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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Friday she and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin are “coming to terms” on a bipartisan coronavirus relief package that both sides say will include another round of direct relief to most Americans.

Lawmakers are suggesting that a second round of direct payments be sent to the Americans who have been hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic.

Individually, 36% of respondents said they were personally worse off than four years ago. Meanwhile 33% said they were better off and 30% said they were the same.

Democrats are working to get President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill passed in the next two weeks, and all attention is on the Senate where the party faces strong Republican opposition.

President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and their spouses are opening an ambitious, cross-country tour this week to highlight the benefits of his $1.9 trillion plan to defeat the coronavirus and boost the economy.

Millions of coronavirus stimulus checks have already been delivered and millions more are on their way, most quickly through direct deposit.

The government said Tuesday that building permits and housing starts both surged in July and easily topped economists’ forecasts.

A last-ditch effort by Democrats to revive Capitol Hill talks on vital COVID-19 rescue money collapsed in disappointment Friday which means meaning you’re no closer to receiving a second direct payment from the government.

More than half of U.S. adults say it’s harder to afford the holiday gifts they want to give this year. Sixty-nine percent of them say they have seen higher prices for holiday gifts in recent months, up from 58% last year, according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. […]

The Hispanic advocacy group said Latinos got less help even though they reported losing nearly twice as many jobs as White Americans. Hispanics need to fully recover from this pandemic in order for the country to recover as a whole

There hasn’t been much movement in Washington this week which means you’re no closer to receiving a new direct payment.