The U.S. unemployment system is not prepared for a recession, with some states having failed to raise their maximum weekly benefit in decades, experts say.

WEST PALM BEACH, — Unemployment benefits for millions of Americans struggling to make ends meet lapsed overnight as President Donald Trump refused to sign an end-of-year covid relief and spending bill ...

WASHINGTON — Unemployment benefits for 1.3 million Americans who have been out of work for more than six months will be allowed to expire on Dec. 28 under a year-end budget deal reached in Congress, ...

Even before he lost both of his part-time jobs in March, Jose Alvarez-Castillo was just barely getting by. The 21-year-old senior at UCLA was sharing a three-bedroom apartment with six roommates near ...