President Donald Trump on Sunday said his administration and Congress are getting close to an agreement on an aid package of up to $450 billion to boost a small-business loan programme which has run out of money and add funds for hospitals and coronavirus testing.

Top-level negotiations between Congress and the White House pushed into the night Saturday on a ballooning $1 trillion-plus economic rescue package, as President Donald Trump urged a deal to steady a nation shuttered by the coronavirus pandemic.