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Will 'Trump Accounts' make U.S. kids $1M by age 28? | About That

Will ‘Trump Accounts’ make U.S. kids $1M by age 28? | About That

American babies born during U.S. President Donald Trump’s second term are set to receive $1,000: a gift of seed money that the government says — if contributed to maximally — will yield a return of more than $1 million by the time those children turn 28. Andrew Chang does the math to calculate the extent to which this could actually be possible and fact-checks the claim that Trump Accounts will ‘jumpstart the American dream.’

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Underweighted meat; Home Depot data debacle headed to court: CBC's Marketplace cheat sheet
Star

January 12, 2025

Underweighted meat; Home Depot data debacle headed to court: CBC’s Marketplace cheat sheet

CBC’s Marketplace rounds up the consumer and health news you…

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The squeaky cheese dream: How this New Brunswicker senior checked off one more dream on his list
Star

January 12, 2025

The squeaky cheese dream: How this New Brunswicker senior checked off one more dream on his list

Normand MacDonald applied to We Are Young, the organization that…

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Uncertainty and anxiety for some Northerners, as Trump returns to power
Star

January 12, 2025

Uncertainty and anxiety for some Northerners, as Trump returns to power

Pauline Frost, chief of the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation in northern…

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Despite gains, women still do most of the housework. Will this gender gap ever narrow?
Star

January 12, 2025

Despite gains, women still do most of the housework. Will this gender gap ever narrow?

Like the laundry that never goes away, research on the…

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After an 'unexpectedly difficult' year, what's ahead for the Royal Family in 2025?
Star

January 12, 2025

After an ‘unexpectedly difficult’ year, what’s ahead for the Royal Family in 2025?

The illnesses of King Charles and Catherine, Princess of Wales,…

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I don't want to be a Karen. But as a brown woman, is there something to be learned from her?
Star

January 12, 2025

I don’t want to be a Karen. But as a brown woman, is there something to be learned from her?

Wanting to be a Karen is a loaded concept. As…

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U.S. special counsel investigating Trump resigns after submitting report
Star

January 11, 2025

U.S. special counsel investigating Trump resigns after submitting report

U.S. special counsel Jack Smith has resigned from the Justice…

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Ontario teen sells copies of his 1st cookbook so family can buy new van to fit his wheelchair
Star

January 11, 2025

Ontario teen sells copies of his 1st cookbook so family can buy new van to fit his wheelchair

John Ray of Kenilworth, Ont., has congenital muscular dystrophy and…

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New limit on high-interest loans targets 'predatory lending practices'
Star

January 11, 2025

New limit on high-interest loans targets ‘predatory lending practices’

There’s a new limit on the rates Canadians are charged…

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