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Coronavirus stimulus package, Beirut blast, Isaias: 5 things to know Wednesday

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Lawmakers will return to the bargaining table Wednesday after top Democrats and White House negotiators said a new coronavirus stimulus package could be reached by the end …
Lawmakers will return to the bargaining table Wednesday after top Democrats and White House negotiators said a new coronavirus stimulus package could be reached by the end of the week. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer met with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, with both sides saying they agreed to a series of concessions but also acknowledging they still had a number of differences that they were attempting to work through. Republicans and Democrats remain far apart on many issues at the heart of the next package, one of the biggest being the $600 boost to unemployment, which Democrats want to extend until at least January and Republicans have argued is too high and disincentivizes Americans from going back to work. Officials anticipate the death toll to rise Wednesday after a massive blast rocked Beirut with the force of an earthquake, followed by a shock wave that blew out windows and caused widespread damage across the Lebanese capital. At least 100 people were killed and more than 4,000 wounded, according to an official with the Lebanese Red Cross, George Kettaneh.

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