TOP STORIES A Deal on Economic Aid, at Last For eight months, members of Congress have talked about the need for another economic aid package to help struggling Americans in the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, congressional leaders have finally agreed on The leaders from both parties — under increasing pressure from constituents and rank-and-file lawmakers, and confronted with a slowing economy and surging coronavirus infections and related deaths — are racing to pass it into law and have it signed by Advertisement Must-read stories from the L.A. Times Get all the day's most vital news with our Today's Headlines newsletter, sent every weekday morning.