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Extra $600 in jobless aid set to lapse as talks deadlock

by Associated Press
| July 30, 2020 2:03 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — A deadlocked Senate on Thursday left Washington for the weekend without extending a $600-per-week expanded jobless benefit that has helped keep both families and the economy afloat as the COVID-19 pandemic wreaks havoc on the country.

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