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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.
Stimulus checks are back in the spotlight as President Donald Trump renews promises of $2,000 “ tariff dividend ” payments. The idea hinges on revenue from new tariffs imposed in 2025. But as the year ends, no checks have been approved.
Trump-won counties to food pantries. Rural heartland that delivered 2024 victory now questions tariff gamble ahead of 2026.
President Trump on Tuesday touted the latest data showing a robust expansion of the U.S. economy, crediting tariffs for the unexpected growth. “The TARIFFS are responsible for the GREAT USA
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Trump’s tariffs look set to backfire but that won’t stop him
While it's hard to predict the outcome of US president-elect's nationalist economic strategy, all signs point to self-inflicted damage Are US president-elect Donald Trump's threats of tariffs an admission of American economic defeat,
President Donald Trump has promised to deliver $2,000 tariff rebate checks next year, raising hopes of a lifeline for millions of Americans struggling to make ends meet.
The duty dodging, combined with Vietnam's hefty trade surplus, could spur Trump to slap tariffs on the Southeast Asian nation.
President Donald Trump's administration on Tuesday said it will slap tariffs on Chinese semiconductor imports over Beijing's "unreasonable" pursuit of chip industry dominance, but would delay the action until June 2027.
That’s because, in the past week, we have seen in an unusually clear way how the three pillars of President Trump’s governing philosophy – that immigrants are bad, his political enemies are evil and tariffs will rescue the American economy – are in serious jeopardy at the same time.
According to the OACT, the tax breaks in Trump's flagship law are projected to reduce income collection for Social Security's Old-Age and Survivors Insurance trust fund (OASI) and Disability Insurance trust fund (DI). In turn, this is expected to increase costs for the combined OASI and DI by $168.6 billion from 2025 through 2034.
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