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Trump halts COVID-19 relief talks until after election

by Associated Press
| October 8, 2020 12:03 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday called an abrupt end to negotiations with Democrats over additional COVID-19 relief, delaying action until after the election despite ominous warnings from his own Federal Reserve chairman about the deteriorating conditions in the economy.

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