Here’s the latest on proposed 2026 stimulus checks, including tariff dividend plans, DOGE payments, military bonuses, and expired COVID relief credits.

Claims about new stimulus checks, IRS direct deposits, relief payments and tariff dividends spread throughout 2025 — and they’re still circulating in 2026. But is there any truth to them?

Stimulus checks remain uncertain after Trump says he hasn’t committed to $2,000 payments. Here’s what we know now.

President Donald Trump was pressed about his $2,000 stimulus check claims last week, and he noted he "made the commitment yet"

The ⁠U.S. Customs ⁠and Border Protection agency ​said it will halt ‌collections of tariffs imposed ‌under the ⁠International ⁠Emergency Economic Powers Act at 12:01 a.m. ​EST (0501 GMT) on Tuesday, more than three days ​after the U.