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Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX) in an interview in Laredo, Texas, October 9, 2019. Congressional Democrats are demanding that the Trump administration “halt immediately” the construction of a wall at the southern border during the coronavirus pandemic in order to conserve funds to combat the health crisis. A total of 91 House and Senate Democrats made …

Amazon is reportedly trying to get customers to buy fewer items on its site as it struggles to keep up with demand. The Seattle-based e-tailing giant earlier this week lifted its ban preventing third-party sellers from shipping non-essential items to its warehouses after previously announcing that it would only accept “household staples, medical supplies and …

Morgan Stanley boss James Gorman said he’s “been fortunate” despite getting sick with the coronavirus last month, and that his recent decision not to lay off employees amid a looming recession was a no-brainer. The crisis took a personal turn at Morgan Stanley last week when Gorman, the bank’s 61-year-old chief executive, disclosed to employees …

US stocks ticked up Thursday as Wall Street tried to brush off another surge in unemployment filings amid the coronavirus crisis. The Dow Jones industrial average climbed as much as 62.01 points, or 0.2 percent, at the open despite the US Department of Labor reporting another 5.2 million initial jobless claims last week. The staggering …

Ben Higgins still found a way to propose to girlfriend Jessica Clarke last month, despite the coronavirus pandemic throwing a wrench in his plans. “I went back to a pond behind her house, and we had set it up with sunflowers near a bench,” the 31-year-old “Bachelor” alum — who popped the question with an …

Armie Hammer is the latest celebrity to take style cues from Joe Exotic. The “Call Me By Your Name” actor, 33, must be going stir crazy while stuck at home during the coronavirus pandemic, because he made a dramatic change to his hair on Wednesday. “Killing the game,” Hammer captioned his new ‘do on Instagram, …

“Real Housewives of New Jersey” star Dolores Catania has stepped up to help her home state, which has become one of hotspots of the coronavirus crisis in the US. She has partnered with fellow entrepreneurs and friends to donate food, shoes and medical supplies to the healthcare workers on the frontlines at St. Joseph’s University …

The plan to start the Major League Baseball season after the coronavirus shutdown is lifted seems a little fishy to the sport’s biggest star. Los Angeles Angels outfielder and reigning AL MVP Mike Trout sounds skeptical about the proposal being discussed to play games in Arizona without fans while sequestering players and staff in nearby …

People cross a street during evening rush hour in Beijing’s Central Business District as the spread of coronavirus continues in China, April 15, 2020. U.S. intelligence has “increasing confidence” that the novel Wuhan coronavirus outbreak began in a lab that was researching bat-coronaviruses, contrary to China’s claim that the pandemic emerged from a Wuhan wet …

More than 5.2 million Americans filed for unemployment benefits last week as the number of people put out of work by the coronavirus crisis climbed above 22 million, new federal data show. The staggering numbers from the US Department of Labor indicate 13 percent of the American workforce was sidelined in just a month as …