'I will not be adjourning the Senate': McConnell scraps recess over stalled aid talks

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced Thursday the chamber will be back in session Monday and he would not gavel out for the traditional summer recess.

The Kentucky Republican blamed Democrats for failing after two weeks of talks to negotiate a deal on a coronavirus aid package that both parties deem critical for helping the nation cope with the continued outbreak.

“A second straight week of political theater from our Democratic colleagues with no result except more pain for families, more uncertainty for workers, and more evidence to suggest that...