January 18, 2021 / Last updated : January 18, 2021 ResearchBuzz COVID-19

Washington Post: The Trump administration bailed out prominent anti-vaccine groups during a pandemic

Washington Post: The Trump administration bailed out prominent anti-vaccine groups during a pandemic. “Five prominent anti-vaccine organizations that have been known to spread misleading information about the coronavirus received more than $850,000 in loans from the federal Paycheck Protection Program, raising questions about why the government is giving money to groups actively opposing its agenda […]
January 18, 2021 / Last updated : January 18, 2021 ResearchBuzz COVID-19

New York Times: Some people are already experiencing delays getting their second stimulus payments.

New York Times: Some people are already experiencing delays getting their second stimulus payments.. “Many payments have been sent to inactive or temporary accounts that taxpayers don’t have access to. It’s not clear how many people are affected, but the tax preparation company Jackson Hewitt said the Internal Revenue Service had sent payments to more […]
December 28, 2020 / Last updated : December 28, 2020 ResearchBuzz COVID-19

Mashable: How to calculate your stimulus check amount before the IRS relaunches its website

Mashable: How to calculate your stimulus check amount before the IRS relaunches its website. “How do you know if you qualify? In April, the IRS launched a surprisingly simple and useful website called the “Get My Payment” portal that let you find out the status of your check or deposit. However, that portal is ‘temporarily […]
December 20, 2020 / Last updated : December 20, 2020 ResearchBuzz COVID-19

NBC News: Accused hate groups receive pandemic aid

NBC News: Accused hate groups receive pandemic aid. “Fourteen organizations designated as hate groups by the Southern Poverty Law Center or the Anti-Defamation League have received funding from the Paycheck Protection Program totaling $4.3 million, according to data released last week by the Small Business Administration, revealing who benefited from the pandemic federal relief funds.”
December 1, 2020 / Last updated : December 1, 2020 ResearchBuzz COVID-19

Washington Post: How a $17 billion bailout fund intended for Boeing ended up in very different hands

Washington Post: How a $17 billion bailout fund intended for Boeing ended up in very different hands. “The Trump administration has used a $17 billion loan fund meant for businesses critical to U.S. national security to help a hodgepodge of little-known companies with unclear importance to national defense, and the fund remains mostly unspent nearly […]
November 30, 2020 / Last updated : November 30, 2020 ResearchBuzz COVID-19

Washington Post: A Trump donor’s company got a 3 percent federal pandemic loan. It sells title loans at a 350 percent annual rate.

Washington Post: A Trump donor’s company got a 3 percent federal pandemic loan. It sells title loans at a 350 percent annual rate.. “A company owned by a major donor to President Trump that operates auto-title loan stores with names such as LoanStar and Moneymax secured a $25 million low-interest loan from a government pandemic […]
November 29, 2020 / Last updated : November 29, 2020 ResearchBuzz COVID-19

Washington Post: Trump officials gave a finance firm $16.3 million to supply food boxes to the poor. House Democrats are raising questions about how those funds were handled.

Washington Post: Trump officials gave a finance firm $16.3 million to supply food boxes to the poor. House Democrats are raising questions about how those funds were handled.. “One of the largest awardees in a key Trump pandemic relief operation redirected $3 million to its own nonprofit organization despite its lack of track record or […]
November 24, 2020 / Last updated : November 24, 2020 ResearchBuzz COVID-19

New York Times: Mnuchin to End Key Fed Emergency Programs, Limiting Biden

New York Times: Mnuchin to End Key Fed Emergency Programs, Limiting Biden. “Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said he does not plan to extend several key emergency lending programs beyond the end of the year and asked the Federal Reserve to return the money supporting them, a decision that could hinder President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s […]
November 24, 2020 / Last updated : November 24, 2020 ResearchBuzz COVID-19

NBC News: Kyle Rittenhouse says he used coronavirus stimulus check to buy AR-15 used in fatal shooting

NBC News: Kyle Rittenhouse says he used coronavirus stimulus check to buy AR-15 used in fatal shooting. “Kyle Rittenhouse cashed a coronavirus stimulus check to purchase the semi-automatic rife that authorities say he used to fatally shoot two men in Kenosha, Wisconsin, he said. In a telephone interview with The Washington Post, posted Thursday, the […]