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Mnuchin, Schumer rev up talks as small business aid runs dry

By Andrew Taylor, Associated Press

A key coronavirus rescue fund nearly exhausted, negotiations are accelerating in Washington over President Donald Trump’s $250 billion emergency request to help smaller employers across the country keep workers on their payroll.

Treasury: Major airlines to take $25 billion in aid to meet payroll

By David Koenig, Associated Press

The deals aren't final, but the assistance is almost certain to be a mix of cash and loans, and the government could take a small ownership stake in the leading airlines.

WATCH: White House news briefing on U.S. coronavirus response

By Associated Press

The White House says it is prepared to launch a $350 billion lending program on Friday that is intended to help struggling small businesses that have been affected by the coronavirus catastrophe.

WATCH: Trump wants quick checks sent to public in virus response

By Lisa Mascaro, Zeke Miller, Associated Press

President Donald Trump is asking Congress to unleash a torrent of emergency economic aid to help people through the financial storm of the coronavirus crisis. Sizable checks directly to Americans are part of the deal he wants.

White House seeks $850 billion economic stimulus amid virus crisis

By Lisa Mascaro, Zeke Miller, Associated Press

The White House is proposing a roughly $850 billion economic rescue package Tuesday amid the coronavirus outbreak, a sweeping stimulus for businesses and taxpayers amid unseen since the Great Recession of 2008.

Greta Thunberg brushes off U.S. finance chief’s criticism

By Jamey Keaten, Pan Pylas, Associated Press

Steven Mnuchin had a day earlier dismissed Thunberg’s suggestion that governments and companies cut back dramatically on fossil fuels with a condescending barb.

Treasury Secretary vows more economic sanctions on Iran

By Ilan Ben Zion, Associated Press

Secretary Mnuchin met Monday in Jerusalem with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who called on Washington to impose additional sanctions to halt what he called Iran's "plunge for everything" in the region.

U.S.-China truce leaves big issues unresolved

By Paul Wiseman, Dave Kolpack, David Pitt, Associated Press

Closer inspection suggests there isn't much substance, at least not yet, to the temporary truce President Donald Trump announced Friday at the White House after the U.S. and China wrapped up their 13th round of trade talks.

Budget negotiators close to a budget deal

By Andrew Taylor, Associated Press

The tentative deal would restore the government's ability to borrow into the next administration and build upon recent large budget gains for both the Pentagon and domestic agencies.

Mnuchin says negotiators agree to budget deal’s core elements

By Andrew Taylor, Associated Press

Steven Mnuchin said negotiations with Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California have settled on spending levels and a debt limit increase that would cover two years.