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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and White House chief of staff Mark Meadows resumed talks Thursday over a stalled COVID-19 aid package, but the outlook for any swift resolution appeared bleak as President Donald Trump’s team and congressional Democrats have been unable to agree on a compromise.

U.S. citizens, permanent residents and qualifying resident aliens are eligible for the Economic Impact Payment.

While Congress appears to be far from agreeing on a comprehensive COVID-19 relief package, the Internal Revenue Service announced Tuesday that about 50,000 people will be receiving stimulus checks next month.

The idea of a second round of $1,200 stimulus checks has bipartisan support, with Trump even saying the amount could go higher.

Republican leadership pitched the idea of renewing negotiations on a wide-ranging coronavirus aid package that would likely include a second round of stimulus checks.

The state has added 204 deaths since Sunday making this the deadliest week in Tennessee since the beginning of the pandemic.

Thousands of Oregonians waited in long lines at credit unions across the state on Thursday to apply for $500 emergency relief checks, but people at one location left with more than they expected.

Tennessee has now surpassed 100,000 total recoveries.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The good news for people in need during the pandemic is that both parties seem to support a stimulus check, some unemployment assistance, housing and possibly student loan relief. But the trillion-dollar question still remains — when? While there seems to be agreement in Washington that more financial relief is needed, a […]

Senate Republican leaders are preparing a slimmed-down coronavirus relief package of roughly $500 billion that will include extended payments for unemployed people and smaller businesses, a GOP senator said Tuesday.

Out of the confirmed positive cases, 96,896 have recovered.