{
  "id": 6941720,
  "title": "Taxes wouldn’t fund $5,000 Trump ‘dividend’ if Republicans win midterms, says commerce secretary",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/12/taxes-wouldnt-fund-5-000-trump-dividend-if-republicans-win-midterms",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-12T14:38:25.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian US",
    "slug": "the-guardian-us",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/12/trump-midterm-dividend-funding"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Lutnick said $500bn of estimated $1tn needed to fund checks to all US adults could come from new visa program Donald Trump ’s controversial proposal to give a $5,000 “dividend” to all US adults if Republicans maintain control of Congress in November’s elections would not be paid out from US tax revenues, according to the US commerce secretary, Howard Lutnick. “It’s not tax money,” Lutnick said in…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Hill",
        "title": "Marshall backtracks on support for $5,000 Trump dividend in Kansas Senate debate",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/12/marshall-backtracks-on-support-for-5-000-trump-dividend-in-kansas",
        "published": "2026-09-12T22:44:10.000Z"
      }
    ]
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}