Bloomberg had this story five days ago (probably behind its paywall).

“July 25, 2025 at 7:01 AM MST – President Donald Trump said he is considering sending rebate checks to Americans using revenue from tariff increases his administration is imposing on US trading partners.”

Then AL.com (yes, the Alabama news site where the Daily Mail gets many of its tips) had it Monday:

“Could stimulus checks be headed back into American wallets? President Donald Trump said he’s considering paying rebates to U.S. taxpayers with revenue generated from billions of dollars coming from tariffs on imports from foreign countries.”

CBS News had the story five days ago.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-rebate-checks-tariff-revenue-debt/ 

So did Fox News, but I couldn’t find a link to it, just a mention of it by a Washington Post columnist this morning.

Should journalists report every pie-in-the-sky campaign promise that comes along, when it’s not even an election year? Maybe. What concerns me more is that there is little reporting of the $250 fee for every tourist visa for everyone from any continent that is not predominantly white. That is actually in the law now, and stabbing the travel industry near the heart. Supposedly the fee is (at least partially) refundable when travelers behave and return home. Try to figure out how that’s going to be implemented.