Trump and Michael Cohen Make Peace

Trump and Michael Cohen Make Peace

“We forgave,” Cohen wrote. “Forgiveness doesn’t require amnesia. It requires the courage to stop allowing yesterday to dictate tomorrow.” Cohen’s remarks ring in stark contrast to previous words he has offered about the President. In 2019, after pleading guilty, Cohen was called by the House Oversight and Reform Committee to further detail his role as…

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The 2026 BMW 550e xDrive Downplays Looks But Delivers on Power

The 2026 BMW 550e xDrive Downplays Looks But Delivers on Power

The eighth-generation 5 Series drops its long-standing rear-wheel-drive layout in favor of all-wheel-drive xDrive and an eight-speed Steptronic Sport transmission. Photo: Daniel Kraus, courtesy BMW The BMW 550e xDrive offers logic students a perfect example of a Boolean syllogism or the theory of formal consequence: All BMWs are good cars. The 550e xDrive is a…

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Harvard’s $2.2B SpaceX Stake Shows How Elite Universities Invest in Tech

Harvard’s .2B SpaceX Stake Shows How Elite Universities Invest in Tech

Yale University’s Chief Investment Officer Matt Mendelsohn (right) talks to Amazon CEO Andy Jassy (left) at the Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference in 2025. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images Last week, Harvard University disclosed a $2.2 billion stake in SpaceX held by Harvard Management Company, which manages the university’s massive endowment. Harvard also disclosed a roughly…

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How Much the National Debt Grew Under Trump and Biden

How Much the National Debt Grew Under Trump and Biden

The debt has been increasing for decades, but much of the current total has been accumulated over the past ten years, during the administrations of President Donald Trump and former President Joe Biden. Here’s how much the debt grew under each of their terms in the White House. Trump’s first term When Trump took office…

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How Lilly Pulitzer Outlasted the Preppy Cliché

How Lilly Pulitzer Outlasted the Preppy Cliché

Lilly Pulitzer in her first Palm Beach shop, circa 1964. Lilly Pulitzer There was a time, not so long ago, when Lilly Pulitzer evoked images of sorority girls at Southern colleges wearing pearls and twinsets. Though the heiress behind the eponymous brand was a noted iconoclast, it seemed her legacy, at least over the past…

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