You might want to check your bank account.
Americans began receiving $600 stimulus checks from the federal government last night. This comes two days after President Donald Trump signed into law a $900 billion stimulus package, which included the direct payments.
The Treasury Department will begin sending out paper checks today.
You can check your payment status by going to irs.gov/coronavirus/get-my-payment.
On Monday, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to increase the payments to $2,000. The Senate is not voting on the measure immediately, using the increase as leverage for other legislation.
