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Republicans are expected to release their coronavirus stimulus plan next week as millions of Americans stare down a financial cliff.

A researcher who took refuge in the Chinese Consulate in San Francisco after allegedly lying to investigators about her Chinese military service was arrested and will appear in court on Friday, according to a senior Justice Department official.

Meanwhile, Beijing has not publicly agreed to evacuate from its consulate in Houston.

Michael Cohen's release came a day after a judge ruled he was improperly returned to prison in retaliation for failing to agree to a ban on him publishing a book about Trump.

The judge said the tactics that used by federal officers raised serious questions about potential violations of the First Amendment.

China's Foreign Ministry announced Friday it is revoking the license for the U.S. consulate general in the southwestern city of Chengdu.

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's seeming attempt to rally the Chinese people against the Communist Party of China has the opposite effect of increasing support for the ruling party, said Daniel Russel, former assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs from 2013 to 2017.

Michael Cohen, who served President Donald Trump for years as a lawyer, had previously been furloughed from prison due to coronavirus concerns.

President Donald Trump on Thursday moved to cancel the Jacksonville, Florida, portions of August's Republican National Convention, citing the threat of the coronavirus.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo slammed the Chinese government in a sweeping address Thursday, saying the United States will no longer tolerate Beijing's playbook to usurp global order.

The order comes weeks after Ghislaine Maxwell was charged with helping Jeffrey Epstein, a former friend of Presidents Donald Trump and Bill Clinton, obtain underage girls to be sexually abused.

The standoff comes as Bath Iron Works struggles to meet Pentagon contract delivery deadlines.

According to the White House, the reason Trump said "I just wish her well" when asked about alleged child sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell is that Jeffrey Epstein "ended up dead."

The Treasury secretary also said a payroll tax holiday, which President Donald Trump has repeatedly pushed for, "won't be in the base bill."

A tell-all memoir by President Trump's niece, who accuses him of being a narcissist, has sold 1.35 million copies in its first week, according to Simon & Schuster.

New York Jets owner Woody Johnson, an heir to the Johnson & Johnson pharmaceuticals fortune, was a big campaign donor to President Donald Trump, who named him U.S. ambassador to Britain.

President Donald Trump, a former friend of Jeffrey Epstein, has said he wishes Ghislaine Maxwell "well" in her sex crime case.

Schumer said McConnell and Republicans' inability to release a coronavirus relief bill jeopardizes the financial health of millions of people.

The relationship between the U.S. and China may continue to worsen after the State Department ordered Beijing to close a consulate in Houston, making it "almost certain" the Asian country will retaliate, experts said on Thursday.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told CNBC on Wednesday that additional financial aid to Americans is needed to support the U.S. economy's recovery from the coronavirus-induced recession.