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CLOSE When you get your stimulus check and how much you get depend on several factors. USA TODAYIRS stimulus checks began hitting bank accounts this week, and Americans will make different choices about how to use the money aimed at relief amid the coronavirus pandemic, according to their needs. One possibility: Book a vacation package, when…

A voter in line in Milwaukee during this month's Wisconsin election. Voting took place after multiple lawsuits to change absentee ballot deadlines, a possible preview of legal battles to come in 2020. Morry Gash/AP hide caption toggle caption Morry Gash/AP A voter in line in Milwaukee during this month's Wisconsin election. Voting took place after…

Donald Trump has posted highly incendiary tweets stoking protests against physical distancing and other coronavirus stay-at-home measures in three states led by Democratic governors. “LIBERATE MINNESOTA!” the US president wrote in capital letters on Friday, adding: “LIBERATE MICHIGAN!” He then followed up with a third tweet: “LIBERATE VIRGINIA, and save your great 2nd Amendment. It…

Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here.President Trump blasted House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer for failing to come to an agreement on additional funding for small businesses amid the coronavirus crisis and urged congressional Democrats to return to Washington, D.C. from…

Trump unveils new coronavirus guidelines Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer said Thursday evening that the "irresponsible actions" of protesters in her state this week could lead to an extension of stay-at-home orders. Demonstrators descended on the state Capitol in Lansing Wednesday after Whitmer extended Michigan's stay-at-home order through April 30. "It's that kind of irresponsible action…