‘It just seems a little harsh that I can only have the house to live in and not sell, if I need the money for future medical expenses. He’s very controlling of his money.’
Prospects for larger direct payments to Americans from Washington dimmed Wednesday, as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said he will not allow a stand-alone vote on the proposal passed in the House on Monday.
The U.S. trade deficit in goods climbed 5.5% in November to a new record of $84.8 billion, reflecting weaker U.S. exports due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Even poor Asian countries managed COVID-19 far better than the United States and Europe. But whether 2020 thus marked the beginning of a new “Asian Century” still remains to be seen.
Around 1,000 doses of the Pfizer–BioNTech vaccine, which needs to be stored at about -70C, were returned after being transported in a picnic hamper cool box, as the EU’s mass vaccination campaign comes under fire.
The $600 payments will arrive via direct deposit in some people’s accounts as soon as tonight, Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin said in a tweet, and will continue into next week.
“Today we discovered Colorado’s first case of the COVID-19 variant B.1.1.7, the same variant discovered in the UK.,” Colorado Gov. Jared Polis said in a tweet Tuesday.