Tag: pandemic aid

NTD News Today Full Broadcast (Feb. 08)

One of President Joe Biden’s cabinet members has resigned. That’s after he admitted he treated his colleagues disrespectfully. A new report says labor unions collected tens of millions of dollars in pandemic aid, even though it was supposed to go to small businesses and nonprofits instead. Canada’s House of Commons held an emergency debate in…


MPs on Finance Committee Ready for Review of Liberals’ Latest Pandemic Aid Package

OTTAWA—Opposition MPs are getting ready to review the Liberals’ latest package of pandemic aid and grill Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland about myriad economic issues. The 12-member House of Commons finance committee is scheduled to meet Monday to move the aid bill closer to a final vote before MPs leave on their holiday break in two…


Over 7 Million Americans Set to Lose Unemployment Benefits

Over seven million Americans are set to fall off a “benefits cliff” as the September deadline looms for an end to federal pandemic unemployment aid programs, with dim prospects for an extension in light of surging demand for labor. Created to help Americans weather the economic impact of the outbreak, the various programs are due…


DeSantis Rejects Sen. Scott’s Calls for Florida to Give Back Relief Money

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday rejected calls from a fellow Republican, Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.), to return money in excess of COVID-19-related costs that is being handed out to state and local governments under the $1.9 trillion relief package, funds that Scott has denounced as “bonus cash to plug budget holes.” “It doesn’t make any…


DeSantis Rejects Sen. Scott’s Calls for Florida to Return Surplus Relief Funds

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis rejected calls from a fellow Republican, Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.), to return funds in excess of COVID-19-related costs that are being handed out to state and local governments under the $1.9 trillion relief package, funds that Scott has denounced as “bonus cash to plug budget holes.” “It doesn’t make any sense,” DeSantis…