Checks

Extra unemployment aid expires as virus threatens new states

Aid checks to Americans heading out next week. Read more about what's being done to help small businesses and a key vote on money to do that coming Thursday.

By JONATHAN LEMIRE and JILL COLVIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Confronting twin health and economic crises, President Donald Trump announced Wednesday he will invoke emergency powers to marshal critical medical supplies against a coronavirus pandemic threatening to overwhelm hospitals and...

By LISA MASCARO, ZEKE MILLER and ANDREW TAYLOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Treasury Department said Wednesday it wants to start issuing direct payments to Americans by early next month as the centerpiece of a $1 trillion plan to stabilize the economy as the coronavirus epidemic threatens...

By LISA MASCARO and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In a massive federal effort, President Donald Trump asked Congress to speed emergency checks to Americans, enlisted the military for MASH-like hospitals and implored ordinary people — particularly socially active millennials — to do...

By LISA MASCARO and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press Eds: UPDATES: Updates with McConnell, quotes from senators. With AP Photos. EDITS: Adds hyperlinks. WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is asking Congress to unleash a torrent of emergency economic aid — including direct checks to Americans — an...

By LISA MARIE PANE Associated Press Background checks on gun purchases in the U.S. are climbing toward a record high this year, reflecting what the industry says is a rush by people to buy weapons in reaction to the Democratic presidential candidates' calls for tighter restrictions. By the end of...

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR , Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Tens of millions of Social Security recipients and other retirees will get a 2.8 percent boost in benefits next year as inflation edges higher. It's the biggest increase most retired baby boomers have gotten. Following a stretch of low...