Crypto billionaires give $97 million to Reform UK, fueling concerns about money in politics

LONDON — Reform UK, the anti-immigration party led by Brexit campaigner Nigel Farage, received 72 million pounds ($97 million) from two cryptocurrency billionaires this weekend, fueling concerns about money in British politics. After news broke that Ben Delo, a co-founder of the BitMEX cryptocurrency platform, had given 36 million poundsContinue Reading

The New Yorker Festival Releases Its Full 2026 Lineup

The New Yorker Festival, the magazine’s annual celebration of culture and ideas, will return on October 23rd through October 25th, in New York City. This year’s events feature some of today’s most influential thinkers and entertainers, among them Conan O’Brien, Isabel Wilkerson, Colson Whitehead, Mariska Hargitay, and Aaron Sorkin, inContinue Reading

George W. Bush’s Code of Silence

In 2015, when Donald Trump descended a golden escalator to announce his campaign for President, he had a clear target: George W. Bush’s younger brother Jeb. Jeb was at the top of the polls. His super PAC had raised more than a hundred million dollars, dwarfing the funds of the tenContinue Reading