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Trump: Unemployment “falling faster than nearly anyone thought.”

President Trump’s executive action on coronavirus relief should be "helpful" to working Americans, if it is allowed to go into effect, former Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta President Dennis Lockhart told FOX Business’ “Mornings with Maria” Monday.

President Trump's executive orders could provide a $350 billion boost to the U.S. economy and set up some key deadlines in September, according to Goldman Sachs.

The White House has “done their homework” on coronavirus relief, former acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney said on Monday, referring to the four executive orders President Trump signed over the weekend to provide Americans financial assistance from the ongoing pandemic amid stalled negotiations in the Senate.

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Monday that he believes Democrats are “willing to compromise” on a fourth coronavirus stimulus package, saying that if there is a “fair deal,” the Trump administration will “do it this week.”

With negotiations over another coronavirus relief package at a standstill, here's an update on the possibility of a second $1,200 stimulus check.

Trump's executive orders includes a postponement of the collection of payroll taxes from Sept. 1 through Dec. 31 for individuals earning less than $2,000 per week.

The move by Blackstone comes as ByteDance is facing pressure from the White House to sell TikTok to a U.S. company or face the likelihood that the app will be banned in the U.S. over concerns that the Chinese government uses customer data for surveillance purposes.

Rep. Dean Phillips, D-Minn., argued that Democrats and Republicans alike are appalled by Trump's executive action and wishes there were more trust in Congress.

The president’s four executive orders to provide Americans financial relief from the ongoing coronavirus pandemic amid stalled negotiations in the Senate “is a real game-changer for President Trump,” Stephen Moore, a member of President Trump's economic recovery task force, said on Sunday.

The payroll tax deferral President Trump enacted via executive order on Saturday would save the average person about $1,200 over four months beginning in September, White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow said Sunday.

President Trump widened the scope of his strict foreign policy targeting Chinese tech this week when he effectively banned WeChat by executive order.

Sen. Bernie Sanders, D-Vt., said that the U.S. will tax “billionaires’ outrageous pandemic wealth” that the wealthiest of Americans incurred between the months of March and August – a period when 50 million Americans applied for jobless aid.

Social media giant TikTok is planning to sue the Trump administration over its ban of the app in the United States as soon as next Tuesday, according to an NPR report.

Bill Gates said the government should set up a reimbursement system for health care companies to complete COVID-19 tests more rapidly.

The July jobs report gives President Trump the leverage to move forward with an executive order instituting a payroll tax holiday, FreedomWorks economist Stephen Moore told Fox Business Network's "Mornings With Maria" Friday.

President Trump said he reinstated tariffs on Canadian aluminum because the country flooded the American market and was poised to "kill all our aluminum jobs.” 

The clock is ticking for both parties to meet their self-imposed Friday deadline to cut a deal on the next round of emergency aid.

Facebook on Friday joined Microsoft in criticizing Apple for its strict App Store policies.

White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow said he believes President Trump will use some sort of executive authority to push through a payroll tax cut and other provisions for economic relief amid the coronavirus pandemic, as negotiations for a fourth stimulus package are deadlocked on Capitol Hill.