Trump renews $5,000 pledge if Republicans retain Congress

President Donald Trump renewed his pledge to pay eligible adults $5,000 if Republicans retain control of Congress, saying recipients would have to spend the money in the United States. The proposal has not been authorized, and the administration has not released a finalized funding plan or payment details. Trump made the pledge Monday at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington, in a speech before the November 3 midterm elections. He said the payments would depend on Republicans keeping both the House and Senate. He has described the one-time payment as a dividend and previously tied it to economic growth and revenue from tariffs. The pledge is not an approved federal program. Congressional approval would be required to authorize the spending, and the administration has not announced an application process or payment schedule. Trump has not explained how a domestic-spending requirement would be enforced. The projected cost depends on the population counted. An estimate based on 245.3 million adult citizens puts the total at about $1.22 trillion. Another estimate using nearly 270 million adults places it at roughly $1.3 trillion. Both figures are estimates, not an...