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As millions are receiving their coronavirus relief checks, many eligible Americans are encountering issues. According to the IRS, those who filed 2018 or 2019 tax returns and provided direct deposit ...

WASHINGTON -- Six months after President Obama launched a $787 billion plan to right the nation's economy, a majority of Americans think the avalanche of new federal aid has cost too much and done too ...

Coverage of the survey of the Associated General Contractors of America is noting how construction jobs have been created by the stimulus so far. A bit more from their report: “With construction ...

A more fundamental problem is today's work force is more skilled and specialized -- and in some ways less fluid -- than during the 1930s when President Franklin Roosevelt launched the New Deal during ...

Six months after Obama launched stimulus, the majority sees little change. August 17, 2009— -- WASHINGTON — Six months after President Obama launched a $787 billion plan to right the nation's ...

The figures show that July through September, the economy grew at a rate of 3.5%. Can you imagine? I feel like we should all be in Times Square kissing strangers. Except that gets you arrested now. In ...

Everybody, from the president on down knows the economic stimulus program is working too slowly. While we wait for all those highway projects to create enough jobs, unemployment is marching toward ten ...