President Trump's "Trump Accounts" initiative establishes tax-advantaged investment accounts for American children to build long-term wealth, modeled loosely on individual retirement accounts (IRAs). The program, enacted through the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, provides a one-time $1,000 government seed deposit for U.S. citizen children born between January 1, 2025, and December 31, 2028, with parents enrolling via a new IRS form during tax filing.

On Monday, December 15, 2025, Nuno F. Gomes Loureiro, a 47-year-old professor of nuclear science and engineering at MIT and director of the university's Plasma Science and Fusion Center, was shot multiple times at his home in Brookline, a suburb of Boston. Loureiro was Jewish and held pro-Israel views, sparking suspicions of antisemitic motive for the shooting.