White House Risks Missing Stimulus Goal With Trump, GOP at Odds

Senate Republicans and the Trump administration are struggling to reach a consensus on the contours of another stimulus plan, putting at risk the White House goal of enacting a package by the end of next week.

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and White Chief of Staff Mark Meadows are returning to the Capitol Wednesday after an initial round of talks with Senate Republicans ended without a clear outline or any lessening of GOP resistance to President Donald Trump’s desire for a payroll tax holiday.

Steven Mnuchin, right, and Mark Meadows.

Photographer: Anna Moneymaker/The New York Times/Bloomberg

Mnuchin and Meadows also met Tuesday with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader ...