Two weeks until the bottom falls out

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Two weeks until the bottom falls out

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Maybe less. Today we’re talking about that extra $600 per week going to the 14 million people claiming unemployment benefits. That extra money, set to disappear at the end of the month, is keeping a bad economic outlook from getting worse. Plus: The latest on yesterday’s big Twitter hack, this year’s political conventions and how parenting in the pandemic hurts women’s careers.

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