Senate Republicans preparing $500B virus relief proposal

Senate Republican leaders are preparing a slimmed-down coronavirus relief package of roughly $500 billion that will include extended payments for unemployed people and smaller businesses, a GOP senator said Tuesday.The measure will also include $10 billion for the embattled Postal Service, said one top GOP aide.The agency has become the focus of a campaign-season battle over whether it will have enough resources to handle an expected flood of mail-in ballots for this November's presidential and