The latest figures suggest that more than five months after the viral outbreak erupted the economy is still weak.

Donald Trump complained that Goodyear ‘announced a BAN ON MAGA HATS.’

Democrats authorized more direct payments to Americans on May 15, but Senate Republicans have refused to take up the bill.

The GOP-controlled Senate doesn’t have any votes scheduled until after Labor Day.

Analysts say those ‘new’ jobs are mostly from people returning to jobs they lost during the lockdown.

Trump wants to cut the capital gains tax, which would primarily benefit the richest Americans.

It turns out there’s no evidence that the $600 weekly unemployment insurance boost kept Americans from going back to work.

Delaying another coronavirus relief bill could be making the problem worse, says one market analyst.

Senate Republicans want to cut extra weekly unemployment payments from $600 per week to $200 per week.

The bill Mitch McConnell released added billions to acquire new fighter jets and military ships, as well as funding for a new FBI headquarters.

Trump and the GOP let expanded unemployment benefits expire, but they think more tax deductions for businesses are needed.

The GOP-controlled Senate’s inaction all but ensures that the weekly unemployment boost will lapse.

Another 1.4 million Americans filed for unemployment insurance last week, the first rise in the raw number of weekly claims since March.

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy says there won’t be a bill ready before the $600 of federal unemployment help ends next week.

The $600 weekly unemployment insurance boost is set to expire on July 31.

Some suggested the effort is insensitive during a pandemic and the widespread unemployment it has caused.

John Cornyn once called extended unemployment benefits a ‘lifeline’ for U.S. families.

Trump said the economy is coming back ‘bigger and better than we ever thought possible.’

The Senate Majority Leader says he’s worried people might not go back to work during a pandemic if they continue receiving the current level of unemployment benefits.

Trump recently declared that the economy had experienced ‘the greatest comeback in American history.’

A new report from Congress’ Joint Economic Committee warns that ending unemployment benefits ‘would be a human and economic catastrophe.’

Many Republican-led states want workers to choose between their health and unemployment benefits.

Nearly 40% have had their work hours reduced and 14% have asked for delays in making rent payments.

As 2.4 million more applied for unemployment insurance, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said he will not extend the added $600 weekly benefit.

Trump opposes extending the added $600 in unemployment insurance Congress created to help offset coronavirus job losses.

‘I think certain parts of the economy will find it very difficult to have really a lot of activity,’ Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said.

HHS Secretary Alex Azar blamed workers at meatpacking plants for virus transmission the CDC says results from conditions at the plants.

The state is encouraging employers to report workers who do not come back to reopened jobs out of fear of the coronavirus.

Trump wants a payroll tax cut — which would do nothing to aid more than 30 million Americans who have been laid off.

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) threatened that unemployment benefits for those impacted by the coronavirus crisis would only be extended “over our dead bodies.”