1 day ago - President Trump says the U.S. raised more than $600 billion in tariff revenue. He previously suggested sending Americans $2,000 checks as a "dividend" payment.

6 hours ago - In an interview with The New York Times, Trump said he will not need congressional approval for the checks, fueled by revenue collected from his sweeping tariffs, to come to fruition.

5 days ago - President Donald Trump has said US government will give Americans $2,000 checks in mid 2026. But Congress has to OK the spending. Here's what we know.

4 days ago - 5. As of January 2026, no solid plans have been enacted to bring the checks to fruition. In February, Trump also said he would consider a plan to issue $5,000 stimulus checks to taxpayers in the form of a “DOGE dividend” during a summit in Miami.

10 hours ago - Trump administration officials have confirmed the president's commitment to sending out $2,000 tariff payments to most Americans over the last several months. Regardless of this, obstacles to the stimulus checks remain.

3 weeks ago - In November, he said his administration would send out $2,000 tariff dividend checks to all Americans starting out mid-2026—giving the idea a concrete deadline for the first time this year.

2 days ago - Since returning to the White House ... the idea of giving a $2,000 stimulus check or tax rebate to the majority of Americans—a way of marking, what he views as, his Administration’s economic wins.

2 weeks ago - President Trump has said he wants to issue $2,000 tariff dividend checks in 2026. But he will need the help of Congress to make the rebates happen.

November 19, 2025 - “It’s highly unlikely there is some sort of stimulus check sent out next year. I would be pretty shocked,” Scott Lincicome, vice president of general economics at the Cato Institute, told CNN in a phone interview. Bettors on prediction platform Polymarket seem to agree. They place just an 11% chance that Trump creates a tariff dividend by March 31.

December 1, 2025 - For more information, see Social Security Tax Cuts Missing From Trump Tax Bill. On Fox News, Bessent noted that Congress must approve any such payout and that no final design has been established yet. The Treasury Secretary also floated an income limit — possibly excluding households earning over $100,000 — but stressed those details remain under discussion. More recently, Bessent acknowledged a trade-off between using tariff revenue for checks versus paying down the federal debt.

19 hours ago - No new federal stimulus checks are approved for January 2026. Trump’s proposed $2,000 tariff dividend has no finalized plan.

2 weeks ago - Any form of stimulus payment issued by the U.S. government would have to be approved by Congress. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Nov. 12 that Trump is considering stimulus checks for families earning $100,000 or less.

November 14, 2025 - Q: Will U.S. citizens receive stimulus or tariff-based checks of $2,000 in November? A: No checks are being issued. President Donald Trump said he wants to use tariff revenue to give “dividend” payments of “at least $2,000” to ...

2 weeks ago - Some members of Trump's administration ... of $100,000 to be eligible for the dividends, and Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick maintaining the stimulus checks' legitimacy....

4 days ago - During two prior pandemic-era stimulus checks authorized by Trump, they were made available to individuals bringing in as much as $75,000 per year and couples earning up to $150,000 and higher earners were eligible for smaller payments.

3 days ago - 5. As of January 2026, no solid plans have been enacted to bring the checks to fruition. All we know about the proposed tariff stimulus check is what Trump said in his post on Truth Social.

5 days ago - During a briefing in November, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the administration was “committed” to distributing these checks, and said it was exploring “all legal options to get that done.” Last month, the president said his tariffs would allow for “a nice dividend to the people in addition to reducing debt." ... However, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has said that distributing the revenues from Trump’s import taxes could come “in lots of forms” beyond a direct payment, and that the rebate could simply be actions the administration has already taken.

1 day ago - During two prior pandemic-era stimulus checks authorized by Trump, they were made available to individuals bringing in as much as $75,000 per year and couples earning up to $150,000 and higher earners were eligible for smaller payments.

November 18, 2025 - President Donald Trump’s $2,000 tariff rebate plan could cost $600B yearly, double the revenue tariffs generate. President Donald Trump has offered an update on when Americans may get $2,000 dividend checks from the nation's tariff revenue.