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Author: BY JIM TANKERSLEY AND BEN CASSELMAN - Publish Date: September 7, 2021 at 01:03AM The president has encouraged some states to continue helping the long-term unemployed, but administration officials say it was time for enhanced federal aid to end.

Author: BY JIM TANKERSLEY - Publish Date: August 19, 2021 at 11:41PM His administration suggested that some states should use relief funds to extend weekly payments for the long-term unemployed.

Author: BY JONNO RATTMAN, MICHAEL CORKERY, ALANA CELII AND GABRIEL GIANORDOLI - Publish Date: June 2, 2021 at 08:01AM We spent the last four months photographing four blocks along the south end of Wilkes-Barre’s Main Street to capture the pandemic’s impact.

Author: BY ANNIE CORREAL AND DESIREE RIOS - Publish Date: May 24, 2021 at 07:08AM In one of the world’s most expensive cities, Isabel Galán has been surviving on odd jobs while juggling school and child care. Her life has come to revolve around how she spends the little cash she is able to earn: “I guard it as if it was gold.”

Author: BY ALAN RAPPEPORT - Publish Date: May 1, 2021 at 11:12AM An internal dispute at the Treasury Department shows the challenge of tracking trillions of dollars of economic relief money.

Author: BY REUTERS - Publish Date: March 24, 2021 at 06:44AM President Biden said on Tuesday, the 11th anniversary of the Affordable Care Act, that Americans who need health insurance would have until Aug. 15 to sign up through Healthcare.gov.

Author: BY NATASHA FROST - Publish Date: March 16, 2021 at 10:23AM More countries halt AstraZeneca vaccine.

Author: BY THE EDITORIAL BOARD - Publish Date: March 11, 2021 at 06:44AM A giant aid package is what the country badly needed and what voters wanted.

Author: Unknown Author - Publish Date: March 7, 2021 at 05:00PM The pandemic closed borders, halted air travel and emptied destinations of tourists. As its first anniversary nears, we look at how six places dependent on the industry have adapted to the disruption.

Author: BY GIOVANNI RUSSONELLO - Publish Date: March 6, 2021 at 06:50AM Senate Democrats are racing to pass President Biden’s $1.9 trillion stimulus bill. That doesn’t mean things are moving fast.

Author: BY EMILY COCHRANE - Publish Date: March 5, 2021 at 08:27AM Senator Ron Johnson, Republican of Wisconsin, used rules that called on legislative clerks to perform an hourslong reading of the 628-page text.

Author: BY EMILY COCHRANE - Publish Date: March 4, 2021 at 07:58AM President Biden blessed the plan to lower the income cap for Americans receiving checks of up to $1,400, a crucial concession to moderates whose backing is needed to pass the bill.

Author: BY REUTERS - Publish Date: February 27, 2021 at 08:00AM House Democrats are close to approving President Biden’s $1.9 trillion stimulus plan despite the Senate parliamentarian’s ruling that including a gradual increase to the federal minimum wage would violate budgetary rules.

Author: BY GIOVANNI RUSSONELLO - Publish Date: February 24, 2021 at 06:59AM Our economics reporter gives a rundown on the real unemployment rate, stimulus checks and inflation.

Author: BY STACY COWLEY AND JIM TANKERSLEY - Publish Date: February 23, 2021 at 06:34AM A more generous loan formula for solo ventures is meant to get more very small businesses into the Paycheck Protection Program. But bigger applicants face a two-week pause.

Author: BY REUTERS - Publish Date: February 20, 2021 at 07:07AM President Biden on Friday called on Republicans who have complained that his $1.9 trillion economic relief package is too large to name which specific provisions they would prefer to cut from the bill.

Author: BY JIM TANKERSLEY AND EMILY COCHRANE - Publish Date: February 12, 2021 at 06:51AM Top Democrats and some of President Biden’s advisers are considering borrowing money to fund a sweeping infrastructure package as the nation’s fiscal situation improves more rapidly than expected.

Author: BY JIM TANKERSLEY, MICHAEL D. SHEAR AND EMILY COCHRANE - Publish Date: February 10, 2021 at 07:21AM He endorsed a compromise plan in the House limiting direct payments to high earners as part of his $1.9 trillion proposal, as Democratic leaders fought to salvage a plan for a $15-an-hour wage.

Author: BY LUKE BROADWATER AND JIM TANKERSLEY - Publish Date: February 4, 2021 at 07:04AM The House passed a budget blueprint to allow the president’s $1.9 trillion plan to speed through Congress without Republican backing. But President Biden said he was open to negotiating the details.

Author: BY LUKE BROADWATER AND JIM TANKERSLEY - Publish Date: February 4, 2021 at 07:04AM The House passed a budget blueprint to allow the president’s $1.9 trillion plan to speed through Congress without Republican backing. But President Biden said he was open to negotiating the details.