Money for $300 Unemployment Boost to Run out After 6 Weeks

Money for $300 Unemployment Boost to Run out After 6 Weeks
The logo of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is seen at its headquarters in Washington in this file photo. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images
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The temporary $300-a-week unemployment insurance boost implemented by President Donald Trump is about to end, with no extension in sight.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency said Thursday in an email to The Associated Press that it has distributed $30 billion of the $44 billion it had set aside for the benefit. The agency said the fund was enough to cover six weeks of additional jobless aid starting Aug. 1, so unemployed workers won’t receive any more after this week.