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Millions of Americans braced for runaway inflation in response to President Trump's aggressive import tariffs. They're still waiting.
The US government has collected $1 billion in de minimis tariff revenue since rolling back the exemption on low-value packages this spring, according to new data that Customs and Border Protection shared exclusively with CNN.
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President Trump thinks tariff revenue could replace individual income taxes. Experts weigh in.
President Trump suggested Americans won't have to pay personal income taxes "in the not-too-distant future" because of rising U.S. tariffs.
The attention on stimulus checks picked up after a Nov. 9 post by Trump on Truth Social in which the president raved about the success of American tariffs and wrote that a "dividend of at least $2,000 a person (not including high income people!) will be paid to everyone."
U.S. Customs and Border Protection said it collected over $200 billion in tariffs revenue under the Trump administration through enhanced enforcement.
A simmering cost-of-living crisis pushed the Trump administration to announce rollbacks in November on a number of food-related tariffs.
Between Jan. 20 and Dec. 15, 2025, U.S. Customs and Border Protection has collected more than $200 billion in tariffs thanks to more than 40 executive orders put in place by the Administration.
Claims of $2000 stimulus checks for December 2025 have been debunked; no such payments have been approved, and experts question the viability of President Trump's tariff dividend idea. The IRS warns against scams related to fake stimulus payments.
U.S. coffee lovers hoping President Donald Trump's tariff rollbacks last month will soon lower the cost of their daily caffeine hit had better think again.
Swiss watch exports fell for a fourth month as companies waited for the US agreement to ease punitive import tariffs to take effect.
The revenue coming in from President Trump's tariffs dipped in November, but the president's oft-made promises for what he will do with the money continued apace.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent reveals the Supreme Court tariff ruling and Fed chair selection are both expected in January, with Kevin Hassett and Kevin Warsh as top candidates.