Lawmakers Press Trump on Relief Bill as Jobless Aid Expires
Lawmakers Press Trump on Relief Bill as Jobless Aid Expires President Donald Trump walks on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington before boarding Marine One. Unemployment benefits for millions of Americans struggling to make ends meet were set to lapse at midnight Saturday night unless Trump signed an end-of-year COVID relief and spending bill that had been considered a done deal before his sudden objections. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File) The Associated Press US News World News Entertainment Politics Technology Health Sports Associated Press WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump appeared no closer to signing an end-of-year COVID relief and spending bill Sunday as unemployment aid expired, the government barrels toward a mid-pandemic shutdown and lawmakers implored him to break the impasse he created after Congress approved the deal. The fate of the bipartisan package remained in...