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Here's how many in Massachusetts signed up for Trump Accounts

The new federal Trump Accounts program offers $1,000 to eligible babies.

Money

Tens of thousands of Massachusetts families are among the first to apply for <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Trump Accounts" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/cincinnati/2026/10/14/ohio-trump-accounts-eligibility-privacy" data-vars-content-id="c49a2008-1cf0-41db-91e2-8078c33845a3" data-vars-headline="Here&#x27;s how many in Massachusetts signed up for Trump Accounts" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/cincinnati/2026/10/14/ohio-trump-accounts-eligibility-privacy" target="_self">Trump Accounts</a>, a new <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="federal investment program" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/2026/07/18/trump-accounts-for-kids-what-to-know-how-sign-up" data-vars-content-id="c49a2008-1cf0-41db-91e2-8078c33845a3" data-vars-headline="Here&#x27;s how many in Massachusetts signed up for Trump Accounts" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/2026/07/18/trump-accounts-for-kids-what-to-know-how-sign-up" target="_self">federal investment program</a> for babies. Why it matters: The program, which offers $1,000 to eligible babies, is meant to give American children a financial head start.

GOP lieutenant governor nominee Shawn Oliver suspends campaign after OUI arrest

Oliver stepped aside Sunday after a Saturday night crash in New Bedford and an OUI charge. His name will remain on the ballot.

Politics

Shawn Oliver, the Republican nominee for lieutenant governor, suspended his campaign Sunday after being charged with drunk driving in New Bedford.Catch up quick: Police say Oliver&#x27;s vehicle hit five parked cars on Dartmouth Street around 11:40pm Saturday and overturned.

Mass. fraud scheme made $6M off "sham" marriages, feds say

Authorities charged six people in connection with the alleged immigration marriage fraud ring.

Federal authorities accused six Massachusetts residents of orchestrating a decade-long marriage fraud ring, marrying themselves off to immigrants repeatedly to help them obtain green card status.The big picture: The charges put a spotlight on Massachusetts&#x27; status as a welcoming state for immigrants regardless of legal status, weeks before the Nov. 3 midterm elections.<ul><li>The lead defendant, Jennifer Gonzalez of Fall River, allegedly exploited the state&#x27;s reputation, U.S. Attorney Leah Foley said.</li><li>Gonzalez allegedly told a witness, whom she believed to be an undocumented immigrant, &quot;Massachusetts is the best place for you to be.&quot;</li></ul>

Healey calls GOP ticket "chaos" after Oliver's arrest

Republican lieutenant governor candidate Shawn Oliver was arrested Saturday on an OUI charge.

Gov. Maura Healey said her Republican rival Mike Minogue&#x27;s campaign is in &quot;chaos&quot; after his running mate&#x27;s arrest.Why it matters: The fallout comes less than three weeks before the Nov. 3 election, when Healey and Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll face Minogue and Shawn Oliver, who <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="was arrested Saturday" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/boston/2026/10/18/shawn-oliver-oui-arrest-lieutenant-governor-massachusetts-suspends-campaign-minogue-new-bedford-crash-healey-driscoll-election" data-vars-content-id="00be2064-20c5-471d-8d6d-3bd0b7b98a3a" data-vars-headline="Healey calls GOP ticket &quot;chaos&quot; after Oliver&#x27;s arrest" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/boston/2026/10/18/shawn-oliver-oui-arrest-lieutenant-governor-massachusetts-suspends-campaign-minogue-new-bedford-crash-healey-driscoll-election" target="_self">was arrested Saturday</a> on an OUI charge.

Boston's tourism spots, expecting summer boon, saw mixed results

Mayor Michelle Wu called it the city's "best summer ever." The results were mixed.

America at 250

Boston-area tourism attractions usually perform best in the summer.<ul><li>Not so much this year.</li></ul>

Star Trek creator's son shares piece of history with MIT Museum

Cambridge is home to a piece of trekkie history for the next several months.

Culture

The MIT Museum is home to a piece of Star Trek history for the next several months — the original U.S.S. Enterprise model.The intrigue: The pilot model, having reemerged after a decades-long disappearance, is making its East Coast debut.

Holocaust Museum Boston leans into 21st-century storytelling tools

Visitors will see propaganda from a cellphone-shaped monitor and find other interactive tools.

History

Standing in front of bare steel frames, Jodi Kipnis pointed to the exact spot where a monitor would show a cellphone and a selection of apps broadcasting different types of propaganda in the upcoming Holocaust museum.Why it matters: The cellphone display is one of several ways Holocaust Museum Boston is trying to connect with younger generations to keep this history and the lessons it bears.

Was this Boston's "best summer ever"? It depends on who you ask

Many in Boston profited off of this summer's major events, but it wasn't a win for everyone.

Business

Seven miles south of City Hall, Mayor Michelle Wu convened 17 city officials, business leaders and entrepreneurs in a brewery for a victory lap.<ul><li>A blue sign hanging at the center of the U-shaped table summed it up: &quot;Celebrating Boston&#x27;s best summer ever.&quot;</li></ul>

How Boston is spotlighting LGBTQ+ history during America 250

A display, a screening and tours are highlighting Boston's queer history.

As the nation turns 250, some historians and tour guides are going beyond household names like Paul Revere and Martin Luther King Jr.<ul><li>They&#x27;re highlighting figures like Deborah Sampson, a cross-dressing private in the Continental Army, and Elaine Noble, the nation&#x27;s first LGBTQ+ candidate elected to a state legislature.</li></ul>Why it matters: Boston&#x27;s queer history is as old as the American Revolution, but it has eluded the pages of the average U.S. textbook.

Taking a Queer History Boston tour on the Boston Common

A tour runs through the state's long queer history, from anti-sodomy laws to Bayard Rustin.

Steph here. I made the last of Queer History Boston&#x27;s summer tours downtown a couple of weeks ago.Why it matters: I learned more about the history I take for granted as I go downtown every week.How it works: Roughly a dozen people, myself included, met with a tour guide outside Park Street Station on a Tuesday evening.<ul><li>He took us through various spots throughout the Boston Common and Public Garden — some with clear connections to queer culture, and others with tangential links.</li></ul>A few highlights:👨🏻‍⚖️ Queer people existed long before the nation&#x27;s founding, and Puritan Massachusetts imposed some of the earliest laws outlawing sodomy and &quot;lewd&quot; behavior.<ul><li>Two Plymouth men, Edward Preston and Edward Mitchell, <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="were charged" data-vars-click-url="https://research.colonialwilliamsburg.org/Foundation/journal/spring03/branks.cfm" data-vars-content-id="1163071d-ead3-4dde-a495-340c3f99d66c" data-vars-headline="Taking a Queer History Boston tour on the Boston Common" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://research.colonialwilliamsburg.org/Foundation/journal/spring03/branks.cfm" target="_blank">were charged</a> with &quot;lewd and sodomical&quot; practices in 1642.</li></ul>🪧 I had heard of Bayard Rustin, but I didn&#x27;t know that he was gay or that he advised Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.<ul><li>And I certainly didn&#x27;t know that King had distanced himself from Rustin after a Black congressman threatened to spread a rumor that the two were having a love affair.</li><li>It ultimately killed their plans to <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="for a demonstration" data-vars-click-url="https://www.history.com/articles/bayard-rustin-march-on-washington-openly-gay-mlk" data-vars-content-id="1163071d-ead3-4dde-a495-340c3f99d66c" data-vars-headline="Taking a Queer History Boston tour on the Boston Common" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.history.com/articles/bayard-rustin-march-on-washington-openly-gay-mlk" target="_blank">for a demonstration</a> in Los Angeles.</li></ul>🐫 Boston Pride has outlived wars, recessions and the Big Dig, but the annual march often raises questions about whether it is a protest or an apolitical celebration.<ul><li>Pride in 1984 leaned toward the latter, sparking criticism over the focus on entertainment — including a hot air balloon and camels — and the $1 donation request.</li><li>The hot air balloon never took off. Neither did the entry fee after the first year, Astuto said during the tour.</li></ul>

Boston author resurrects the race Detroit tried to erase

The book argues that Massachusetts had a chance to become America's auto capital.

Boston-based journalist Eric Moskowitz spent years digging into a forgotten 1909 cross-country car race.<ul><li>He found a hometown company that won the race, only to get written out of history.</li></ul>Why it matters: Moskowitz&#x27;s new book, <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="&quot;The Hardest, Longest Race,&quot;" data-vars-click-url="https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250282675/thehardestlongestrace/" data-vars-content-id="5a7669c7-f63e-45b0-a9cc-aec2a859382c" data-vars-headline="Boston author resurrects the race Detroit tried to erase" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250282675/thehardestlongestrace/" target="_blank">&quot;The Hardest, Longest Race,&quot;</a> argues that Massachusetts had a chance to become America&#x27;s auto capital before a factory fire, political sabotage and Henry Ford&#x27;s relentless Detroit PR machine buried the truth.

The Boston legacies you won't see on the freedom trail

Several new and upcoming markers highlight the city's diverse history.

An Islamic cultural center, a temple, a zen garden — these are some of the sites being recognized as Boston celebrates the nation&#x27;s <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="semiquincentennial" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/2026/07/03/america-250-christianity-founders" data-vars-content-id="cc23f7a0-3196-42e2-ad24-d0e846e5a06c" data-vars-headline="The Boston legacies you won&#x27;t see on the freedom trail" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/2026/07/03/america-250-christianity-founders" target="_self">semiquincentennial</a>.Why it matters: These institutions haven&#x27;t drawn massive crowds of patriotic tourists, but their legacies paint a picture of the communities that shaped one of the nation&#x27;s oldest cities.

Charles River Museum's Tesla exhibit asks: Who owns an idea?

A Waltham museum explores Nikola Tesla's work with the Waltham Watch Company.

A new exhibition at the Charles River Museum of Industry &amp; Innovation explores the historic — and at times strained — partnership between inventor Nikola Tesla and the Waltham Watch Company.Why it matters: <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="&quot;Nikola Tesla: The Speed of Innovation&quot;" data-vars-click-url="https://www.charlesrivermuseum.org/nikola-tesla-the-speed-of-innovation" data-vars-content-id="b14bf47f-1c7c-4483-ba67-af551038e8c6" data-vars-headline="Charles River Museum&#x27;s Tesla exhibit asks: Who owns an idea?" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.charlesrivermuseum.org/nikola-tesla-the-speed-of-innovation" target="_blank">&quot;Nikola Tesla: The Speed of Innovation&quot;</a> revisits a question that still shapes innovation today: Who owns and profits from an idea?

Sail250 begins: Your Parade of Sail and tall ships cheat sheet

Dozens of ships, including 50-plus military vessels from 21 countries, are coming to Boston.

Things to Do

Boston welcomes more than 50 military ships from 21 countries starting Saturday for Sail250, the culmination of the multicity tall ships celebration.The intrigue: You don&#x27;t have to know the difference between a bow and a flying jib to appreciate the spectacle.