The CARES Act provided an additional $600 per week in unemployment benefits to eligible workers. That assistance ended in July, but the stimulus agreement includes a new round of extra payments.

As federal unemployment aid runs out around the country while Congress negotiates a new stimulus bill, some economists worry that the most vulnerable workers are getting pushed deeper into poverty.

Here's what to know about the expiring unemployment compensation boost and strategies ... And even if a new stimulus package is passed with additional jobless benefits, it'll take several weeks ...

Efforts to send eligible Americans a $2,000 second stimulus ... During the New Year's Day debate on the Senate floor, he said the CASH Act "can be in addition to the expansion of unemployment ...

The US Congress has passed a new Covid-19 relief ... enacted the largest economic stimulus package in US history, with $2 trillion in coronavirus aid. Thursday's bill will bring the total federal ...

Senate Democrats are up against a narrow timeline to approve a $1.9 trillion stimulus package and ... The portion of the bill dealing with unemployment assistance appears far from settled.

Democratic US Representatives practise social distancing as they discuss the stimulus bill President Trump has ... the number of Americans filing for unemployment surged to a record high of ...

The proposal - backed by a bipartisan group of lawmakers - includes $180 billion for expanded unemployment benefits ... in a December 1 tweet that a new stimulus bill "needs to include direct ...