And just like that, stimulus payments are starting to look like they’re back in the cards for millions of Americans. Thanks to a somewhat surprising catalyst — the rising prices at the pump, which are prompting lawmakers to propose different forms of what amounts to a gas rebate. That’s a far cry from where things …
Before he was a real-life servant of the people, Volodymyr Zelenskyy was a comedic TV star. On a political comedy called, yes, Servant of the People. That’s one of the things that’s so extraordinary about Ukraine’s President Zelenskyy. His leadership of the country amid the brutal Russian invasion has captivated and inspired the world. Prior …
A land war has broken out in Europe, inflation is skyrocketing, gas prices are at a record high. Don’t worry, though; the US Senate has just passed a bill that tackles one of the most pressing issues of the moment — to make Daylight Savings Time permanent. I’m sure there are sound arguments to be …
Stimulus checks, as many Americans know by now, stopped coming in a one-size-fits-all form months ago. For some people, now that federal stimulus payments have dried up, the checks are coming as one-time payments from their local government. Some workers, meanwhile, are getting money from President Biden’s American Rescue Plan — which funded last year’s …
A deadline is fast approaching for a program that will provide what amounts to $1,000 per month in stimulus checks for certain people in one of the most populous states in the country. The people in question are artists, and the program is called Creatives Rebuild New York. It’s an effort that’s actually one of …
President Biden issued an executive order on Wednesday outlining a plan to regulate cryptocurrency. Biden’s crypto order was in the making for several weeks. But it’s unrelated to the Russia-Ukraine war and the economic sanctions the West imposed on Russia in recent days. While some feared the executive order might harm bitcoin and the blockchain …
It was one of the biggest transfers of wealth from the federal government to millions of Americans, moving billions of dollars from the federal coffers to Americans’ bank accounts and mailboxes. And then — the expanded child tax credit just fizzled out. A member of President Biden’s own party in the US Senate said he …
Soon, applications will open in Chicago for the city’s Resilient Communities Monthly Cash Assistance Pilot. A program whereby the city will provide 5,000 low-income residents with $500 per month over a 12-month period, in one of the biggest basic income programs in the US. And at a time when national stimulus checks have all but …
Anyone following the Russia-Ukraine war has seen an increasing number of horrific attacks on civilian targets in recent days. After failing to capture anything significant in the “blitzkrieg” phase of the war, Russia changed its strategy to shelling towns indiscriminately. But Russian citizens do not have access to these news reports from local state media. …
New Jersey congressman Josh Gottheimer held a press conference on Monday that might have dismayed any of you hoping to get your IRS tax refund soon. The big takeaway: Don’t be surprised if your refund is late this time around. In fact, really late. “Since the start of the pandemic alone, we’ve helped claw back …
