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Capitol negotiators trade broadsides on stalled virus aid

by Associated Press
| August 6, 2020 10:27 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — The rival sides in bumpy congressional negotiations on a huge COVID-19 relief package exchanged public broadsides rather than constructive concessions Thursday as they stumbled toward a self-imposed deadline for an agreement they appear increasingly likely to miss.

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