WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump and the Senate's top Republican huddled Thursday over a huge COVID-19 rescue package, but hopes on Capitol Hill for a deal are souring and there's increasing worry that bipartisan congressional negotiations might collapse.Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is a key player in the troubled talks and possesses far more experience than Trump's negotiating team, which is publicly frustrated by the inflexible tactics of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Senate Minority leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.
The Democratic duo has not yielded much ground from an unprecedented $3.5 trillion House-passed rescue package.McConnell seemed to downplay the significance of the Trump meeting, telling a reporter “we.