Trump allows some unemployment pay, defers payroll tax
(WorldNews Politics)

BEDMINSTER, N.J. (AP) — Seizing the power of his podium and his pen, President Donald Trump on Saturday bypassed the nation`s lawmakers as he claimed the authority to defer payroll taxes and replace an expired unemployment benefit with a lower amount after negotiations with Congress on a new coronavirus rescue package collapsed. At his private country club in Bedminster, New Jersey, Trump signed executive orders to act where Congress hasn`t. Not only has the pandemic undermined the economy and upended American lives, it has imperiled the president`s November reelection. Perhaps most crucially, Trump moved to continue paying a supplemental federal unemployment benefit for millions of...