2nd Stimulus: White House Will ‘Seriously Consider’ More Payments

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin speaks to the media while flanked by White House National Economic Council director Larry Kudlow in the briefing room at the White House on July 2, 2020. Somodevilla/Getty Images

White House officials are mulling whether to authorize another round of direct payments to Americans.

More than 160 million Americans received payments authorized by the CARES Act, which was passed by Congress and signed by President Donald Trump in March.