Congress is moving toward a showdown over federal unemployment benefits, with millions of Americans in the balance. As part of the March $ 2.2 trillion coronavirus bill, Congress agreed to a $ 600 per week increase in unemployment benefits, but they will begin to expire in a matter of days. …
Read More »A wave of evictions could be coming for the nation’s tenants
The federal moratorium on evictions signed in March as part of the CARES Act will expire on Friday night at midnight, creating the possibility of a wave of evictions amid a pandemic that President TrumpDonald John Trump Pelosi says Trump’s decision to reverse the fair housing rule is a “betrayal …
Read More »A wave of evictions could be coming for the nation’s tenants
The federal moratorium on evictions signed in March as part of the CARES Act will expire on Friday night at midnight, creating the possibility of a wave of evictions amid a pandemic that President TrumpDonald John Trump Pelosi says Trump’s decision to reverse the fair housing rule is a “betrayal …
Read More »Close the United States and start again
By Shelby Lin Erdman, Jacqueline Howard, Jen Christensen, and Katia Hetter | CNN More than 150 prominent medical experts, scientists, teachers, nurses, and other Americans have signed a letter urging political leaders to close the country and begin again to contain the growing coronavirus pandemic. “The best thing for the …
Read More »Trump Admin. COVID-19 used to intimidate family planning: Democrats
House Democrats are investigating whether the Trump administration abused a small business loan program to intimidate and lie to Planned Parenthood while rewarding supporters of the White House and the Republican Party. Rep. Carolyn Maloney (DN.Y.) and Rep. Nydia Velázquez (DN.Y.), respective chairs of the Supervision and Reform and Small …
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