For the families of nearly 12 million children in the U.S. who live in poverty and disproportionately identify as African-Americans or Latinos, the Biden administration's child tax credits could be a game-changer.
Plus, the surgeon general fights back against COVID-19 misinformation and Twitter celebrates its 15th anniversarypandemic when Maeghan Murdock worried about how her family -- which includes a newborn -- would keep up with all their growing financial demands.
"The tax credits will help us make sure that we're able to pay our mortgage and have things that we need for our child," she said.A woman carries a box of food assistance she received from the Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida at a mobile food drop event at the Impact Outreach Ministry on April 6, 2020, in Orlando, Fla.
The Treasury Department says as much as $15 billion in funds are expected to go to the families of 60 million children, with average payments totaling up to $423 per family. Republican lawmakers have proposed their own payments for children and aren't expected to move forward with a $3.5 trillion budget deal proposed by Democrats to extend the child tax credit.that some 40% of Americans don't have up to $400 in the bank to cover an emergency expense.
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