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However, on ABC's This Week on Sunday, Treasury Secretary Scott Besant said the money may not take the form of payments, but could simply include tax cuts already passed into law.
NPR asked the White House for any specifics on a plan.
An official not authorized to speak on the record said, quote, Danielle Kurtzleben, NPR News.
President Trump on social media has twice in recent days suggested the payments for low- and middle-income people.
However, on ABC's This Week on Sunday, Treasury Secretary Scott Besant said the money may not take the form of payments, but could simply include tax cuts already passed into law.
NPR asked the White House for any specifics on a plan.
An official not authorized to speak on the record said, quote, the administration is committed to putting this money to good use for the American people.
Danielle Kurtzleben, NPR News.
The case focused on the country-by-country tariffs that Trump imposed on goods from nearly the entire world this year.
Trump authorized those tariffs using a 1977 law known as the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, or IEPA, which gives a president broad powers during an emergency.
The businesses and states bringing the case argued that IEPA does not explicitly give presidents the power to tariff, just to regulate imports.
They added that the Constitution gives Congress, not the president, the power to raise revenue.
The administration argued, however, that the phrase regulate imports includes the power to tariff.
They also argued that a president has broad powers when it comes to foreign relations.
The case focused on the country-by-country tariffs that Trump imposed on goods from nearly the entire world this year.
Trump authorized those tariffs using a 1977 law known as the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, or IEPA, which gives a president broad powers during an emergency.
The businesses and states bringing the case argued that IEPA does not explicitly give presidents the power to tariff, just to regulate imports.
They added that the Constitution gives Congress, not the president, the power to raise revenue.
The administration argued, however, that the phrase regulate imports includes the power to tariff.