ABCNEWS - WATCH: Older Americans over 60 lost nearly $8 billion to scammers in 2025
Scammers are after considerable assets built over a retiree's lifetime.
NYTIMES (Dustin Volz) - An Anthropic Claude AI Model Finds Flaws in Tough-to-Crack Encryption Algorithms
Claude Mythos Preview discovered new attacks in testing against weakened cryptographic algorithms, which protect online financial transactions, private communications and more.
ABCNEWS - Bipartisan senators introduce legislation to avert looming Social Security shortfall
Lawmakers in the Senate have unveiled a bipartisan proposal to address Social Security's looming insolvency
NYTIMES (Kyla Scanlon) - The Housing Crisis Is Also a Retirement Crisis
A home has stopped being just a place to live — it has also become an asset.
THENATIONALPULSE (Pulse Wires) - Democrats Urge Families to Reject Trump Accounts, Blocking Chance at Generational Wealth.
Democrats, led by Rep. Bennie Thompson, are encouraging families to reject Trump Accounts, a program designed to provide children with a $1,000 tax-free head start toward financial security.
Democrats, led by Rep. Bennie Thompson, are encouraging families to reject Trump Accounts, a program designed to provide children with a $1,000 tax-free head start toward financial security . PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: Democrats, led by Representative Bennie Thompson (D-MS), are urging the public not to take advantage of Trump Accounts, a program introduced under President Trump that provides eligible American children with $1,000 in tax-free seed capital to build financial stability. These funds can be regularly topped up and used for education, home ownership, business ventures, or other wealth-building opportunities. KEY QUOTE: “[P]ass on a Trump Accounts,” Rep. Bennie Thompson urged families, encouraging them to reject the…Open
YOUTUBE (The Hill) - Watch live: Melania Trump, Bessent to announce youth foster care initiative
First lady Melania Trump and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Thursday morning will announce new savings and investment accounts for youth in foster care. #melaniatrump #scottbessent #foster #care
JUSTTHENEWS (Eric J. Lyman) - Fears of war, cyber attacks, ID theft has Europe pondering its cashless economy, return to currency
Most transactions in European countries remain cashless. But the adoption rate for them has leveled out, and now the government is creating incentives to stabilize the current level of cash usage rather than letting it fall further.
ABCNEWS - Social Security’s retirement trust fund faces funding shortfall earlier than expected
Social Security’s retirement trust fund is projected to face a funding shortfall in 2032, a year earlier than previously expected
REDSTATE (Jennifer Oliver O'Connell) - Winning: Trump Signs EO to Supercharge and Incentivize Retirement Savings for Average Americans
YOUTUBE (The Hill) - Watch LIVE: Trump signs executive order in Oval Office expanding retirement savings
President Trump will sign an executive order expanding workers’ access to retirement accounts from the Oval Office on Thursday, according to the White House. He is also expected to create a new government website where they can compare private-sector accounts. The program first reported by Semafor, and dubbed TrumpIRA.gov, is designed to assist Americans that lack retirement accounts through their employers.