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Missing ‘Yellowstone’? Here’s a guide to Taylor Sheridan’s spinoffs, sequels, and more

Taylor Sheridan in front of four famous actors that he has worked with
“Yellowstone” returned to screens in November.
  • Taylor Sheridan is one of Hollywood’s most prolific screenwriters.
  • The “Yellowstone” co-creator has a number of other projects in various stages of production.
  • This includes several stand-alone TV series and multiple “Yellowstone” spinoffs.

When “Yellowstone” ended its five-season run, viewers didn’t have to say goodbye — they just had to saddle up for more.

Thanks to Hollywood’s busiest cowboy, Taylor Sheridan, there’s now a whole herd of spinoffs from the Sheridan universe ready to stampede onto your watchlist.

Since moving away from acting, Sheridan, 55, has become one of the most prolific screenwriters in Hollywood. After writing feature films like “Sicario” and “Hell or High Water,” which earned him an Oscar nomination, and directing “Wind River,” he transitioned to TV, where he’s put Paramount+ on the map not just with “Yellowstone” and spinoffs “1883” and “1923” but “Tulsa King” and the hit Billy Bob Thornton-starrer “Landman.”

In October, Sheridan reportedly made a move that shocked Hollywood, as Puck revealed that Sheridan is taking his TV talents to NBCUniversal after his contract with Paramount expires in 2028. (His feature film deal with Paramount ends in March, so expect Sheridan movies to hit Universal sooner than his TV work).

Here’s what we know about all the projects he’s working on and where they stand.

Eve Crosbie contributed to previous versions of this story.

1. ‘Y: Marshals’
Kayce Dutton (Luke Grimes) in season five of "Yellowstone."
Kayce Dutton (Luke Grimes) in season five of “Yellowstone.”

CBS announced in May that Luke Grimes will reprise his role as Kayce Dutton in a “Yellowstone” spinoff titled “Y: Marshals.”

Per its logline, “Y: Marshals” will see the character join an “elite unit of US Marshals, combining his skills as a cowboy and Navy SEAL to bring range justice to Montana.”

Sheridan will executive produce the drama alongside Grimes.

It’s set to premiere in spring 2026.

2. ‘The Madison’
Michelle Pfeiffer will helm the series previously titled "1924."
Michelle Pfeiffer will helm the series previously titled “1924.”

While announcing that “Yellowstone” would be drawing to a close in 2023, Paramount bosses promised “expansions of this incredible world” that Sheridan had built.

In February 2024, Puck reported that Matthew McConaughey and Michelle Pfeiffer were in negotiations to lead the cast of a present-day continuation titled “2024.”

In August 2024, it was announced that Pfieffer will star in and executive produce the new series, which has been renamed “The Madison.”

Sheridan will write the series, which is set to follow a family of New York City natives who live in the Madison River valley of central Montana.

Per Paramount Network, “the series is a heartfelt study of grief and human connection.”

Chris McCarthy, the co-CEO of Paramount Global, said of Pfieffer’s casting: “She is the perfect anchor to the newest chapter of the ‘Yellowstone’ universe, ‘The Madison,’ from the brilliant mind of Taylor Sheridan.”

As of 2025, McConaughey has not officially been cast in the series.

3. ‘1944’
An image from the set of the Paramount+ series "1923."
An image from the set of the Paramount+ series “1923.”

“1944” is yet another “Yellowstone” spinoff series that has been greenlit by Paramount. It’s also the one we know the least about.

It’s expected that it will, like the previous prequels “1883” and “1923,” take place in the titular year and focus on the difficulties the Duttons faced during the wartime period.

4. ‘6666’
6666 ranch workers Emily (Kathryn Kelly) and Jimmy (Jefferson White) in "Yellowstone."
6666 ranch workers Emily (Kathryn Kelly) and Jimmy (Jefferson White) in “Yellowstone.”

This long-teased “Yellowstone” spinoff is set to revolve around the history of a real Texas-based ranch that Sheridan purchased in 2022. It was first announced in early 2021 and originally set to debut in 2023.

However, the future of the show remains up in the air. In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter in 2023, Sheridan explained the delays in getting “6666” (pronounced “four-sixes”) off the ground.

“That, for a number of reasons, needs a unique level of special care because this is a real place with real families working here. You have to respect the lineage,” he said, adding that he had told Paramount to “be patient.”

5. ‘Landman’
Billy Bob Thornton as Tommy Norris in "Landman."
Billy Bob Thornton as Tommy Norris in “Landman.”

Based on the podcast “Boomtown,” the series was billed as a “modern-day tale of fortune seeking in the world of oil rigs” in Texas, per a synopsis from Paramount+.

Demi Moore and Billy Bob Thornton starred in the first season of the show, which debuted in 2024. A second season was announced in early 2025, with Sam Elliott — who previously appeared in “1883” — joining the cast.

A second season of the show is set to air in 2026, according to Puck.

6. ‘Lawmen: Bass Reeves’
David Oyelowo as Bass Reeves in "Lawmen: Bass Reeves."
David Oyelowo as Bass Reeves in “Lawmen: Bass Reeves.”

The first season of the series, on which Sheridan served as an executive producer, told the story of legendary lawman Bass Reeves, one of the first Black US marshals west of the Mississippi River.

David Oyelowo, who starred in the lead role and served as an executive producer, said the series was set up to be an anthology, with each season focusing on “other lawmen in history whose story should be told.

Chad Feehan, the show’s creator, showrunner, and executive producer, echoed this in an interview with Deadline shortly after season one finished airing.

“There are several figures in history much like Bass who deserve their day in the sun. As much as it pains me that this marriage is taking a hiatus, that is the reality,” he said.

“Lawmen” hasn’t been renewed for a second season.

7. ‘Special Ops: Lioness’
Zoe Saldana in "Special Ops: Lioness."
Zoe Saldana in “Special Ops: Lioness.”

The first season of the espionage thriller, which Sheridan created, wrote, and executive produced, premiered in the summer of 2023, and a second season began airing in October 2024.

The series was inspired by a real-life US military program focused on bringing down terrorist organizations from within. The first season starred Zoe Saldaña, Laysla De Oliveira, Nicole Kidman, and Morgan Freeman.

A third season is set to air next year, according to Puck.

8. ‘Tulsa King’
Sylvester Stallone in "Tulsa King."
Sylvester Stallone in “Tulsa King.”

“Tulsa King,” which marked Sylvester Stallone’s first leading role in a scripted television series, debuted in late 2022.

The series focuses on an aging mafia capo who is released from a 25-year prison sentence and sent to Tulsa, Oklahoma, to set up a new criminal organization. Sheridan created and executive-produced the series.

A second season premiered in September 2024, and a third premiered in September 2025.

9. ‘Mayor of Kingstown’
Jeremy Renner in "Mayor of Kingstown."
Jeremy Renner in “Mayor of Kingstown.”

“Mayor of Kingstown” was the first series Sheridan created as part of his deal with Paramount. It premiered in late 2021.

Starring Jeremy Renner, the series is set in the fictional town of Kingstown, Michigan, and follows the powerful McLusky family as they attempt to bring justice and order to a community rife with corruption.

The show’s fourth season premiered in late October 2025.

10. ‘The Road’
Taylor Sheridan and Blake Shelton are teaming up for a CBS singing competition show titled "The Road."
Taylor Sheridan and Blake Shelton are teaming up for a CBS singing competition show titled “The Road.”

Sheridan teamed up with “The Voice” coach and country star Blake Shelton for a new singing competition show for CBS.

“The Road,” which launched as part of the network’s fall 2025 schedule, follows “a headlining superstar on their journey to discover the next big artist,” per a press release.

Competitors will perform as opening acts for the headliner’s tour at venues across the US and must win over local fans to advance to the next location.

Sheridan and Shelton will executive produce the series along with “The Voice” producer Lee Metzger and “Yellowstone” producer David Glasser.

11. ‘Empire of the Summer Moon’
Sheridan has won the rights to adapt the best-selling book.
Sheridan has won the rights to adapt the best-selling book.

As if all of Sheridans’ existing commitments weren’t enough, it was announced in January 2024 that he and his Bosque Ranch production company had optioned the Pulitzer Prize finalist book “Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History,” by S.C. Gwynne.

Sheridan will produce the project alongside Jenny Wood, Deadline reported.

The book recounts the story of Quanah Parker, a chief of the Indian Comanche tribe, and the tribe’s 40-year battle against white settlers for control of the American West.

12. ‘The Dutton Ranch’
Beth Dutton (Kelly Reilly) and Rip Wheeler (Cole Hauser) in the "Yellowstone" finale.
Beth Dutton (Kelly Reilly) and Rip Wheeler (Cole Hauser) in the “Yellowstone” finale.

“Yellowstone” regulars Kelly Reilly and Cole Hauser are set to have their own spin-off, which is set after the events of the “Yellowstone” finale.

According to the official synopsis: “Beth Dutton (Reilly) and Rip Wheeler (Hauser) are grateful for the peace they sought, fought, and nearly died for with their 7,000-acre Dutton Ranch. With tough times and stiff competition, Beth and Rip do what they must to survive.”

Annette Bening, Ed Harris, and Jai Courtney will also star.

The series will premiere in 2026, according to Puck.

13. “NOLA King”
Samuel L. Jackson with his hands folded on a bar in Tulsa King
Samuel L. Jackson in an episode of “Tulsa King.”

Samuel L. Jackson is the latest major star to enter the Sheridan universe.

Jackson plays Russell Lee Washington Jr., a tough customer who has ties to Dwight Manfredi (Stallone) in season 3 of “Tulsa King.”

Inspired by what Dwight is doing in Tulsa, “Washington returns to New Orleans, the home he abandoned forty years ago, to rekindle his relationship with his family, friends, and to take control of the city he left behind,” according to the official synopsis.

The show will premiere in 2026, according to Puck.

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I spent a week in the Caribbean. There are 5 items I’m glad I brought, and 3 I wish I’d packed.

Roof huts and palm trees swaying in the wind, with a hotel in the background in Aruba.
There were some things I wish I had packed for my Caribbean trip.
  • When I traveled to Aruba, there were some items I’m glad I brought and others I wish I’d packed.
  • I’m glad I took my sandbag anchors, which prevented my pool float from drifting in the ocean.
  • After a painful sea urchin sting, I wish I had packed a pair of water shoes.

When preparing to travel to Aruba for the first time this year, packing quickly became overwhelming.

I wanted to bring the essentials, avoid overpacking, and steer clear of paying inflated tourist prices for items I may have forgotten.

Some items in my suitcase made my life easier, and I ended up using them every day. However, there were also some things I quickly regretted not packing. After spending seven days on the island, I have a better idea of what was really useful.

Here are five items I’m glad I packed in my suitcase, and three things I wish I had brought with me.

Nothing beats relaxing on a pool float.
A girl with a braid facing away from the camera and floating on a tube in the ocean.

Whenever I go on a beach vacation, my main goal is to relax. For me, there’s nothing better than floating in the water while listening to the crashing waves and the singing seagulls. The simple pool floats I brought with me made that possible.

Since I packed them deflated, they were easy to fit in my suitcase. Luckily, my hotel had an inflator, so I didn’t have to waste my breath.

Sandbag anchors are a game changer.
A blue Unigear sand-bag anchor.

Sandbag anchors are empty bags that can be filled with sand on the beach. They’re perfect for securing tents and beach umbrellas, especially in places with strong winds.

They were especially helpful for anchoring our pool floats in the ocean. We filled the bags with sand, tied them to the floats, and dropped them down to the ocean floor. This kept us from drifting while we soaked up the sun.

Even better, we could leave the floats in the water unattended without worrying they’d float away.

A waterproof phone pouch made it easy to capture photos and videos.
A phone inside a Hurley waterproof phone pouch.

I don’t care how silly I looked walking around with my phone in this waterproof pouch — it was so worth it.

I had my phone out on our snorkeling excursion, captured some awesome kayaking shots, and even snapped some beautiful photos during a sunset swim.

The pouch kept my phone safe from water and sand while letting me capture some of my favorite memories from the trip.

A Bluetooth speaker can change the vibe of any environment.
A red Bluetooth speaker on a poolside table.

Sitting on the beach is relaxing, but whenever I’ve forgotten to bring a speaker, boredom tends to creep in. A Bluetooth speaker can instantly elevate the mood during those quiet lulls.

We used ours while sunbathing, floating in the ocean, paddling around in kayaks, and even while getting ready at the hotel for a post-beach dinner.

However, one lesson we learned the hard way is that there’s a difference between water-resistant and waterproof. Although our speaker was water-resistant, it ended up submerged in the water at the end of our trip and unfortunately broke.

To avoid this, I recommend buying a waterproof pouch specifically made for speakers.

My reusable water bottle kept me hydrated.
A hand holding a beige reusable water bottle over a body of water.

Staying hydrated is important, and I didn’t want to have to juggle an open plastic cup every time I needed a drink.

That’s why I highly recommend bringing a reusable water bottle on any beach vacation. It doesn’t have to be fancy — just something that holds a good amount of water.

However, I wish I had brought water shoes to protect myself from ocean creatures.
Close-up of a woman's feet in pink water shoes standing on a rocky ocean shore.

I didn’t think water shoes were necessary for my trip, especially because I planned to do most of my swimming right in front of the resort. To save a few bucks, I decided to skip them.

However, I quickly regretted my packing decision when I stepped on a sea urchin. The sting was sharp, and the soreness lasted for two days. After some ice and a dose of pain reliever, I made a mental note to never travel without water shoes again.

Towel clips would’ve made our beach time more enjoyable.
Flamingo-shaped towel clips holding a multicolored towel on a lounge chair.

As we set ourselves up on the beach each morning, we draped our towels over the lounge chairs.

Every time we got up, though, the wind sent the towels flying. After a few frustrating chases, we placed rocks on them to keep them in place.

Towel clips would’ve been the perfect solution to hold everything in place, saving us the time and hassle.

Next time, I’ll be sure to pack a shirt to wear in the water.
A woman standing with her back to the camera looking out into the ocean wearing a purple water-shirt.

The sun in the Caribbean can be intense, so I packed plenty of sunscreen. Still, by the end of the trip, I got a nasty sunburn, and sunscreen was no longer cutting it.

It was the kind of burn where you really need to stay covered, but I didn’t want to hide under an umbrella and miss out on the fun. So, I bought a water shirt at the resort’s convenience store.

The only problem? It cost three times as much as it would have on Amazon.

This story was originally published on July 29, 2024, and most recently updated on October 27, 2025.

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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says Trump’s 100% tariff threat on China is ‘effectively off the table’

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks before President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House on September 25, 2025 in Washington, DC.
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent warned government shutdown could hamper US economic growth.
  • Trump is scheduled to meet with China’s President Xi in South Korea this week.
  • Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the US and China have reached a “framework” for trade talks.
  • Bessent also said Trump could finalize the TikTok deal.

President Donald Trump is expected to make headway on two pressing issues this week while meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in South Korea: tariffs and TikTok.

During a Sunday interview on CBS News’ “Face the Nation,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said trade talks between the US and China were progressing. He said the additional 100% tariff on China that President Donald Trump threatened earlier this month, and which was supposed to take effect on November 1, is now “effectively off the table.”

Bessent is traveling with Trump during a nearly weeklong tour in Asia, which also includes stops in Malaysia and Japan.

“I’m not going to get ahead of the two leaders who will be meeting in Korea on Thursday, but I can tell you we had a very good two days,” Bessent said, referring to his own meeting with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng. “So I would expect that the threat of the 100% has gone away, as has the threat of the immediate imposition of the Chinese initiating a worldwide export control regime.”

During a separate interview on ABC News’ “This Week,” Bessent said China and the US have reached a “substantial framework” for trade negotiations.

“The president had given me maximum leverage when he threatened 100% tariffs if the Chinese imposed their rare earth global export controls, so I think we have averted that,” he said.

Jamieson Greer, the US trade representative, echoed Bessent’s remarks while talking to reporters in Malaysia on Sunday.

“We are moving forward to the final details of the type of agreement that the leaders can review and decide if they want to conclude together,” Greer said, The New York Times reported.

On Sunday, Bessent also told “Face the Nation” that Trump and Xi could push through a TikTok deal when they meet on Thursday.

“We reached a final deal on TikTok,” Bessent said. “We reached one in Madrid, and I believe that as of today, all the details are ironed out, and that will be for the two leaders to consummate that transaction on Thursday in Korea.”

ByteDance, the Chinese owner of TikTok, is expected to sell the platform’s US-based assets in response to a 2024 divest-or-ban law. A group of companies and investors is expected to take over the popular social media app’s US operations. Trump earlier said that Larry Ellison and his company, Oracle, would be involved in the deal alongside Rupert Murdoch and Michael Dell. ByteDance is expected to maintain a minority stake.

Representatives for the White House did not respond to a request for comment from Business Insider.

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Here’s the pitch deck that Pacaso, a luxury vacation home startup, used to crowdfund $72 million from 17,500 investors

Pacaso was founded by Zillow co-founder CEO Spencer Rascoff and Austin Allison, former CEO of dotloop
Pacaso was founded by Zillow co-founder CEO Spencer Rascoff (left) and Austin Allison, former CEO of dotloop.
  • Pacaso raised $72.5 million via Reg A, a form of equity crowdfunding.
  • Reg A allows startups to raise up to $75 million from both accredited and non-accredited investors.
  • “It’s a ‘two birds with one stone’ approach,” Pacaso’s cofounder and CEO, Austin Allison, said.

Have you heard of Reg A? Neither had Austin Allison — until he used it to fund Pacaso, a real estate startup for luxury vacation homes.

Allison, Pacaso’s cofounder and CEO, started the company with Spencer Rascoff. They were both veterans of the real estate and consumer technology industries when they launched Pacaso in 2020.

Pacaso is a platform for fractional ownership of luxury vacation homes. The company facilitates the sale of properties in vacation destinations like Jackson Hole, Tuscany, and Napa, which are acquired through property-specific LLCs. Unlike timeshares, which allow multiple users the right to use a property for a set time each year, Pacaso allows clients to share equity in their properties.

The company reached a $1 billion valuation just five months after launch, and at the time, it was the fastest startup in the US to hit unicorn status. Its current valuation is just short of $1 billion, representatives for the company told Business Insider.

The pair first funded Pacaso the traditional way, raising nearly $220 million over the course of four years from investors like SoftBank, Fifth Wall, Greycroft, and Maveron. By 2024, they began considering other options because, Allison said, venture capital suddenly felt limited.

“Traditional VC rounds put one or two investors on your cap table,” Allison told Business Insider.

The company wanted more eyeballs on its platform.

They came across Reg A, a securities exemption that lets startups raise up to $75 million in a 12-month period through a form of equity crowdfunding.

It functions like a mini-IPO, allowing companies to raise money from both accredited and non-accredited investors — unlike Regulation D, which limits participation to accredited investors — while avoiding many of the regulatory hurdles associated with a full public offering.

Allison said that Reg A presented “a unique way to raise capital while simultaneously expanding brand awareness and customer acquisition.”

“It’s a ‘two birds with one stone’ approach,” he added.

Pacaso’s team spent about six months preparing before officially launching their Reg A campaign, which included making a specialized pitch deck.

Unlike a standard pitch deck designed for investors, this needed to appeal to the masses. “We wanted to make sure our deck was very compliant, very public-facing, and accurate,” Tom Mulholland, Pacaso’s senior director of strategic initiatives and capital deployment, told Business Insider.

The campaign was open between October 1, 2024, and September 18, 2025. During that time, the company prepared four or five different versions of its deck. Mulholland said the team drafted it in large part from the top questions they received from potential investors.

The company distributed the deck on its website. It also hosted investor webinars — which drew thousands of viewers over the course of the raise — where Pacaso’s CEO, CFO, and president walked through the deck and answered questions, Mulholland said.

By the close of the campaign, Pacaso almost hit the $75 million cap, raising money from 17,500 investors. The minimum investment was just over $1,000. Allison said the average investment they received was a bit over $4,000.

The campaign drew a range of investors, but the typical demographic overlapped with the company’s customer profile — high-net-worth individuals aged 45 and above, with household incomes of $500,000 or more, Allison said.

“Only a handful of companies have ever raised over $70 million through Reg A — we’re among the top four. The average Reg A raise is closer to $16 million, so our campaign far exceeded expectations,” Allison said. “Many investors went on to become customers.”

See Pacaso’s pitch deck below.

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I go along with my husband’s savings plan even though I don’t like it, but he won’t follow mine. Why does he get to call the shots?

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A reader (not pictured) has different savings goals from her husband and wonders what they should do.
  • For Love & Money is a column from Business Insider answering your relationship and money questions.
  • This week, a reader and her husband have different ideas about how to save.
  • Our columnist suggests that the reader remind her husband that her financial goals are important too.
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Dear For Love & Money,

My husband believes we should have six months of spending saved up at all times. I think it’s too much, but I just go along with it.

I try to add money to our high-yield savings because, in my opinion, savings means savings. But he never puts money in — he says he just meant we should have it on hand. I don’t agree with this, because it feels like I’m the only one contributing to our “savings.” What should we do?

Sincerely,

My Money, But Not My Idea

Dear My Money,

How many months of salary should a person have saved in an emergency fund (experts recommend at least three to six months), and whether saving should be an ongoing process or about reaching a certain dollar amount, depends on your goals.

As for your specific case, I’m tempted to weigh in on who I think is right. But I don’t think that’ll actually help your situation. Instead, I want to discuss what seems to be the underlying issue: You and your husband hold different financial planning philosophies and what appears to be an unequal approach to who calls the shots.

You’ve clearly outlined the differences in your financial philosophies. You see savings as a wealth-building tool and, therefore, want to contribute to a high-yield savings account where your money can grow. Your husband sees savings as a means of security, so he doesn’t worry about monthly contributions, only meeting a specific dollar amount he knows he can fall back on in case of emergency.

However, your dilemma is bigger than a disagreement over savings strategy. The real issue is that within this disagreement, your husband is the only one getting his way. He has his six months of savings, and so, as far as he’s concerned, your family is set. But that’s not your preference. Your preferred strategy is for both of you to consistently contribute to a high-yield savings account, something only you’re doing.

The obvious answer here is to compromise. You’ve reached your husband’s savings goal, and now you can both turn your efforts toward your savings goal. But it doesn’t seem like he’s open to doing this because in his mind, your savings have been handled — his way.

I don’t know the inner workings of your relationship, but there seems to be a power imbalance evident in your letter that is worth unpacking, in order to decide how to best communicate your needs. In many relationships, one member of the couple becomes the default leader. For obvious cultural reasons, in heterosexual relationships, this is often the man, but plenty of other factors can play into this for all relationships.

A big one in my marriage is that my husband is an oldest child, and I am a middle child. When things get dicey, I tend to look around for someone else to tell me what to do. My husband, on the other hand, walks into every situation assuming he’s in charge, and if things start sliding south, he alone must fix it.

But I’m an intelligent person with great ideas, too. Relationships work best when both partners work together, play off one another’s strengths, and make decisions as a team — each feeling heard, trusted, and respected.

Intentional and equitable collaboration is crucial to working as a team. For you, that’ll involve telling your husband that your savings strategy is as important to you as those six months of emergency savings are to him. Explain to him why regularly saving is important to the way you want to approach your money in life, and remind him — since you seem to share finances — that someday, you’ll both benefit from the money you’re stashing away.

If he responds by arguing with you over the necessity of those savings, do what I did in this letter and avoid debating the merits of your differing plans. Instead, remind him that you’re an equal partner who deserves to have your opinions valued.

You said in your letter that while you think your husband’s goal is “too much,” you “just go along with it.” Why? Because it’s important to your husband, and extra savings never hurt anyone. Your financial priorities deserve the same respect, even when your husband deems them unnecessary.

And as long as you continue to share finances, respect means more than him simply tolerating your choice to set aside a portion of your check every month; it will require his participation. You’re an adult with good ideas and financial anxieties that you two can tackle as a team. This is the whole point of sharing finances.

If you find that your husband won’t agree to supporting your financial goal of putting away savings regularly, it may be worth having a conversation about potentially keeping some finances separate. Sometimes staying true to your financial style is easier for everyone when it’s personally maintained.

This doesn’t mean you have to scratch the joint account entirely and make savings one person’s responsibility while the other person gets to have all the fun. Instead, you might agree on an equitable amount of income for each of you to keep in your separate accounts. This number should reflect how much money is currently flowing towards discretionary financial goals, split in half.

However you choose to get there, true compromise doesn’t result in a win-lose situation where one person triumphs while the other is left carrying their losing argument alone. True compromise is two people agreeing to concede a little and gain a little — and that’s a win-win.

Rooting for you both,

For Love & Money

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An earlier version of this article was originally published in January 2024.

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Who is Timothy Mellon? The reclusive billionaire is rumored to be behind a $130 million donation to the Pentagon.

Timothy Mellon in 1981.
Timothy Mellon.
  • Timothy Mellon is a secretive billionaire who’s the heir to a Gilded Age banking fortune.
  • He’s recently spent millions backing Donald Trump and RFK Jr.
  • Now, Mellon is reportedly behind a $130 million Pentagon gift to help pay troops amid the shutdown.

Timothy Mellon is the heir to a Gilded Age banking fortune. While he’s not the sort to flaunt it, recent political donations have repeatedly thrust him into the spotlight.

The reclusive billionaire’s latest gift was an anonymous donation of $130 million to the Pentagon to help it pay troops during the government shutdown, which is nearing one month with no end in sight, The New York Times reported.

Republicans and Democrats are in a budget standoff over healthcare subsidies, forcing hundreds of thousands of federal workers to go without pay. US troops are expecting their next paycheck next week.

The Pentagon is able to accept donations, but using them to pay workers during a shutdown is a legal gray area that could be challenged.

Melton, a GOP megadonor in recent years, emerged as a key financial backer of Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s 2024 presidential campaign, contributing the majority of the funding for American Values 2024, the main super PAC supporting Kennedy’s candidacy.

Mellon has also supported the pro-Trump super PAC, Make America Great Again Inc., contributing tens of millions.

The day after Trump was convicted on 34 felony counts in his hush money trial, Mellon gave $50 million to Trump’s super PAC, according to documents filed with the Federal Election Commission.

Who is Timothy Mellon?

Mellon is the grandson of Andrew Mellon, the banking titan who served as treasury secretary from 1921-1932, spanning three Republican presidents.

He is an heir to the family fortune. Forbes estimates the family’s net worth to be more than $14 billion.

When it comes to Mellon’s own business ventures, he’s perhaps best known for purchasing the former Pan Am.

Mellon is a former liberal who has veered rightward over the years, telling Bloomberg in 2020 that it was mostly about his business dealings.

“I think it came largely from going into business with certain small companies and seeing the interaction between commerce and government — it just seemed like government was making things way too difficult and against the interests of working people,” Mellon said at the time. “The more restrictions you have, the less likely you are to hire people.”

He also once wrote in a self-published autobiography that welfare programs are “slavery redux,” while saying that Black people became “even more belligerent and unwilling to pitch in to improve their own situations” after the expansion of social welfare systems.

He told Bloomberg that he “said everything I wanted to say” and doesn’t “have any regrets” about the book.

He’s a big contributor to GOP causes

In 2021, Mellon contributed $53 million to an effort led by Republican Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas to build a wall along the US-Mexico border, effectively funding that entire venture on his own.

He’s given millions of dollars to GOP causes and campaigns in recent years, including $20 million to a pro-Trump super PAC in 2020, $45 million to a super PAC tied to GOP House leadership, and $30 million to a super PAC associated with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.

Correction: October 26, 2025 — An earlier version of this story misstated that Timothy Mellon was a donor to John F. Kennedy Jr. It was Robert F. Kennedy.

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