US politics: no Covid-19 stimulus package progress as Trump makes more false claims – live updates | The Guardian

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11.47am BST

Andrew Taylor of the Associated Press offers this analysis this morning of where the gaps are between the Democratic and Republican negotiating teams in getting a coronavirus stimulus package over the line:

Jobless benefits: Nancy Pelosi is staking out a hard line on extending a $600-per-week supplemental pandemic federal jobless benefit, which lapsed last week. Republicans offered to extend the benefit into December and cut it to $400, according to leaks. The unemployment insurance issue is perhaps the most important to resolve.

11.33am BST

Black Lives Matter demonstrators held a vigil last night in North Carolina to demand justice for a Black man who died days after his arrest. More than 70 participants used their phones as flashlights and sang songs during the vigil for John Neville in Winston-Salem

⏩ WATCH LIVE: People are gathered in Winston-Salem to honor the life of John Neville. https://t.co/OqA0QfMwyA