Donald Trump refuses to sign relief Bill, seeks $2,000 stimulus payment

President Donald Trump threatened on Tuesday to not sign an $892-billion coronavirus relief Bill that includes desperately needed money for individual Americans, saying it should be amended to increase the amount in the stimulus checks.
 
US government operations are being funded on a temporary basis through December 28, waiting for the $1.4 trillion in federal spending for fiscal 2021 that is also part of the bill.
 
Failure to either pass another stopgap Bill or override a possible Trump veto of the legislation could result in a partial government shutdown. The threat by the outgoing Republican president, who has