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The latest objection to a larger, $2,000 check has come from an unexpected source. Here's what's playing out now.

McConnell during a special New Years Day session of the Senate called the bill a "universal cash giveaway" and wants to push for more targeted aid to people who really need it.

President Donald Trump's push for bigger $2,000 COVID-19 relief checks stalled out Tuesday in the Senate as Republicans blocked a swift vote proposed by Democrats and split within their own ranks over whether to boost spending or defy the White House.

McConnell Faces Stimulus Dilemma As Democrats -- And Many Republicans, Side With Trump Over $2,000 Checks Senate Republicans are facing an optics nightmare after 44 House Republicans joined 231 Democrats on Monday to pass a bill which would increase stimu

President Trump may have indicated he'll sign the stimulus bill ahead of the government shutdown. The news comes hours before the House votes Monday on a $2,000 stimulus check.

President Trump on Sunday signed a $2.3 trillion COVID-19 relief and government funding bill that includes $600 stimulus checks for most Americans. The nearly 5,600-page bill passed the House and S...

People in Brooklyn are hitting the streets, demanding the president sign the latest $900 billion coronavirus stimulus plan.

President Donald Trump's waffling over the $900 billion Covid relief package, which he has yet to sign, is leaving his fellow Republicans in Georgia in a tough spot as they fight to maintain control of the US Senate.

MILLIONS of Americans will lose their unemployment benefits at midnight Saturday unless President Donald Trump signs the coronavirus relief bill. Trump instigated a standoff over stimulus checks with Congress with his drawn-out refusal to sign the biparti

The stimulus check saga continues after President Trump demands a $2,000 second stimulus check to replace the $600 maximum in this week's COVID-19 relief bill. Here's what's happening now and what could happen next.

House Republicans are expected to block the vote Thursday, but Democrats may try again Monday with a possible federal government shutdown on the line.

"Send the bill back, and we will put in the $2,000 we've been fighting for that your party has been blocking," tweeted Michigan Representative Rashida Tlaib.

The final version of a $900 billion stimulus bill will reportedly include a second stimulus payment. Here's what else we think is inside.

Will the unemployed see an interruption in their benefits even if Congress acts to extend them?

A second stimulus check will reportedly be part of 2020's final stimulus bill after all, according to Wednesday morning reports.

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A $908 billion proposal for COVID relief has the attention of President-elect Joe Biden and other top lawmakers and politicians.

Can Congress come together to pass a last-ditch compromise before the end of 2020? Would President Trump sign in? Today's updates.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin continue to "narrow their differences" on a new stimulus package with $1,200 checks for Americans. If a stimulus package...

Until the pandemic upended the operations of American companies, weekly jobless aid applications had never exceeded 700,000 in the U.S.