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Banks and credit unions are required to make the stimulus funds available to account holders by 9 a.m. local time on the payment date.

The state has seen a loss of 49,500 jobs since the cruise industry came to a halt, with more than 6,000 former cruise workers having filed for unemployment.

Federal benefit recipients who don't receive their third stimulus funds electronically may be receiving a paper check instead.

The IRS is not planning to issue third stimulus payments as prepaid debit cards to federal benefit recipients, according to the SSA.

"Out of this property, you Nazis. Out! Gestapo is not allowed here. Do not come back, you Nazi psychopaths," an Alberta, Canada, pastor could be heard saying.

The majority of these payments will be issued as direct deposits or to existing Direct Express card accounts, the IRS said Tuesday.

The IRS expects to begin issuing payments this weekend to benefit recipients who don't usually file a tax return.

It has yet to be confirmed how many stimulus payments for federal benefit recipients may have been sent out by the IRS.

The required payment files were sent by the Social Security Administration to the IRS last Thursday, two weeks after the COVID-19 relief bill was signed into law.

On Thursday, the SSA provided the IRS with the paperwork needed for stimulus payments to be issued to federal benefit recipients.

The House committee on ways and means says almost 30 million Americans have been affected by the hold-up.

Unlike a one-time check from Washington, D.C., eliminating the personal income tax sets West Virginia up for long-term, sustained economic prosperity.

Following the House Committee on Oversight and Reform's public hearing on Washington, D.C. statehood on Monday, Representative Eleanor Holmes Norton said she believes D.C. is prepared.

Only current Direct Express card holders are eligible to receive the latest stimulus payment on their card.

Under the guise of "anti-riot" legislation, several states are considering measures ostensibly aimed at protecting public safety.

Local mask mandates are in effect in some areas, while some states such as Texas and Mississippi have abandoned these guidelines.

The Massachusetts senator's proposed legislation could cost Donald Trump around $39 million.

Texas, Mississippi, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts are among the states where restrictions were eased this month.

We must have greater transparency around public spending, stronger international cooperation to prosecute bribery and global governance of tax abuse and money laundering.

Those applying for both home and business disaster assistance can complete one application to cover both.

Liberty is not a goalpost to be moved, but a right to be closely guarded.

Only 7 percent of U.S. adults said that they believed the American system of government was "basically sound" and required no changes in a poll released Monday.

A mask mandate is in place in Iowa but does not apply to "any person in space under the control of the Legislative or Judicial Branches," according to the order.

Civil religion is the set of sacred values, rituals and symbols that tell a nation's story and give a shared identity to its people.

The president signed a wave of executive orders during his first week. Here's how they compare to what he promised he'd get done in the early days of his administration.

If a demonstration turns into a deadly mob like the one we witnessed on January 6, we can't hesitate to use the resources at our disposal to hold any perpetrators accountable.

"Rand Paul is the example of how dangerous it is to have people in positions of authority who speak loudly but have no clue what they're talking about," said former Kentucky Senate candidate Charles Booker.

Over 100 million second stimulus payments have been been "direct deposited into eligible recipients' accounts," as of Friday, the IRS confirmed.

The teacher told Sanders that if she had taken his AP Government class, she would better understand the First Amendment.

President-elect Joe Biden described Wednesday's events as "disorder, it's chaos, it borders on sedition."