Coronavirus Live Updates: Stimulus Talks Continue as Negotiators Try to Bridge the Divide
Ohio’s governor tested positive before a planned meeting with President Trump. A photo of a crowded school hallway circulated on social media raises further alarm about the return to U.S. classrooms. Negotiators met to try to break the stimulus stalemate after Trump again threatened to act on his own. The shadow of a potentially disappointing new monthly jobs report hung over leading Democrats and Trump administration officials as they met again to attempt to bridge a yawning divide over a new economic stimulus bill. Mark Meadows, the White House chief of staff, Steven Mnuchin, the treasury secretary, and Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, the minority leader, gathered in Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office for about three hours on Thursday to continue negotiations. The Labor Department will report Friday morning on how many jobs the economy created in July, as America climbs back from the depths of the pandemic recession. Forecasters expect fewer new jobs than in May, when the ...
