guardian: Record 3.3 million Americans file for unemployment as the US tries to contain Covid-19

A record 3.3 million people filed claims for unemployment in the US last week as the Covid-19 pandemic shut down large parts of America’s economy. mehr...

guardian: Government shutdown: first closure in four years looms hours before deadline

As the minutes ticked towards midnight, dueling parties in Congress showed no signs of breaking impasse over spending and Daca [mehr...]