for an opening vote on the floor this week, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced.

The Texas law enforcement agency who served the eviction notice for a Houston family shown kicked out of their home on national television last week after losing their primary source of income during the coronavirus pandemic has since raised hundreds of thous…