The amount of money each congressional district received in the form of the Small Business Administration’s Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans appears to have varied widely depending on the area’s wealth, a new report found.
Read morePharmaceutical executives continued to dump millions of dollars in stock in August despite criticism that they were profiting from big taxpayer-funded contracts awarded amid the coronavirus pandemic. Stock prices have soared for pharmaceutical companies like…
Read morePresident Donald Trump’s selection for a key Postal Service position, Robert M. Duncan, once had a very different job: steering the Republican Party while it undertook some of its most brazen voter suppression schemes. Accountable.Us,…
Read moreU.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy defended his changes to the U.S. Postal Service Monday and promised to “fix” the nationwide mail delays that have resulted, as he and USPS Board of Governors chairman Robert Duncan…
Read moreFive tech firms backed by Thrive Capital — whose 35-year-old, Harvard-educated founder Joshua Kushner is married to supermodel Karlie Kloss, and who runs the firm out of the landmark Puck Building in Manhattan’s trendy SoHo…
Read moreThe March stimulus package known as the CARES Act, they say, showed that giving cash directly to people works… But the assistance was limited, and weekly checks expired at the end of July. In their…
Read moreYahoo Finance’s Kristin Myers and Accountable.US Director of Rapid Response Research and Communications Jenna Kruse discuss new analysis from the watchdog group that shows Black women-owned businesses received disproportionately fewer PPP loans compared to others.
Read moreFlorida’s tally of new claims dropped to 55,106, its fourth straight weekly decline and the lowest number of any week of the pandemic — but still significantly higher than any other week on record. Despite…
Read moreA left-leaning anti-corruption watchdog called Tuesday for a probe into whether Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas), who recently tested positive for COVID-19, was in violation of House rules for not complying with public health guidelines during…
Read moreA D.C. man was arrested and charged with stealing more than $2 million by inventing fake emotional support animal companies and using pandemic relief loans to buy a rowhouse and a yacht, the U.S. Attorney’s…
Read moreA nonpartisan political watchdog group has asked the ethics office of the U.S. House to investigate Texas Rep. Louie Gohmert’s conduct during the coronavirus outbreak as he declined to wear a mask on Capitol Hill…
Read moreLoans went to private equity firms, whose executives can pay lower tax rates than their secretaries. Companies owned by billionaires, as well as elite private schools, obtained loans, while minority-and women-owned businesses were left in…
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