Coronavirus live updates: Record unemployment claims; Senate passes historic $2T stimulus; US deaths top 1,000
Those $1,200 stimulus checks were inching closer to America’s mailboxes, U.S. deaths surged past 1,000, and jobless claims smashed a record Thursday as coronavirus tightened its grip on America.Late Wednesday, the Senate passed a $2 trillion emergency aid proposal, described by Majority Leader Mitch McConnell as “a wartime level of investment into our nation.” It passed by a vote of 96-0. The House is scheduled to vote Friday, then the package goes to President Donald Trump, who […]
