Headlines
– President to make addresses today on racial inequality and tackling coronavirus pandemic
– Stimulus check of up to $1,400 in new president’s $1.9tn American Rescue Plan (when could it arrive?)
– Proposal for increased child tax credit of up to $3,600 per dependent in stimulus plan (further detail)
– Biden uses executive authority to fund ‘food stamp’ increase and retroactive stimulus check payments
– An estimated 8 million eligible Americans are yet to receive at least one of their stimulus checks
– Treasury to create new online portal to help make it easier to receive stimulus checks
– Growing number of GOP Senators publicly oppose new stimulus bill
– Janet Yellen sworn in as first female Treasury secretary in US history
– Biden pushing for $50bn Covid-19 testing programme
– President Biden signs executive order on the coronavirus pandemic and economy
– Biden to impose South Africa travel ban to combat new covid-19 variant
– USA surpasses 25 million confirmed covid-19 cases
– Dem. lawmakers draft bill to provide $300-per-child monthly checks to parents
– US covid cases/deaths: >25.2 million / >421,129 (live updates)
– House delivers impeachment article against Trump to Senate
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