A version of this article first appeared in CNBC’s Inside Wealth newsletter with Robert Frank, a weekly guide to the high-net-worth investor and consumer. Sign up to receive future editions, straight to your inbox. A megayacht once valued at more than $300 million was sold by the U.S. government for $187 million to an Emirati billionaire whose…
When I’m commissioned to do a shoot, I usually have a particular idea in my mind that I hope will end up coming to fruition. Sometimes things fall into place and that plan works out, sometimes it doesn’t. The time I got to photograph Elton John was one of those occasions when it did. Ironically,…
Tennessee’s senior U.S. senator eyes a job change in a state primary on today while Memphis voters will choose their first U.S. House nominees under a new Republican-drawn congressional map that forced their longtime Democratic representative into retirement. Republican Gov. Bill Lee is term-limited, and the GOP primary to replace him has attracted U.S. Sen….
Aug. 6, 2026, 6:03 a.m. ET Since returning to office, President Donald Trump has launched an ambitious effort to reshape Washington DC, with major construction projects and changes at some of the city’s most recognizable landmarks. Some of those plans are moving forward, including ongoing work on the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool and a new…
Aug. 6, 2026, 5:11 a.m. ET WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Thursday, Aug. 6, is set to host more than 120 athletes who competed for Team USA in the 2026 Winter Olympics and Paralympic Games in Milano Cortina, Italy, according to the White House. The evening celebration, which will take place at the White…
Aug. 6, 2026, 4:03 a.m. ET Donald Trump is unpopular. Just 39% of Americans have a favorable view of the president a year and a half into his second term. Worse yet, Republicans are poised to lose big in the November midterm elections. Trump seems more interested in fighting with Senate leadership than in helping…
While Elon Musk has consistently painted a utopian picture of AI’s future, many other tech leaders and governments have been sounding the alarm about the technology’s dangers. Google DeepMind’s chief AI readiness officer, Lila Ibrahim, even signed a 2023 statement declaring that mitigating the risk of human extinction from AI should be treated as seriously…
Chinese officials are drafting potential countermeasures against U.S. artificial intelligence (AI) firms, including sanctions and restricted-entity listings, over concerns that Anthropic’s Mythos model could be turned into an offensive cyberweapon, Bloomberg reported on August 3, citing people familiar with the matter. Beijing is not preparing immediate action and would move only if Washington expands technology…
This just in from ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt’s wife in her 100-plus-room LA mansion: She doesn’t want expedited homebuilding for everyone else. Ditto Jane Fonda, albeit from a more modest $6 million spread in Century City. As The California Post reported this week, Schmidt and Fonda will lead a campaign against a Nov. 3 ballot…
Merve Aydogan 06 August 2026•Update: 06 August 2026 Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Wednesday reaffirmed his country’s support for the International Criminal Court (ICC), saying Ottawa would continue backing the institution despite US efforts to pressure allies to withdraw their membership and funding. Asked whether his government was doing enough to defend the ICC…