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Trump, Congress square off over virus aid as crisis worsens

by AP Congressional Correspondent
| July 20, 2020 3:03 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump acknowledged a “big flareup” of COVID-19 cases, but divisions between the White House and Senate Republicans and differences with Democrats posed fresh challenges for a new federal aid package with the U.S. crisis worsening and emergency relief about to expire.

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