UPDATE: According to a CNBC report Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Labor said it does not anticipate a lapse in benefits for those seeking unemployment through the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance and Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation programs.
Unemployment benefits for millions of Americans struggling to make ends meet were set to lapse at midnight Saturday unless President Donald Trump signed an end-of-year COVID-19 relief and spending bill that had been considered a done deal before his sudden objections.
Trump’s refusal to sign the bipartisan package as he demands larger COVID-19 relief checks and complains about “pork” spending could also force a federal government shutdown when money runs out at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday in the middle of a pandemic.
The president s decision to not sign the relief bill means unemployment benefits for 75,000 Arizonans lapsed at midnight Saturday, according to Research Director David Wells of the Grand Canyon Institute, a nonpartisan think tank in Phoenix.
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Inmates say they get just 20 minutes out of their cells each day, and only allowed access to the showers and the phones. The situation is leading some to growing despair, with one inmate telling a loved one that some sentenced to life in prison are considering suicide. “All of us guys think we’re gonna die in here,” he said. “There are guys in here who are crying. They’re afraid they’re not going to go home to their families.” He said spending hours a day without time to participate in any activities or recreation is leaving him feeling “empty,” “lost” and “angry.”
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