EU nations close in on $2.1T budget, virus aid deal

BRUSSELS (AP) — Weary European Union leaders finally were closing in on an unprecedented 1.82 trillion euro ($2.1 trillion) budget and coronavirus recovery fund early Tuesday, somehow finding unity after four days and as many nights of fighting and wrangling over money and power in one of their longest summits ever. To confront the biggest recession in its history, official said the EU nearing consenus on a 750 billion euro coronavirus fund to be sent as loans and grants to the countries h