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LX News speaks with Bread for the World’s Heather Taylor about the state of food insecurity and poverty in the U.S., which have been rising as congressional negotiations over another stimulus package continue to drag on without action.

President Donald Trump took the stimulus package off the table, the worst possible news for millions of struggling Americans.

Oct.1 is around the corner.  And even though millions of Americans are living without a steady paycheck amid the pandemic, the bills are still due. Making the situation worse is that fact that Congress hasn’t been able to reach a deal on another stimulus package, leaving extra unemployment benefits and a second round of direct cash payments in the...

As Democrats and Republicans in Congress and the Trump administration debate what financial aid should be included in the next coronavirus relief bill — or if there should be another relief bill at all — recent data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics sheds light on how the 159 million Americans who received the one-time stimulus checks earlier this year spent the...

Now President Trump held a surprise news conference to criticize the failed talks and threatened to issue an executive order, though it’s not clear if he has the authority to do that.

Days of marathon talks between Democratic leaders in the House and Senate – and the Trump administration – have ended without a second stimulus deal. Sergio Quintana reports.

Republican Congressional leaders and the White House have reached a tentative deal Wednesday on a $1 trillion coronavirus relief package, separate from the Democrat’s $3 trillion bill. The deal reportedly includes another round of direct payments to Americans, plus $16 billion in new money for coronavirus testing, something President Trump opposed.

Michele Evermore, senior policy analyst with the National Employment Law Project, talks about the impact of the federal stimulus checks amid pandemic and how the economy could further tailspin if the assistance package isn’t extended by Congress.

CPA and TurboTax expert Lisa Greene-Lewis answers questions for those stragglers who waited until the very last second to file their federal income taxes.

The Internal Revenue Service is canceling over 1.1 million coronavirus stimulus checks it sent to deceased Americans in April.

Nursing home residents are among the Americans getting $1,200 checks as part of the U.S. plan to revive the economy

President Donald Trump says he supports a fresh round of government payments to individuals to help them weather the coronavirus pandemic but that “it has to be done properly.”

President Donald Trump’s call for another election-season round of direct stimulus checks to most taxpayers is getting a lukewarm endorsement at best from his GOP allies on Capitol Hill.

UPDATE, May 20: The IRS this week started sending out stimulus payments to millions via prepaid debit cards, and the agency launched a new hot line to help guide people through the debit card use: 1-800-919-9835. UPDATE, May 5: An IRS spokesperson tells NBC Bay Area the Treasury Department now says families who received stimulus payments for deceased relatives should…

Democrats have unveiled their plan for the next phase of coronavirus funding, which includes another round of stimulus payments of up to $1,200 per person. Republicans lawmakers say spending should be narrow and targeted.

There’s still time to submit your bank account information to the IRS to get your $1,200 stimulus payment more quickly. But that window is closing, the IRS said on Friday. Americans who qualify for a one-time payment now have until noon on Wednesday, May 13, to get their money faster by submitting their direct deposit information on the Get My Payment site. After...

The federal government wants the money it sent dead people returned, NBC News reports.

After weeks of confusion, the U.S. Treasury Department said Wednesday it wants the money back after sending stimulus payments to citizens who had died.

The US government has distributed about 130 million economic impact payments to taxpayers in less than 30 days

Millions of dollars in federal relief payments are flowing into taxpayers’ bank accounts via direct deposit