Trump orders more unemployment pay and a payroll tax deferral
(WorldNews Politics)

BEDMINSTER, N.J. — Seizing the power of his podium and his pen, President Donald Trump on Saturday moved to bypass the nation`s elected lawmakers as he claimed the authority to defer payroll taxes and extend an expired unemployment benefit after negotiations with Congress on a new coronavirus rescue package collapsed. At his private country club in Bedminster, N.J., Trump signed four executive orders to act where Congress hasn`t, contending that Washington`s gridlock had compelled him to act as the pandemic undermined the country`s economy and imperiled his November reelection hopes. Perhaps most crucially, Trump moved to continue paying a supplemental federal unemployment benefit for...