The White House is seen in the background as sign of the National COVID-19 Remembrance, event at The Ellipse outside of the White House, Sunday, Oct. 4, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Politics

Poll: Many Americans blame virus crisis on US government

FILE - In this Sept. 2, 2020, file photo, a shopper walks by one of several vacant retail spaces among the outlet shops in Freeport, Maine. The U.S. unemployment rate dropped to 7.9% in September, but hiring is slowing and many Americans have given up looking for work, the government said Friday, Oct. 2, in the final jobs report before the voters decide whether to give President Donald Trump another term. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)
United States

Long-term jobless caught in a squeeze that imperils recovery

FILE - In this Oct. 1, 2020, file photo, a man wearing a face mask walks past a mural in South Central Los Angeles. President Donald Trump’s startling COVID-19 diagnosis serves as a cruel reminder of the pervasive spread of the coronavirus in the United States and shows how tenuous of a grip the nation has on the crisis, health experts said. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
Politics

Trump’s diagnosis shows US vulnerability to the coronavirus

Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal. | Photo: Naomi Ishisaka
Election

Dems to Facebook: Get serious about misinformation, hate

FILE - In this Sept. 23, 2019, file photo, clothes dryers, top, are stacked on top of washing machines at a Home Depot store location, in Boston. Orders to U.S. factories for big-ticket manufactured goods increased a weak 0.4% in August following a much larger July gain. The Commerce Department reported Friday, Sept. 25, 2020 that the August advance marked the fourth consecutive increase but was far lower than the 11.7% surge seen in July. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)
Money

Orders for big-ticket manufactured goods ticks up just 0.4%

Passersby walk past a business storefront with store closing and sale signs, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020, in Dedham, Mass. The number of people seeking U.S. unemployment aid rose slightly to 870,000, a historically high figure that shows that the viral pandemic is still squeezing restaurants, airlines, hotels and many other businesses six months after it first erupted. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
Money

Fraud, backlogs disrupt US unemployment benefit payments

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell takes off his face mask to testify during a House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020. (Kevin Dietsch/Pool via AP)
United States

Jerome Powell faces lawmakers’ skepticism on some Fed aid programs

FILE - In this March 31, 2020, file photo President Donald Trump speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, as Vice President Mike Pence and Dr. Deborah Birx, White House coronavirus response coordinator, listen. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
Politics

Analysis: US to hit 200K dead; Trump sees no need for regret

US Vice President Mike Pence (L) greets New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy as they attend a ceremony at the 9/11 Memorial in New York to commemorate the 19th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, on September 11, 2020. (Photo by Angela Weiss / AFP)
United States

US remembers 9/11, with virus altering familiar tributes

Kathy Collins, left, of Appleton and Donna Christie of Sherwood shop for produce at Festival Foods on Van Roy Road in Appleton. | Dan Powers/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin
Money

US wholesale prices rise 0.3% in August as food costs drop

FILE - In this Aug. 30, 2020, file photo, store closing signs are shown on a Stein Mart store in Salt Lake City. The government issues the jobs report Friday, Sept. 4, for August at a time of continuing layoffs and high unemployment. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)
United States

US unemployment rate falls to 8.4% even as hiring slows

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