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World Newspapers: Stay-at-home orders for capital region

Mar 31, 2020 22:00

The US states of Maryland, Virginia and the District on Monday barred residents from leaving home unless it’s absolutely necessary, joining a handful of other states that have issued such orders in hopes of controlling the fast-spreading novel coronavirus. 205/219
World newspapers: Trump extends distance rules to April 30

Mar 30, 2020 20:36

As death US toll passes 2000, experts call for staying apart amid need for more testing. 207
World Newspapers: Death toll surges past 2,000 in US

Mar 29, 2020 21:52

The United States reached a grim milestone Saturday, doubling the number of coronavirus-related deaths over two days to more than 2,000. 205/219
World Newspapers: President signs $2 trillion economic stimulus

Mar 28, 2020 21:26

President Trump on Friday signed into law a historic $2.2 trillion Coronavirus rescue package, the largest stimulus deal in United States history, as the pandemic devastates the nation’s economy and sickens thousands. 207/216
World Newspapers: Jobless claims skyrocket to record 3.3 million

Mar 27, 2020 21:57

A record 3.3 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, the Labor Department said Thursday, as restaurants, hotels, barber shops, gyms and more shut down in a nationwide effort to slow the spread of the deadly coronavirus. 205/219
World Newspapers: Senate passes stimulus package

Mar 26, 2020 21:37

The Senate on Wednesday approved a historic, $2 trillion stimulus package to provide a jolt to an economy reeling from the coronavirus pandemic, capping days of intense negotiations that produced one of the most expensive and far-reaching measures Congress has ever considered. 104/216
World Newspapers: Sanctions will worsen toll in Iran

Mar 25, 2020 21:18

The American sanctions have had an impact on the Iranian economy, while Iran needs financial and medical resources — from food and medicine to cash transfers — to carry out an effective nationwide quarantine and other measures to curb the outbreak. Britain, China and Russia, among others, have called on the United States to ease sanctions so that Iran can respond more effectively, but the Trump administration has displayed no signs of heeding such pleas. 101/214
World Newspapers: FED flexes muscle as Senate battles over aid

Mar 24, 2020 21:30

Senate Democrats on Monday blocked action for the second day in a row on a nearly $2 trillion emergency economic aid measure to respond to the coronavirus pandemic, insisting on stronger protections for workers and restrictions for bailed-out businesses as they struggled to reach a deal with the Trump administration. 104/214
World Newspapers: Senate talks on coronavirus stimulus bill continue

Mar 23, 2020 21:19

Senate leaders and Trump administration officials are resuming talks Monday morning on a giant stimulus bill aimed at propping up an economy hard-hit by the coronavirus after weekend negotiations failed to produce a deal. 101
World Newspapers: Restrictions rise, along with number of cases

Mar 20, 2020 22:07

The US State Department on Thursday warned Americans not to travel internationally and advised those still abroad to either return immediately or prepare to remain in place indefinitely, as much of the United States and Europe continued to shut down to stem the worsening global spread of the coronavirus. 214