Democrats Make Offer to Mnuchin in Effort to Break Aid Deadlock

  • First sign of movement toward deal emerges on hospital help
  • Trump signals compromise as way to get stimulus funds moving

A patient is lowered from an ambulance at the Brooklyn Hospital Center on April 17.

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President Donald Trump signaled a possible compromise in the deadlock over additional aid for a staggered U.S. economy as the two top congressional Democrats and the administration pushed negotiations into the weekend.

Congressional Democrats outlined a new compromise offer to Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin Friday night, a senior Democratic aide said.