Congress has easily passed a $900 billion pandemic relief package. It would deliver long-sought cash to businesses and individuals. AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite NEW YORK -- As millions are receiving ...

Claims about new stimulus checks, IRS direct deposits, relief payments and tariff dividends circulated widely throughout 2025 ...

Hold off on that purchase! Online rumors of new stimulus checks by year’s end are out there.

Despite debate over how much the checks should include, the federal government started sending out the second stimulus payments. While the IRS is sending out the second round of stimulus payments, ...

Talk about new federal stimulus checks arriving before the end of the year continues to spread across social media and unverified websites. But there is no evidence such payments are coming in 2025.

The last round of federal economic‑impact payments went out in 2021, and any new checks would require Congress to pass fresh legislation. In 2024, the IRS sent automatic payments to eligible taxpayers ...

Taxpayers aren’t expected to see any new stimulus checks of any kind this spring. The last federal economic impact payments were issued in 2021, and Congress hasn’t approved any new legislation to ...