Trump aims to bypass lawmakers on virus aid
(WorldNews Politics)

33 minutes ago BEDMINSTER, N.J. — Ready and willing to bypass elected lawmakers, President Trump seemed set to claim the power to suspend payroll taxes and extend expired unemployment benefits after negotiations with Congress on coronavirus rescue money collapsed. The White House signaled Saturday the president was soon expected to sign four executive orders, contending Washington’s gridlock compelled him to act as the pandemic undermined the country’s economy and the November election nears. Trump scheduled an afternoon news conference at his country club in Bedminster, N.J. Perhaps most crucially, he intended to extend the unemployment benefits that have run out, but it...