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The Republican Senate campaign arm said it raised more than $8.3 million in January after Democrats took control of the upper chamber and amid concerns that election fraud claims and the Capitol riots might scare off donors. 

The U.S. budget deficit soared in January as Congress approved another massive coronavirus relief bill that sent direct aid to Americans still reeling from the pandemic, the Congressional Budget Office said this week.

The coronavirus relief package unveiled by House Democrats on Monday includes a major expansion of the Affordable Care Act that would boost premium subsidies already offered under the Obama-era health care law and increase their availability.

President Biden and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will meet with some of the nation's top chief executives including JPMorgan Chase's Jamie Dimon and Walmart's Doug McMillon on Tuesday to drum up support for his nearly $2 trillion coronavirus relief package. 

House Democrats are plowing ahead with a coronavirus relief package that would keep the existing income limits for the third stimulus check, while narrowing eligibility for higher-income Americans.  

Amazon global corporate affairs senior vice president Jay Carney said a $15 wage hike is "good for business," citing positive impacts on its employee morale and retention and a surge in job applications.

New data shows how recipients of the $600 stimulus checks distributed at the beginning of January spent the money.

A push by Democratic lawmakers and President Biden to increase the federal minimum wage from $7.25 to $15 an hour by 2025 would cut employment by 1.4 million.

Without a fresh round of COVID-19 aid from the federal government, about a third of the nation's pandemic-stricken small businesses are warning they won't be able to survive.

President Biden is risking an early clash with progressive Democrats over a proposed minimum wage hike.

Progressives like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez are calling for Americans to receive $2,000 coronavirus stimulus checks

Average retirement age in the U.S. hovers around 65 — but some federal employees and members of Congress have kept working decades after their 65th birthday.