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President Trump has made more money while in office than most of us can even conceive of. In 2025, he took in more than $2.2 billion, according to financial disclosures that we’ve been parsing here at The New York Times.Democrats intend to make a big deal of this in the midterm elections, by accusing Trump of corruptly using his office to enrich himself as consumer prices rise and inequality widens. A CNN poll released today found that nearly two-thirds of Americans thought Trump had gone too far in pursuing his personal business interests while president.Trump is betting that the Democratic…

The leading candidates vying to succeed Lindsey Graham in the Senate gathered Wednesday at his funeral in South Carolina, forming an occasionally awkward tableau, as they sought to celebrate his life respectfully while quietly jockeying for his seat.It was a delicate task. One candidate is Mr. Graham’s sister, Senator Darline Graham, who was picked to serve out the remainder of his term and was endorsed by President Trump to run for the next one. She escorted Mr. Graham’s casket to the front of the First Baptist Church in Columbia, the state capital, and listened to the service from the front…

iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro Max Kerry Wan/ZDNETFollow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google.ZDNET’s key takeawaysYour phone’s battery is measured in mAh, or milliampere-hours.In 2026, the standard for most phones is 5,000 mAh.How you use your phone matters more to the battery’s longevity.After the camera, display, and latest AI-powered features, perhaps the most important features on a new phone is the battery. Each year, manufacturers boast longer battery life and more capacity. lMeasured in mAh, a phone’s battery is an important factor for many buyers. Also: How much storage does your phone really need in 2026? Probably less…

Health-ISAC, a cybersecurity information-sharing organization for the health sector, is warning healthcare and medical technology organizations of an observed increase in successful attacks by ShinyHunters. ShinyHunters is an extortion gang that primarily conducts supply chain and identity attacks to breach cloud SaaS and storage platforms in data theft attacks, Over the past two years, the threat actors have become notorious for conducting numerous supply chain attacks on third-party integration partners. These breaches give them access to OAuth tokens that are used to integrate with SaaS providers like Salesforce and Snowflake. The threat actors are known for identity attacks, where they target employees…

An ARK Invest analyst says the cryptocurrency industry is entering what he describes as its biggest consolidation phase yet, with revenue increasingly concentrated among a handful of dominant protocols.In a Wednesday post on X, Lorenzo Valente, a research associate at ARK Invest, said investors have become increasingly selective, making it harder for crypto projects and exchanges without strong product-market fit to attract capital. As weaker projects struggle or shut down, revenue is becoming concentrated among a small number of dominant protocols, he said.As evidence, Valente said perpetual futures exchange Hyperliquid and memecoin launchpad Pump.fun account for roughly 67% of total…

When temperatures rise, sleep often suffers. Hot nights can make it harder to fall asleep, increase waking during the night and leave people feeling less rested the next day. One reason is thermoregulation, the body’s ability to keep its internal temperature within a safe range. Sleep is closely linked to body temperature: to fall asleep and stay asleep, the body usually needs to lose some heat. Hot bedrooms make that harder. And UK summers are becoming hotter. The Met Office has reported that the chance of exceeding 40°C in the UK is now more than 20 times higher than it…

A proposed expansion of an Elk Valley Resources’ coal mine in southeast British Columbia is moving through the environmental assessment process despite concerns over pollution.Decades of coal mining in the valley has led to harmful selenium concentrations and loads downstream, in British Columbia and the U.S. states of Montana and Idaho.While EVR is making progress in line with the Elk Valley Water Quality Plan, current actions are inadequate to mitigate the selenium pollution crisis, according to researchers and experts from the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes and BC nonprofit Wildsight.Proponents of the mine expansion point to the substantial contribution…

Democrat Cindy Burbank dropped out of the Senate race in Nebraska after winning the party’s nomination. (Photo by Cindy Burbank for Senate) Most U.S. Senate candidates spend millions just to survive the primary season. In Nebraska, Democrat Cindy Burbank spent less than $20,000, won in a landslide – and then dropped out. After capturing the nomination with nearly 90% of the vote, Burbank withdrew in mid-July. The move cleared the November ballot of a Democratic nominee – triggering a lawsuit from the candidate she defeated – and consolidated non-Republican voters behind independent Dan Osborn, a Navy veteran and mechanic whom…

Welcome to Foreign Policy’s Africa Brief. The highlights this week: Protesters take to the streets in Tunisia and Libya, Chad withdraws from the International Criminal Court amid U.S. pressure, and a new political party is launched amid a power struggle in Senegal. Anti-government protests erupted in Tunisia and Libya over the weekend in response to power cuts amid a severe heat wave. These are the latest in a trend of youth-led mobilization against systemic government mismanagement across the continent. Starting on Sunday, hundreds of demonstrators have blocked major roads in Libya’s capital of Tripoli to protest rising oil prices and…

A US man who is already serving 25 years in prison for attempting to kill Sir Salman Rushdie has been convicted of additional charges, including providing material support to a terrorist group. Hadi Matar was convicted in a New York federal court on Wednesday of providing assistance to Hezbollah, the Lebanese armed faction which is designated as a terrorist group by the US, UK and many other countries.Prosecutors argued that Matar was motivated by a fatwa, a religious edict, issued by Iran’s religious leader in 1989 for Rushdie’s death.The award-winning author testified during the trial, describing the attack and crediting…