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      "title": "Trump Accounts: From the 2025 Tax Law to the July 2026 Launch and the Employer Matches",
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      "date": "2026-10-09",
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      "title": "Dell $250 deposits for children are reported complete",
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      "date": "2026-08-31",
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      "title": "Dell Foundation starts depositing the $250 grants",
      "summary": "Nine months after the pledge, the Dell Foundation said eligible children with open accounts would begin receiving the $250 that week, for children born 2016 through 2024 in ZIP codes with median income at or below $150,000. Families still had to open an account to receive it.",
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