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.

Are we getting a stimulus check in February 2026? When and what to know about Trump $2000 tariff IRS refund status, eligibility, and odds you get it.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. You might want to hold off on boosting your spending this month, as a $2,000 tariff dividend check is not likely to come in February. "I’ll be able to do $2,000 sometime," Trump said ...

The “Get My Payment” tool on the IRS website is working already for some who are eligible to receive the third stimulus checks. The tool, originally set to go live on Monday, is working as of Sunday morning, according to multiple reports. If you use ...

Three months later, the downturn has been declared an official recession and the official unemployment rate has soared into double digits, heightening calls for a second round of stimulus checks. There's good news and bad news on the prospects for ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. President Donald Trump said he could begin sending $2,000 stimulus checks to Americans “toward the end of the year” using revenue from tariffs, according to an interview with The New ...

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.