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The Treasury Department gave instructions for returning the checks, but did not say if there are legal consequences for failing to return the money.

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director told CNN that he was concerned about some states "leapfrogging over the first checkpoint" as they looked to reopen.

A government-sponsored study showed the drug shortens patients' recovery times by 31 percent or an average of about four days.

The technology giants of Silicon Valley are among the few winners from the global pandemic. Their share prices are holding up or even surging ahead as investors bet they will come out of the crisis even stronger.

At a time when medical professionals are putting their lives at risk, tens of thousands of doctors in the United States are taking large pay cuts.

Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin offered a more optimistic assessment, saying that the economy would "really bounce back in July and August."

But is reopening the states too soon?

Pelosi said GOP opposition to state bailouts is "morally wrong."

Some of the $1,200 stimulus checks have not yet to arrived and already many are pushing for more – perhaps much more – in the coming months.

“The doors are still closed. There is still no smoke coming out of the chimneys in corporate America. It is not surprising that you continue to see significant layoffs,” said one economist.

A further 4.4 million Americans sought unemployment benefits last week as the economic toll from the coronavirus pandemic continued to mount

An autopsy in California has revealed that the first US coronavirus-related death came weeks earlier than previously thought.

The policy announcement comes during a time when the immigration system has already slowed down significantly.

President Trump says "we'll be the comeback kids", but scientists warn easing restrictions won't be quick or easy - the US still lacks the capacity to test and track infections on the scale needed.

President announced plan on Twitter, offered no details

The more than $400 billion in emergency funding focuses on small businesses hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic.

A tight deadline has been put in place to reopen the US economy. But there’s an obvious hitch making it impossible to keep the virus in check.

US President Donald Trump called for multiple states governed by Democrats to be ‘liberated’ from strict stay-at-home orders. The vague message earned heated reactions, with everyone reading their own meaning into it.

Senate Republicans last week attempted to pass a measure to provide the additional $250 billion for the program, but Democrats objected and instead offered a competing bill, which Republicans rejected.

Trump said he also plans to announce an “Opening our Country Council” on Tuesday comprised of business leaders and doctors and potentially governors that will help determine how to reopen the economy.