A financial lifeline for millions of Americans who lost their jobs when the coronavirus pandemic brought the economy to a halt in the spring is coming to an end this weekend: The extra $600 a week in ...

For more than two weeks now during the government shutdown, Imelda Avila-Thomas has been trying in vain to get approved for unemployment compensation to help cover essentials such as food and mortgage ...

Thousands of furloughed federal workers are trying to navigate the unemployment system – a sharp increase, but still a fraction of the 670,000-plus furloughed workforce ...