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

Americans established trusted supply lines as the virus surged in new regions of the U.S. over the past few months and millions did so at Walmart, where online sales nearly doubled in the second quarter.

If your family thought the $1,200 stimulus payment didn’t stretch far enough, there could be more help on the way.

Trump tweeted he’s directed the Treasury Department to get ready to send direct payments to all Americans but “DEMOCRATS ARE HOLDING THIS UP!”

WASHINGTON – The Internal Revenue Service announced Friday that the deadline to claim a $500-per-child stimulus payment as authorized by the CARES Act has been extended. The IRS is encouraging eligible recipients to use the IRS.gov Non-Filers tool starting August 15 through September 30 to receive the supplemental $500 payments. Many Social Security recipients and people on […]

Americans counting on emergency coronavirus aid and a second $1,200 check from Washington may have to wait until fall.

While speaking together as running mates for the first time Wednesday, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris sharply criticized President Trump’s job performance during the COVID-19 pandemic – but the former vice president and California senator may not be completely aligned when it comes to coronavirus aid.

For many Americans, fear of contracting COVID-19 is outweighing the desire to take that annual planned vacation, one study shows.

Though it’s still possible lawmakers could cut and deal and distribute a second round of stimulus checks before the end of this month, the timeline appears highly unlikely.

(CNN) — Robert Davis, a bartender at the Atlanta airport, says he almost always paid his rent on time prior to August 1. But that didn’t stop his landlord from sending him an eviction notice on Friday. A day earlier, the 51-year-old single dad who was furloughed in March wrote a letter to his apartment […]

If an agreement can’t be released of a wider stimulus package, it’s possible $1,200 checks would need to be in a standalone bill.