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Trump signs executive order extending $400 weekly unemployment benefits

Trump moved to continue paying a supplemental federal unemployment benefit for millions of Americans out of work during the outbreak

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The president said at his club on Friday night that if Democrats continue to hold this critical relief hostage I will act under my authority as president to get Americans the relief they need.

AP | PTI Bedminister
Seizing the power of his podium and his pen, President Donald Trump on Saturday moved to bypass the nation's elected lawmakers as he claimed the authority to defer payroll taxes and extend an expired unemployment benefit after negotiations with Congress on a new coronavirus rescue package collapsed.

At his private country club in Bedminster, New Jersey, Trump signed four executive orders to act where Congress hasn't, contending Washington's gridlock had compelled him to act as the pandemic undermined the country's economy and imperiled his November reelection hopes.

Perhaps most crucially, Trump moved to continue paying a supplemental federal unemployment benefit