Government Spending

The actor Ashton Kutcher played a key role in Iowa’s deal for COVID-19 tests.

Congress delivered a nearly $500 billion infusion of coronavirus spending Thursday, rushing new relief to employers and hospitals buckling under the strain of a pandemic that has claimed almost 50,000 American lives and one in six U.S. jobs.

Sen. John Barrasso argues that the government should not spend any more on coronavirus aid until Senate can discuss face to face.

Columbia University, with an endowment of $11 billion, was allotted $12.8 million.

The homeowners’ association’s board of directors announced in an email Wednesday it had applied for the federal PPP loan on April 4.

FOX Business' Stuart Varney during his latest "My Take” argues the coronavirus crisis shouldn’t be abused to fix states’ pre-existing financial problems.

FOX Business' Stuart Varney during his latest "My Take” argues America is beginning to understand the economic pain brought by the coronavirus.

Banks are expected to issue new guidance for small business owners on Friday.

A $483 billion coronavirus aid package flew through the Senate on Tuesday after Congress and the White House reached a deal to replenish a small business payroll fund and provided new money for hospitals and testing.

As Bitcoin does better than both U.S. and world stocks during the coronavirus pandemic, investors are ascribing its performance to the chance of quick returns as the stimulus measures wash into markets.

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said he believes a fourth coronavirus spending bill will pass the Senate Tuesday afternoon.

The $350 billion approved by Congress in late March evaporated in less than two weeks.

Republicans and Democrats are at an impasse over the Paycheck Protection Program.

Companies that received money include a number of publicly traded companies with thousands of employees and hundreds of millions of dollars in annual sales.

The U.S. Treasury and Small Business Administration are seeking additional funding from Congress for the programs providing loans to small businesses impacted by the coronavirus pandemic.

Both Democrats and Republicans want to add $250 billion to the small-business aid program, but have been sparring for days over whether to add restrictions to the funds.

The company, like so many others, had to curtail operations at locations across the nation to limit the economic fallout created by the pandemic.

FOX Business' Stuart Varney during his latest "My Take” argues by holding China accountable, the U.S. is "exercising its economic clout."

The United States racked up a $744 billion budget deficit in the first half of fiscal 2020, up 8% from a year earlier, the Treasury said on Friday, ahead of an expected April spending explosion and withering of revenues amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Amtrak said last week that daily ridership was down 96% and future bookings were 95% lower.