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Major inflation fears as Biden prepares to announce a $6TRILLION budget tomorrow that will boost federal spending by 25% - the highest level since WWll

27/05/21 12:25

President Joe Biden is set to unveil a massive spending proposal that includes $6 trillion in government funding for the next fiscal year - an amount that would bring federal spending up to levels not seen since World War II and send inflation even higher. The budget would have the nation continue running deficits of more than $1 trillion, a level it already topped with the onset of the pandemic - with estimated annual deficits of $1.3 trillion amid enacted and proposed federal programs. It shows the Biden administration's desire to keep spending despite warnings from economists that it will keep driving up prices across America. Taxes are also set to increase by $3trillion over the next decade in line with Biden's proposed hikes in corporate rates and plans targeting Americans making more than $400,000-a-year. The plan, which will be released in full on Friday, would seek major changes to the economy and welfare systems that have already been reflected in Biden's $2.3trillion infrastructure proposal, $1.8trillion education and $1.5trillion in spending. The spending levels would continue on an upward trajectory, hitting $8.2 trillion at the end of a decade, according to detailed top-line numbers leaked to the New York Times. ...read

Dow and S&P 500 sink by 2% as inflation hits highest rate since 2008 and job numbers remain bleak
12/05/21 20:51
The Dow dropped by 680 points, nearly 2 percent, and the S&P 500 fell by 2.14 percent. It came after a damning report from the Bureau of Labor statistics on how quickly inflation is happening.
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Biden will give 34 million children $345 over ten weeks this summer to buy food as part of a huge expansion of the government's meal plan
26/04/21 16:14
President Joe Biden's administration announced Monday the expansion of a child food program that will feed as many as 34 million kids this summer.
Nancy Pelosi invites Biden to address a joint session of Congress on April 28 to 'tell the American people help is here'
14/04/21 00:22
'When you took the oath of office, you pledged in a spirit of great hope that "Help Is On The Way,"' Pelosi said in the letter. because of your historic and transformative leadership, Help Is Here!'
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Biden launches up to $5 billion program championed by AOC promising $9,000 to families who lost someone from COVID to cover the cost of burials
07/04/21 17:57
Joe Biden's administration is launching a program, which was championed by AOC and Chuck Schumer, that will send out up to $9,000 to cover the funeral costs of those who died of coronavirus.
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Kentucky boy, 2, dies after eating fentanyl his mom bought in Ohio with her stimulus check and had taken a 'shot' of before falling asleep, leaving him alone with the drug
19/03/21 17:13
Lauren Ashley Baker, 33, told police that she had purchased the Fentanyl from Cincinnati, Ohio, last Saturday. She admitted to using some of her stimulus check to purchase the drugs.
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The Dow soars to record high as SHIMMYING Nancy hammers home Biden's $1.9tn relief bill: $1,400 to hit accounts next week as President secures biggest win since taking office - and all without a single GOP vote
10/03/21 13:13
The House passed Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion COVID relief package without a single Republican vote Wednesday - after GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene delayed the vote for an hour.
Joe Biden will NOT put his name on COVID-19 relief checks which delayed stimulus checks last year when Donald Trump demanded it
09/03/21 19:28
President Joe Biden will not have his name on the $1,400 stimulus checks as President Donald Trump did on COVID-19 relief payments that were sent out to Americans last year.
Joe Biden will sign $1.9 trillion COVID-relief bill 'as soon as I get it' with $1,400 checks going out as soon as this week
08/03/21 21:22
President Joe Biden said Monday that he was eager to sign the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill that the House of Representatives is expected to pass Tuesday.
Bernie Sanders' attempt to add $15 minimum wage to COVID relief bill FAILS as EIGHT Democrats vote against him
05/03/21 17:00
Sen. Bernie Sanders' attempt to add a $15 per hour minimum wage to the $1.9 trillion COVID relief bill failed as eight Democrats voted against his effort.
Senate gears up for a marathon voting session on Biden's $1.9 trillion COVID relief package as Capitol remains on high alert and Kamala Harris may have to come in to break any ties
04/03/21 14:49
The Senate is gearing up for a marathon voting session on Thursday as the Capitol remains on high alert for potential unrest from Trump supporters and VP Harris may need to break ties.
Biden slashes stimulus checks for Americans making more than $80,000: President bows to pressure from moderate Democrats and will hand out FEWER direct payments than under Trump
03/03/21 18:58
President Biden is 'comfortable' cutting off stimulus checks to Americans who make more than $80,000, the White House said Wednesday.
White House unveils big business support for $1.9tn COVID relief plan with CEOs including Google, Goldman Sachs and AT&T's bosses saying it is 'vital'
24/02/21 17:41
President Biden's $1.9 trillion COVID bill is getting a boost from big business. CNN reported that more than 160 senior executives have written a letter to Congressional leaders backing the package.
Joe Biden privately tells governors that $15-an-hour minimum wage will not make it into final COVID relief scheme in blow to Bernie Sanders and AOC
19/02/21 14:40
President Joe Biden privately told governors and mayors last week that the $15-an-hour minimum wage hike in his $1.9 trillion COVID-19 wouldn't likely make it into the final bill.
Joe Biden goes on the road to make his case for $1.9 trillion COVID relief bill for the first time with flight to Milwaukee for CNN town hall
16/02/21 14:21
President Joe Biden makes his first official trip outside of Washington D.C. on Tuesday when he heads to Milwaukee for a CNN town hall to tout his domestic agenda.
Joe Biden attacks Republicans for proposing to 'do nothing or not enough' to rescue the economy as House approves resolution that puts his $1.9tn COVID package closer to reality
05/02/21 11:40
President Joe Biden attacked Republicans for not doing enough to help people suffering from the economic fallout of COVID as his $1.9 trillion relief package took a step closer to becoming reality.
Biden meets with Republican senators pushing for reduced $1,000 stimulus checks - as it's revealed President is also 'open' to scaling down payments to families making more than $150,000
01/02/21 13:07
Joe Biden will meet with a group of Republican senators Monday at the White House, in a sign he is willing to negotiate and work across the aisle on the next coronavirus relief package.
Joe Biden says he's willing to negotiate with Republicans on who gets $1,400 checks and believes COVID relief package can be completed in two weeks
25/01/21 23:32
President Joe Biden spoke about the $1,400 stimulus checks he wants to send out as part of his COVID relief package, indicating flexibility over who would get it.
'It's not Monopoly money, Joe': Biden's $1.9trillion virus relief package is picked apart as senators call for more 'targeted' relief
25/01/21 12:22
US senators including conservative Democrat Joe Manchin and Republican moderate Susan Collins were among those on a 75-minute call with top Biden officials on Sunday.
Ohio Republican congressman Steve Stivers says $1,400 stimulus checks should ONLY go to people who get the COVID-19 vaccine - but slow rollout means less than 6% of Americans have been able to get a shot
22/01/21 14:49
Stivers told Yahoo Finance on Thursday he does not support President Biden's plan to deliver a third stimulus check - but would agree if the funds go only to those who get the vaccine.
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Gun-toting Republican congresswoman Lauren Boebert explicitly denies giving MAGA riot planners 'reconnaissance tours' despite Democrats not having accused her of it
15/01/21 15:23
Colorado Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert blasted a Democratic lawmaker after he spoke about a congressperson who gave 'reconnaissance' tours before last week's Capitol riot but didn't name her.
Republicans line up to oppose Joe Biden's $1.9tn COVID stimulus plan with Marco Rubio saying it will not pass and demanding $1,400 checks as a standalone bill
15/01/21 14:13
Republicans are already lining up to oppose President-elect Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion COVID-19 rescue plan that he debuted in Wilmington, Delaware Thursday night.
Declassified report from the CIA's bombshell UFO dossier reveals the meeting where top military officials launched 16-year Project Blue Book study of 'flying saucers' in 1952
13/01/21 19:29
A trove of unsealed CIA records revealed chilling accounts of hundreds of UFO sightings across the globe dating back to the 1950s - along with the intelligence community's efforts to understand them.
'Find out how working families in Kentucky feel about this': Bernie shames Mitch on Senate floor over his refusal to budge on $2,000 COVID checks
31/12/20 05:02
Sen Bernie Sanders (right) said he will filibuster an override of President Donald Trump's defense bill veto in a bid to secure $2,000 stimulus checks for the American people.
'There's no realistic path to passing $2,000 COVID check relief': Mitch McConnell shoots down yet ANOTHER bid by Dems to up stimulus amount and says 'you won't bully me into it'
30/12/20 13:35
Mitch McConnell shot down another attempt by Democrats to pass a standalone bill that would send $2,000 stimulus checks to Americans, saying the Senate won't be 'bullied' into passing it.
Americans have ALREADY started to receive $600 COVID stimulus payments - as Mitch McConnell introduces $2,000 COVID checks 'poison pill' bill that is doomed to failure
30/12/20 03:42
Steve Mnuchin, the Treasury Secretary, announced on Tuesday that the roll-out of the $600 COVID relief checks was beginning immediately.
Bernie Sanders calls Trump 'unbelievably cruel' for not signing the $900million COVID relief bill as unemployment benefits run out and government shutdown looms
27/12/20 21:14
Bernie Sanders said Sunday that Donald Trump is 'unbelievably cruel' for letting the coronavirus relief package sit on his desk as he golfs in Mar-a-Lago for Christmas vacation.
Trump hits his golf course after he refused to sign $900 million COVID relief bill over 'measly' $600 direct payments and caused 14 million Americans to LOSE unemployment benefits
27/12/20 16:04
President Trump headed to golf Sunday morning after he refused to sign a $900 billion legislative relief package that resulted in millions of Americans losing their unemployment benefits.
GOP Senator Pat Toomey says Trump will be remembered for creating 'chaos and misery' and his 'erratic' behavior if he doesn't sign coronavirus relief bill and tells president 'you can't always get what you want'
27/12/20 15:10
GOP Sen. Pat Toomey said Sunday that Donald Trump will be remembered as a president of 'chaos and misery and erratic behavior' if he doesn't sign the $900 billion COIVD relief bill by midnight.
Donald Trump heads to golf after refusing to sign $900 million coronavirus relief bill causing 14 million Americans to LOSE their unemployment benefits
27/12/20 06:36
President Trump headed to golf Sunday morning after he refused to sign a $900 billion legislative relief package that resulted in millions of Americans losing their unemployment benefits.
Republicans REFUSE to give Trump the $2,000 relief checks he demanded and say they won't sign up to Pelosi's plan for Christmas Eve deal - setting up crisis which could shut down government
23/12/20 13:56
House Republicans will stop President Trump's demand for $2,000 relief checks, saying they won't support Speaker Nancy Pelosi's Christmas Eve proposal to get more money to Americans.
'Let's do this!': Pelosi AGREES with Trump after he threatened to VETO relief bill unless Congress increases checks from $600 to $2,000 - as Dems reveal Christmas Eve measure that will see amount boosted as long as no lawmaker objects
23/12/20 00:37
Nancy Pelosi has embraced Donald Trump's calls to boost checks for Americans from $600 to $2,000 in the long-awaited next round of COVID-19 stimulus relief, telling the president 'Let's do this!'
Help for concert venues, cash for Trump's border wall, and the return of the three-martini-lunch deduction: See what is buried inside the latest coronavirus relief bill
21/12/20 16:34
The new $900 billion coronavirus package contains, rental assistance, $600 checks, border wall funding, and aid to movie theaters and concert venues.
'Next round of stimulus will be one lottery ticket per household': Twitter users slam $600 Congress checks with memes comparing them to Fyre Festival sandwiches and 'a high-five when you're drowning'
21/12/20 14:15
Congress approved a coronavirus stimulus package on Sunday, which includes a second stimulus check for just $600.
Nancy Pelosi says she wishes $600 stimulus checks were bigger but tells critics they are 'significant' as Mitch McConnell promises vote tonight on $900 billion package - which Trump will sign
21/12/20 13:33
Nancy Pelosi said she was hoping the $600 stimulus checks in the coronavirus relief package would be bigger amid criticism that the measure was half the payment included in the March CARES Act.
What changed your mind, Nancy? Pelosi says it was NOT a mistake to refuse $500 billion COVID relief before election but admits she will now settle for less than the $2 trillion she wanted
03/12/20 05:19
Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Friday it was not a mistake to refuse Republicans' $500 billion offer on COVID relief before the election although she is willing to accept a smaller package now.
Tens of thousands of US companies 'wrongly received hundreds of millions in COVID-19 relief loans' meant for small businesses as watchdog warns of 'widespread potential abuse and fraud'
09/11/20 14:30
The Small Business Administration's inspector general is said to have identified a number of organizations who should not have been given the money. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin is pictured.
RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: If this was 1940, Boris Johnson would stand down The Few to 'protect the RAF'
02/11/20 23:30
So much for Churchill Reincarnate. If this was 1940, Boris would be cowering in his bunker beneath Horse Guards Parade and waving the white flag.
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Miami neighbors got $1.1million in coronavirus relief funds by 'falsely claiming to run farms in their backyards and pretending to have employees for two other businesses'
28/08/20 14:24
The US Department of Justice said Latoya Stanley, 38, and Johnny Philus, 33, both of Miami, obtained PPP and EIDL loans after claiming their businesses and backyard farms had employees.
Barack Obama accuses Donald Trump of trying to 'kneecap the Post Office' to 'discourage people from voting' in November as 46 states are warned mail-in ballots won't be delivered in time
14/08/20 18:33
Barack Obama slammed President Donald Trump for trying to 'actively kneecap' the postal service to disenfranchise voters.
Election mail crisis deepens as USPS tells Pennsylvania it can't deal with state's mail-in ballots in time for November and postmaster general's secret Oval Office meeting with Trump is revealed
14/08/20 12:16
Concerns about mail-in voting have deepened after the postal service warned officials in the critical battleground state of Pennsylvania that some ballots may not be delivered in time.
Trump says he's BLOCKING new covid relief package because he doesn't want to fund Dems' push for mail-in voting - as IRS warns Americans may not get their stimulus check until September if deal can't be reached by tomorrow
13/08/20 15:28
President Donald Trump said he's blocking the coronavirus relief measure because of Democrats' funding request for the Post Office, arguing it's 'election money' for universal mail-in voting.
'I understand you're mad.' Republican senator Ben Sasse lashes back at Donald Trump in spat over calling executive orders on coronavirus aid 'unconstitutional slop'
11/08/20 14:02
Ben Sasse responded to Donald Trump on Twitter Monday explaining 'none of my disagreements are personal' after the president was insulted he called his executive orders 'unconstitutional slop.'
Donald Trump lashes out at Republican Ben Sasse for slamming his executive orders on coronavirus bailout as 'unconstitutional slop' calling Nebraska senator a 'RINO gone rogue'
10/08/20 16:14
Donald Trump bashed Ben Sasse on Monday as a 'rogue' Republican after the Nebrasksa senator called the president's flurry of executive orders 'unconstitutional slop.'
Now Donald Trump claims Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer 'want to meet to make a deal' on coronavirus bailout - but top Senate Democrat says president 'just makes things up'
10/08/20 15:43
Donald Trump claimed Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi want 'to make a deal' on a coronavirus relief package but Schumer said the president 'just makes things up.'
Donald Trump vows to extend unemployment benefits until 2021, suspend months of payroll taxes and student loan payments and blasts Democrats for holding COVID relief 'hostage' after Congress' stimulus talks collapsed
07/08/20 22:55
'Pelosi and Schumer only interested in Bailout Money for poorly run Democrat cities and states. Nothing to do with China Virus! Want one trillion dollars. No interest,' Trump tweeted.
NO DEAL! Republicans and Democrats fail to come to an agreement on coronavirus relief measure and GOP says they'll ask Donald Trump to issue executive orders this weekend
07/08/20 12:37
Dem and Republican negotiators failed to come to a deal on coronavirus relief legislation and White House officials said they would tell President Trump to take executive action this weekend.
'We're not having a short term extension' Nancy Pelosi says of unemployment benefits boost as Republicans continue to push for lowering $600-per-week enhancement in next coronavirus relief bill
06/08/20 16:01
Nancy Pelosi stressed Thursday that Democrats will not agree to a temporary measure for unemployment insurance benefits as negotiations close on a second week of no progress.
Another day of coronavirus relief negotiations ends with NO DEAL in sight as Donald Trump puts pressure on Democrats with threat of executive action if no agreement reached by Friday
05/08/20 20:59
President Donald Trump threatened Democrats with executive action if there isn't a deal on the coronavirus relief package by Friday after another day of talks ended on Capitol Hill with no end in sight.
Steven Mnuchin and Mark Meadows head to Capitol Hill for more stimulus negotiations with Republicans and Democrats no closer to reaching a deal as Americans lose at least one week of unemployment benefits boost
03/08/20 12:09
Mark Meadows and Steven Mnuchin will make yet another trip to Capitol Hill for continued talks with Democrats on a new coronavirus stimulus package after weeks of talks deteriorated.
Extra $600 unemployment benefit slated to run until July 31 'will disappear nearly a WEEK early' - after Trump administration claimed it was stopping people from going back to work
26/06/20 19:37
The benefit was included in the CARES Act passed by Congress back in March in a bid to mitigate the financial fallout from the coronavirus crisis.
20 MILLION Americans STILL haven't received their $1,200 stimulus check as the IRS warns Wednesday is deadline for taxpayers to apply for the coronavirus relief online
12/05/20 17:26
130 million checks have been paid out to Americans since the payments started being made on April 15, meaning around 20 million eligible people are still waiting for the much-needed funds.
Democrats prepare to unveil new $1.2 trillion bailout package with massive aid for states and food stamps boost despite Republicans pumping the brakes on new legislation
11/05/20 15:13
House Democrats are preparing to roll out their own $1.2 trillion bailout package despite Republican resistance to passing another coronavirus economic relief bill so soon.
Congress PASSES $483 billion new coronavirus bailout and sends it to Donald Trump - but AOC votes against it because it's 'too small'
23/04/20 22:13
The House approved a $484 billion economic measure designed to give additional relief to small businesses feeling the squeeze from the coronavirus.
New $484 billion bailout package will finally become law today but Democrats and Republicans are already squaring off for furious battle over next stage with Nancy Pelosi saying 'heroes act' will help states and cities
23/04/20 12:49
Members of the House have returned to Washington, D.C. to vote on the fourth coronavirus relief bill Thursday after it passed through the Senate Tuesday.
Mitch McConnell tells states to go BANKRUPT rather than ask for federal bailouts as tax revenues plunge and says he will REFUSE to give cash for failing pension funds
22/04/20 21:02
Mitch McConnell said he's OK with states declaring bankruptcy instead of requesting more federal bailouts-as Dems demand more money for state and local governments in the next coronavirus relief bill.
Dow rises 450 points as oil prices rebound and $484 billion coronavirus relief package passes Senate
22/04/20 13:37
It follows a shock to markets when the price of one oil futures contract dropped below zero on Monday, with traders so desperate to unload their contracts that they were paying buyers to take it.
Mitch McConnell puts himself on a collision course with Donald Trump as he pumps brakes on a new round of coronavirus stimulus saying he won't do anything until senators return despite president demanding 'phase four'
22/04/20 12:55
Mitch McConnell won't consider another stimulus package until the Senate reconvenes May 4, even though Donald Trump is pushing for another major relief bill and urging his party to support it.
Coronavirus lockdown puts nearly 12 MILLION Britons out of work: Firms have furloughed or laid off a third of country's employees, shock report finds
20/04/20 00:58
Shocking new figures reveal that nearly a third of British workers have been affected by the downturn that has seen many businesses shuttered and employees unable to work.
'Doesn't he know he could be spreading the virus?' Donald Trump is criticized for signing coronavirus relief bill in a packed Oval Office and passing out pens to lawmakers
29/03/20 20:55
President Donald Trump disregarded calls for social distancing at his Oval Office signing of the $2trillion coronavirus relief bill on Friday and was seen passing pens to Republican lawmakers.
Mike Pence urges Democrats to 'step up' and pass coronavirus relief bill after the bailout vote collapses into partisan bickering
24/03/20 06:09
Pence, main, said Monday those in the senate and the house of representatives need 'to step up, reach an agreement, and pass the care act'. McConnell is top inset, Schumer bottom.
Donald Trump signs $100BILLION coronavirus relief package guaranteeing 10-days paid leave and free testing for Americans impacted by the pandemic - just hours after he invoked wartime defense powers to 'defeat the unseen enemy'
19/03/20 00:54
The bill, which passed in the Senate on Wednesday afternoon, provides safety-net programs for Americans affected by COVID-19, including paid sick leave.
House PASSES coronavirus bill by 363-40 in 1am vote as Trump and Pelosi back deal for paid sick leave, FREE testing and help for jobless after President declared an emergency and 'prayer day'
13/03/20 12:41
President Trump called on the House late Friday night to vote yes on a coronavirus response package negotiated by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin.

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