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WASHINGTON, D.C. – The American Red Cross says it’s facing a severe blood shortage due to an unprecedented number of blood drive cancellations in response to the coronavirus pandemic.The 199

WASHINGTON, D.C. – With bipartisan support, Congress passed its second stimulus package in two weeks on Friday. The latest bill has a trillion price tag, aimed at helping Americans and businesses struggling amid the coronavirus pandemic. About 0 billion is budgeted to go small businesses, 0 billion is committed to major distressed industries, a separate 0 billion was allocated just for the healthcare industry, and the rest will go to covering the expanded unemployment compensation along with direct payments or checks for more than 100 million American adults.“This is an incredibly difficult time for most Americans,” said Amy Hanauer with the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. “I think congress knows that and that was reflective in this attempt to get quick money into most people’s pockets.”Hanauer’s team has researched the most common questions around the direct payments, like who exactly qualifies and how quickly can someone expect a check?“I am absolutely certain it will take a few weeks for many households,” said Hanauer. “We know that Americans need this money right now, but it is going to take a while to get sorted.”Hanauer believes it will take at least two weeks, likely three weeks, before checks start arriving. Those checks will only automatically go to people who filed taxes in 2018 or 2019, and only people who use a social security number when they filed. Those who used an ITIN number to file taxes, typically immigrants, do not qualify.Per the Internal Revenue Service's latest guidance, those with a Social Security number who typically do not file tax returns will need to file a simple tax return to receive an economic impact payment. Low income tax payers, senior citizens, Social Security recipients, some veterans and individuals with disabilities who are otherwise not required to file tax returns will not owe tax.In addition, your income is the last determinant on whether you will get a check and how much that check will be.“If your earnings in the year 2020 are under ,000, you as an individual will get some sort of check from the federal government,” explained Hanauer. “If you have earned less than ,000, you should get ,200 for you and up to 0 for each of your children.”The maximum for a couple with two children is ,400, and if they file a joint return, the threshold is 0,000. Technically your qualification for the money is based off your 2020 income, but since no one has or can file a return with that income yet, the IRS is using either your 2018 or 2019 tax return. They will use the latest year on file. Many have wondered what will happen if you have a significant change in income in 2020. If you suddenly make over the ,000, and you were below it in 2018 or 2019, the government will not force you to pay the money back. However, if your income was above the threshold in 2018 or 2019, and you don’t receive a check, but in 2020 your income ends up decreasing below the ,000 threshold, then you will get a ,200 tax credit on your 2020 return.Editor's Note: An earlier version of this web script and current video incorrectly identified Amy Hanauer as Ana Hanauer. 3183

When Angela Walker went through her son's school folder, she was shocked to find what the fifth grader had been working on in class.A social studies assignment from Blades Elementary School in Oakville, Missouri, had asked some students, including her biracial son, to imagine that they work in the slave trade. Then it prompted them to set a price for a slave."You own a plantation or farm and therefore need more workers. You begin to get involved in the slave trade industry and have slaves work on your farm. Your product to trade is slaves.Set your price for a slave. _____________ These could be worth a lot.You may trade for any items you'd like," one of the questions in the exercise read.That question was one among 12 that school Principal Jeremy Booker said "attempted to address market practices."Other questions asked students to set a price for items such as a bushel of grain, a piece of lumber and a jug of milk. At the end of the exercise, students were asked to reflect on a free market economy and whether they'd consider themselves wealthy given the money and items they had left over."As part of both the Missouri Learning Standards for fifth-grade Social Studies and the fifth-grade Mehlville School District curriculum, students were learning about having goods, needing goods and obtaining goods and how that influenced early settlement in America," Booker wrote in a letter sent to families at the school on Monday."Some students who participated in this assignment were prompted to consider how plantation owners traded for goods and slaves."Assignment was 'culturally insensitive'The assignment was "culturally insensitive," Booker wrote, and he said the teacher had expressed "significant remorse."As the Mehlville School District continues to investigate, the teacher has been placed on administrative leave, the district confirmed to CNN. Booker also wrote that he was working to train all teachers and staff at the school about "cultural bias.""Also, I am working with district leadership to provide all Blades teachers and staff with professional development on cultural bias in the near future," he wrote."We are working together to ensure all students and families feel valued and respected at Blades Elementary."Chris Gaines, Mehlville School District superintendent, apologized for the assignment on Tuesday."Asking a student to participate in a simulated activity that puts a price on a person is not acceptable," Gaines wrote in a statement. "Racism of any kind, even inadvertently stemming from cultural bias, is wrong and is not who we aspire to be as a school district. I am sorry and disappointed that this happened in our school."NAACP hopes to meet with school officialsWalker, who is a teacher herself, told 2765

WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 11: Retired Fire Department of New York Lieutenant and 9/11 responder Michael O'Connelll, left, FealGood Foundation co-founder John Feal, center, and former Daily Show Host Jon Stewart, right, applaud following testimony from Retired New York Police Department detective and 9/11 responder Luis Alvarez during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on reauthorization of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund on Capitol Hill on June 11, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Zach Gibson/Getty Images) 535

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump spent time in a White House bunker during Friday night's protests outside the executive mansion. Secret Service agents rushed him there as some of the demonstrators were throwing rocks and tugging at police barricades. Trump spent nearly an hour in the underground shelter, which was designed for use in emergencies like terrorist attacks. That's according to a Republican close to the White House who was not authorized to publicly discuss private matters and requested anonymity. The account was confirmed by an administration official who also spoke on condition of anonymity. Protesters were a constant presence near the White House and nearby Lafayette Park over the weekend. Daytime hours saw peaceful protests and chants of "I can't breathe." 798

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