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WSJ's Corrie Driebusch breaks down the success of SpaceX's IPO and why it bodes well for companies like Anthropic and OpenAI.

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WSJ’s Asa Fitch breaks down what investors can expect from the other big IPOs of 2026 — OpenAI and Anthropic — as SpaceX makes its public debut.

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Elon Musk became the world’s first trillionaire after SpaceX debuted on public markets. WSJ’s Theo Francis explains the math behind his net worth.

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The initial public offering for SpaceX on June 12 could make Elon Musk the world’s first trillionaire. Just how wealthy is the tech founder? His fortune now stands at roughly $970 billion, mostly in stock, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis.⁠

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Retail investors are expected to have access to a much larger portion of SpaceX shares than a typical IPO. WSJ’s Miriam Gottfried explains how to get in on the action and what to keep in mind when deciding if you want to invest.

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Starbase, Texas, is a newly incorporated company town and the headquarters of Elon Musk’s SpaceX. A small army of staff and contractors pour into Starbase every day from neighboring areas, including Brownsville, the biggest city in Texas’s Rio Grande Valley and historically one of the poorest places in the U.S.

SpaceX's IPO is expected to be the largest in history, and deliver a valuation of around $1.8 trillion. Many employees at Starbase stand to make small fortunes, injecting immense wealth into a region already straining to accommodate Musk’s grand ambitions.

Watch Micah Maidenberg report from Starbase and Brownsville as residents in the region brace for SpaceX’s IPO and the uncertainty from one of the world’s most valuable companies planning to become even bigger.

Chapters:
0:00 SpaceX’s Starbase
2:43 Impact on Brownsville
4:51 The shifting economy
6:41 Local tension
7:30 The future of Starbase

News Explainers
Some days the high-speed news cycle can bring more questions than answers. WSJ’s news explainers break down the day's biggest stories into bite-size pieces to help you make sense of the news.

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WSJ’s Rachel Bachman reports on the cost for cities hosting the World Cup, and whether the expected tourism rush is enough to offset the massive price tag of hosting.

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To reach the final of the World Cup that starts June 11, Team USA would need to make a historic run. For a fan to follow the U.S. to the final, it would take money. A lot of money.⁠

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FIFA is spending millions to create consistent, natural-grass playing surfaces across all 16 stadiums hosting the 2026 World Cup. Because many of these venues in the U.S. were designed for NFL football rather than soccer pitches, the project requires massive transformations at each venue. Grass for the new playing surfaces must be grown at specialized turf farms, transported across the continent, and installed in stadiums across North America, each with its own unique climate, design, and challenges.

WSJ explores how scientists are pulling off this multimillion-dollar engineering feat, and how it could change the future of sports.

Chapters:
0:00 Playing soccer matches in NFL stadiums
0:48 Developing the grass
3:42 Moving from sod farms to stadiums
4:56 Working across different venues
5:53 Impact on sports

Tech Behind
'The Tech Behind' explores the amazing engineering, computing, science and algorithms that power our favorite tech.

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The Trump administration wants to set up an Ebola quarantine and treatment facility for Americans in Kenya. WSJ’s Caroline Kimeu reports on the growing obstacles to that plan.

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Chinese President Xi Jinping’s first visit to Pyongyang in seven years highlights Beijing’s renewed push to strengthen ties with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. WSJ’s Tim Martin examines the relationship.

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WSJ's Farah Otero-Amad speaks with Knicks fans outside Madison Square Garden ahead of the team's Game 3 match up against the San Antonio Spurs.

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