House Speaker Mike Johnson says Congress would have to approve President Donald Trump's proposal to send $5,000 to each American adult if the Republican Party maintains control of the House and Senate in the November election. Johnson also says he's try to make that pledge happen. Trump made the unusual pitch at the party’s midterm convention in Dallas last week. He also said he didn't think Congress would need to authorize the payments, though he didn't explain how he spend more than $1 trillion without lawmakers’ authorization. He told reporters Sunday in Ireland that “the 5,000’s going to happen, 100%.”

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump's pitch to send Americans $5,000 checks should Republicans prevail in the November midterms is drawing scorn fr…

President Harry Truman famously kept a “The Buck Stops Here” sign on his White House desk. But the current president, Donald Trump, often veers from that motto of taking responsibility. The Republican has blamed his predecessors for continued inflation. As the unpopular war with Iran drags on, he says earlier presidents squandered years of chances to curb Tehran's nuclear ambitions. He says vandals are responsible for the problem-plagued renovation of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. To some degree, all presidents try to shift responsibility. But no president in modern history has taken it as far as Trump has. The White House says Trump is working to correct long-festering challenges.