NEW YORK (Reuters) – More than $ 21.5 billion in past-due rent looms over Americans struggling to make ends meet, global advisory firm Stout, Risius and Ross estimated Wednesday as Republicans and Democrats scramble for a new aid package COVID-19. FILE PHOTO: Sandra Cruz, who lost her job due to …
Read More »The Fed chief says the increase in the coronavirus begins to affect the US economic recovery.
(Reuters) – The rise in US coronavirus cases and restrictions aimed at containing it have begun to weigh on the economic recovery, the head of the Federal Reserve said on Wednesday, signaling an apparent setback by consumers and a slowdown in the rehire of laid off workers, particularly for small …
Read More »Support falls to protests, but many Americans reject Trump’s response: Reuters / Ipsos poll
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Americans’ support for the Black Lives Matter protests has waned since the immediate aftermath of George Floyd’s death in May and renewed a national conversation about the race, though more than half still disapprove of the response. from President Donald Trump, according to a Reuters / …
Read More »Lawmakers investigate White House pressure on reopening of schools amid coronavirus
The President of the United States, Donald Trump, speaks during a press conference of the working group on coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at the White House in Washington, USA, July 28, 2020. REUTERS / Carlos Barria WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democratic lawmakers on Tuesday asked the U.S. secretary of education and the …
Read More »Six US states see record COVID-19 deaths, Latinos hit hard in California
(Reuters) – A half-dozen US states in the south and west on Tuesday reported records of one-day coronavirus deaths and cases in Texas passed the 400,000 mark when California health authorities said they Latinos accounted for more than half of their cases. FILE PHOTO: Emergency Medical Technicians (EMT) Hang Out …
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