With U.S. stimulus talks stalemated, the jobs report provides little promise of a break in the gridlock.
A jobs report Friday that found that the U.S. economy added 1.8 million jobs in July offered little promise of a breakthrough in stalemated negotiations between White House officials and Democratic leaders on a pandemic relief package.
Lawmakers and White House officials ended more than three hours of negotiations on Thursday night still starkly divided and Friday’s report could prolong the impasse by giving both sides new talking points to insist on their positions. This comes as the…
