“Despite his saber-rattling, Trump’s pullback actually helps Beijing in its new, inside-baseball strategy to build influence.”
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“…will appear on the left side in the memo section of the checks…below a line that reads, “Economic Impact Payment.”
“The checks will carry a signature of an official from the Bureau of the Fiscal Service, the Treasury division that prints the checks. The checks are signed by civil servants to ensure government payments are nonpartisan. A president is not an authorized signer for money sent by the U.S. Treasury.”
“…the paper checks would be issued at a rate of about 5 million per week, which means it could take up to 20 weeks to get all the checks out.”
“… 5.2 million more people [sought] unemployment benefits last week…”
“Roughly 22 million have sought jobless benefits in the past month — easily the worst stretch of U.S. job losses on record.”
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“…he’ll likely issue an executive order in the next two days requiring workers in groceries and other stores to wear face coverings.”
“Top Chinese officials secretly determined they were likely facing a pandemic from a new coronavirus in mid-January, ordering preparations even as they downplayed it in public. During that time, the city of Wuhan, the epicenter of the disease, hosted a mass banquet for tens of thousands of people and millions began traveling for Lunar New Year celebrations.”
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