Trump signs $2 trillion stimulus bill

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US President Donald Trump on Friday signed into law the largest economic stimulus package in American history -- a $2 trillion relief measure in response to the coronavirus pandemic. The law will give direct payments and jobless benefits to individuals, money to states and a huge bailout businesses battered by the crisis. Trump signed the measure in the Oval Office hours after the House approved it by voice vote and less than two days after the Senate unanimously passed it. He thanked "Democrats and Republicans for coming together and putting America first" and said it would help pave the road to economic recovery. "I think we are going to have a tremendous rebound," he said. The House of...

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