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It’s not even April, yet 2025 already has been a lot. Like, a lot.

It’s not even April, yet 2025 already has been a lot. Like, a lot. Events in the United States have given people reason to worry about many things, including their financial security in the face of big changes over which they have zero control. The first half of January was consumed by news of the savage fires that erased whole neighborhoods in Los Angeles — a stark reminder that life as you know it (including the home you’re still paying off) can go up in smoke with little warning. Then came the past nine weeks. President Donald Trump and his new administration have — and this is just a partial list — started a trade war with the United States’ closest allies and appeared to favor Russian President Vladimir Putin over Ukraine and NATO countries. The administration’s “Department of Government Efficiency” under Elon Musk has aggressively disrupted the functioning and morale at federal government agencies and interrupted approved payments to various programs domestically and abroad. There have been shoot-first-aim-later mass firings of federal workers and stop-work orders, which have generated a slew of lawsuits against those in the government and DOGE. And now many people question whether the US is — or soon will be — in a constitutional crisis, given that the administration has repeatedly argued that the courts shouldn’t have power over the presidency.