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The Senate’s Covid relief bill lowered enhanced federal unemployment benefits to $300 per week and excludes a plan to raise the minimum wage to $15 per hour.

The president plans to sign orders to improve voter rights on the 56th anniversary of a peaceful protest that turned violent in Selma, Alabama.

The Covid-19 pandemic has raised new questions about how much financial support the government should give Americans. Some experiments may help provide answers.

Congress may consider more Covid relief after passing $1.9 trillion bill, according to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, depending on the pandemic’s course.

Democrats are rushing to extend jobless benefits by March 14, when aid would lapse for millions. There will likely be a gap even if Congress meets the deadline.

Democrats’ $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan would pay more jobless benefits. But some have yet to receive aid from the Covid relief bill passed in December.

Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., said it’s a ‘prescription for trouble’ to end jobless benefits for the long-term unemployed.

Legislators in more than 20 states have introduced bills this year that would ban transgender girls from competing on girls’ sports teams in public high schools

As Congress works on getting new coronavirus relief to Americans, one group of senators is calling for continued financial relief through the economic recovery.

Washington leaders are working on a coronavirus relief package that includes new $1,400 direct payments. Here’s how soon your check could land.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Sen. Bernie Sanders and a slew of other Democrats proposed a 2% tax on wealth above $50 million and a 3% tax on wealth over $1 billion.

Workers who began getting jobless benefits last March are reaching the end of their “benefit year.” That would typically mean aid reduction or ineligibility.

Many Americans were lifted from poverty by a $900 billion Covid relief bill, according to new research. The gains may erode without more pandemic aid.

The hiatus on required retirement plan distributions is over, so retirees over age 72 should plan to take them. Here’s a look at the quirks and rules changes.

The House passed a $1.9 trillion Covid relief bill on Friday that would extend jobless benefits to Aug. 29 and increase aid by $400 a week.

A $1.9 trillion Covid relief bill backed by Democrats may cause automatic cuts in certain programs like Medicare to control federal deficits.

A new $1.9 trillion Covid relief plan is making its way through Congress. The proposal includes $1,400 stimulus checks. Here’s how Congress will fund the bill.

New $1,400 stimulus checks and monthly child tax credit payments could result in a big payday for a family of four earning less than $150,000.

Raising minimum pay could help provide more money now to workers around the country. It could also help boost their Social Security benefits down the line.

President Joe Biden called for extra unemployment benefits to phase out based on economic or health metrics. But there’s one problem: Which metric to use?