FACT FOCUS: No, taxpayers will not receive new stimulus checks this summer

Rumors spread online Friday that the U.S. government will soon be issuing stimulus checks to taxpayers in certain income brackets. CLAIM: The Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department have approved $1,390 stimulus checks that will be distributed to low- and middle-income taxpayers by the end of the summer. Taxpayers will not receive new stimulus checks of any amount this summer, an IRS official said.