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?

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

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

Trump made some big promises during the first year of his second term saying he would send wads of cash directly to Americans. But where is the money?

Will Georgians get a stimulus check in February? When and what to know about Trump $2,000 tariff IRS refund status, eligibility, and odds you get it.

An article published earlier this year by USA Today explored the idea of Americans receiving a "tariff dividend" refund check, as President Trump mentioned.

Absent any real action to address affordability, Trump and his allies usually turn to his preferred backup plan: culture wars and racism. Hence the renewed GOP scaremongering about sharia law; congressional investigations into Bad Bunny; and violent immigration raids targeting the “worst of the worst” preschoolers.