Washington/Mexico City — The two Georgia run-offs that will decide control of the US Senate begin their final stretch, with President Donald Trump again putting himself in the middle of the campaign.

Trump ignited controversy last week by holding up pandemic relief and government funding. Though he signed the legislation on Sunday night, a week after it cleared Congress, his late action will end up delaying the stimulus payments he criticised as too low and cutting a week’s worth of expanded benefits for the jobless...

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