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We asked an expert your top questions about going back to work during the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n

USA TODAY<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Americans without employment in the COVID-19 crisis are in limbo this weekend as Congressional leaders headed home without acting to extend a $600 per-week expanded jobless benefit<\/a> that has helped keep both families and the economy afloat.<\/p>\n

It’s the latest blow for the millions of jobless people who have been caught in a tug-of-war between Republicans and Democrats<\/a> over how to proceed in the next phase of trying to get the sagging economy back on track.\u00a0<\/p>\n

And while health leaders remain optimistic that a vaccine may arrive by the end of the year, the nation’s death toll swelled to over 153,000 heading into Saturday. A weekly USA TODAY analysis of Johns Hopkins data<\/a> through late Friday shows three states set records for new cases per week while seven states had a record number of deaths in a week.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Here are some significant developments:<\/strong><\/p>\n