Stefani Reynolds - Pool / Getty Images If Pelosi and Biden Get Their $15 Minimum Wage, US Would Have Highest Minimum Wage in the World Nancy Pelosi is including a $15 minimum wage in the coronavirus stimulus bill. Economists say this would crush the economy. By Samantha Chang February 12, 2021
Alex Brandon / AP Biden Offers Grim Economic Outlook: '10 Years Before We Get to Full Employment' 'I mean, it's real. So we've got a chance to do something big here,' President Joe Biden said. By Erin Coates February 5, 2021
Stefani Reynold - Pool / Getty Images Biden Considering Dem Plan to Cut Even More of the Middle Class Out of Next Stimulus Checks Biden and House Democrats may very well cut a big chunk of the middle class out of the next round of COVID stimulus payments. By Michael Austin February 4, 2021
Anna Moneymaker - Pool / Getty Images #BidenLied Trends on Twitter as Angry Libs Realize They Aren't Getting What They Wanted 'He lied the entire primary, but liberals were too busy chanting "Trump bad" to even care that they were nominating a pathological liar.' By C. Douglas Golden February 1, 2021
Rich Pedroncelli / AP Report: California Handed Out Over $11 Billion in Virus Benefits to Criminal Rings 'As millions of Californians applied for help, international and national criminal rings were at work behind the scenes,' an official said. By The Associated Press January 25, 2021
J. Scott Applewhite / AP As Stimulus Checks Mortgage Country's Future, Top Dems Draft Plan to Make Gov't Giveaways Permanent Democrats are looking at legislation that would basically increase the Child Tax Credit and turn it into a monthly check. By C. Douglas Golden January 24, 2021
Drew Angerer / Getty Images GOP Congressman Voices Support for Tying New Stimulus Checks to COVID Vaccines A GOP congressman floated the idea of only sending stimulus checks to Americans who get vaccinated against COVID-19. By Jack Davis January 22, 2021
Matt Slocum / AP Biden Unveils $1.9 Trillion COVID Plan That Calls for Doubling the Federal Minimum Wage Less than 1 percent of President-elect Joe Biden's massive spending proposal would help struggling small businesses. By The Associated Press January 14, 2021
Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images Biden Says His ‘Priority’ Will Be Minority- and Women-Owned Businesses Joe Biden said his administration will focus on helping businesses in 'communities that have faced systemic barriers to relief.' By Mary Rose Corkery January 11, 2021
Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images IRS Confirms: This Message Means You Won't Be Getting a Second Stimulus Check, But Here's the Easy Workaround The error has been confirmed by the IRS to mean that those seeing it will not receive a stimulus payment unless additional steps are taken. By Jared Harris January 6, 2021