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The federal government sent coronavirus stimulus checks to more than one million dead people, totaling $1.4 billion in bogus payments, according to a new audit Thursday. IRS lawyers said the way the law was written, the agency didn’t have the power to stop payments to people who filed 2018 or 2019 tax returns, even if…

Larry Kudlow, a top Trump economic adviser, said the administration was weighing another round of stimulus checks, though he added that it should be directed toward out-of-work Americans."Probably, we would want to target those to those folks who lost their jobs and are most in need. All right, that's the speculation on my part, but…

A recent Census Bureau survey shows that nearly half of U.S. households have taken a painful hit to their pocketbook during the steep recession caused by the coronavirus pandemic, spurring calls for the federal government to offer Americans more direct financial assistance.  While it's unclear whether Congress will approve a second stimulus check anytime soon, lawmakers are at…

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It looks like more stimulus relief may be coming to help offset the economic effects of the coronavirus pandemic. But discussions on another stimulus bill likely won’t start until at least late July, after Congress returns from recess. Members of both the Senate and the House of Representatives are expected to return to Washington on…