US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo addresses the media at a joint news conference with the Czech Prime Minister, at the start of a four-nation tour of Europe, in Prague, Czech Republic on August 12, 2020. Petr David Josek | Reuters WASHINGTON – Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Friday …
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The Federal Emergency Management Agency, which oversees program funding, had approved 13 states to offer the additional unemployment benefits starting at noon ET on Friday. Those states are: Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Utah. Seven others – Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, California, …
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