Saturday, June 13, 2026
SpaceX has gone public on the Nasdaq, raising $75 billion in the largest IPO on record and sending its shares up nearly a fifth on debut. The listing pushed Elon Musk's net worth to $1.11 trillion, making him the first person in history to cross the trillion-dollar threshold. SpaceX now carries a market valuation of $2.2 trillion.
The US military has killed Niño Guerrero, the leader of Venezuela's Tren de Aragua gang, in what Trump described as a "swift and lethal kinetic strike." Trump announced the killing on Truth Social, posting a video that appears to show the airstrike. Tren de Aragua has been designated a foreign terrorist organization by the US government.
The Trump Justice Department's antitrust division has approved the $111 billion merger between Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros Discovery, clearing the biggest media consolidation in years. The deal, backed by the Ellison family, will combine the studios behind HBO, CNN, and a vast library of film and TV assets under one roof. The merger still faces a UK competition investigation.
Scientists have developed a maternal blood test capable of detecting thousands of serious genetic conditions in a developing fetus by analyzing fragments of fetal DNA circulating in the mother's bloodstream. The technique could significantly reduce the need for invasive procedures like amniocentesis, which carry a small risk of miscarriage. Findings are being presented at the European Society for Human Genetics conference in Gothenburg on Saturday.
A US district court judge has ordered the Trump administration to reinstate history and science materials removed from national monuments under a 2025 executive order, ruling that the removals set "a dangerous precedent of censorship and sanitization." The White House had directed agencies to purge displays deemed inconsistent with the administration's version of American history. Officials have 21 days to comply with the order.
