California mom pleads guilty to stimulus check scam with Death Row son

A Modesto mother faces close to 20 years behind bars after pleading guilty to conspiring with her son, who is on Death Row at San Quentin, to file fraudulent stimulus checks.

Boston Marathon bomber's COVID stimulus payment going to victims, judge says

Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's $1,400 COVID-19 stimulus payment can be used to help pay the millions of dollars he is ordered to pay his victims, a judge has ruled.

Stimulus payments curbed poverty growth during pandemic, census shows

The share of Americans in poverty rose slightly to 11.4% in 2020, but COVID-19 relief payments eased losses for many, census data showed.

Here's how close Americans are to getting $2,000 monthly stimulus checks

According to a survey, the last rounds of stimulus checks helped improve Americans’ ability to buy food, pay bills, and reduced anxiety and depression.

IRS stimulus checks: Petition for additional $2,000 monthly payments nears 3 million

A Change.org petition calling on Congress to send additional $2,000 monthly economic stimulus checks to U.S. families is nearing its goal of three million signatures.

Could we see a fourth stimulus check? Where payments stand

So far, over 2 million people have signed an online Change.org petition calling for recurring $2,000 per month payments.

IRS delivers another batch of $1,400 stimulus checks: Here's who received them

The IRS will issue an eighth batch of stimulus checks this week, delivering payments to another 1.1 million Americans as part of President Biden's $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan.

IRS sends another batch of $1,400 stimulus checks to 2M Americans

The IRS said Thursday that it has disbursed about 161 million payments, worth roughly $379 billion, in the span of about five weeks.

Some people may have to return their $1,400 stimulus check

While a lot of people who received the third stimulus check could really use it, unfortunately, some people may have to return the $1,400.

156 million coronavirus relief payments issued, Treasury says

The Treasury Department says it has issued more than 156 million payments as part of President Joe Biden’s coronavirus relief plan.

13 states, including Florida, sue Biden administration over stimulus tax rule

Thirteen states, including Florida, are suing President Joe Biden's administration over a rule in the federal stimulus that bars states from using relief money to offset tax cuts.

Stimulus checks: 21 Senate Democrats urge Biden to put recurring direct payments in infrastructure plan

A group of Democratic senators is urging President Joe Biden to extend rescue measures for Americans — including recurring direct payments and extended jobless benefits — in his “Build Back Better” legislation.

Arizona attorney general sues over tax cut ban in Biden coronavirus relief bill

Arizona AG Mark Brnovich contends the provision is unconstitutional because it is ambiguous and imposes on Arizona’s sovereignty by attempting to control state budget decisions.