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In a coronavirus-focused election year, the White House will forgo an annual rite of summer: economic projections for the remainder of 2020.

U.S. consumer spending plunged by a record-shattering 13.6% in April as the viral pandemic shuttered businesses, forced millions of layoffs and sent the economy into a deep recession.

Twitter has added a warning to one of President Donald Trump's tweets about protests in Minneapolis, saying it violated the platform's rules about "glorifying violence."

The Treasury Department says about 4 million Americans would receive these cards instead of checks.

The Minnesota State Patrol on Friday arrested a CNN television crew as they reported on violent protests in Minneapolis after the death of George Floyd, a handcuffed black man who pleaded for air as a white police officer kneeled on his neck.

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Thirty people were arrested in a Manhattan protest and Nassau cops responded to threats at 2 shopping malls, officials say, following the death of an unarmed black man in Minneapolis.

The rule was put in place to minimize health risks; GOP says it's unconstitutional.

The order directs executive branch agencies to ask independent rule-making agencies including the Federal Communications Commission and the Federal Trade Commission to study whether they can place new regulations on the social media companies.

Roughly 2.1 million people applied for U.S. unemployment benefits last week, a sign that companies are still slashing jobs in the face of a deep recession.

The race had been postponed from April to Sept. 14 because of coronavirus pandemic.