BlackRock prices $12.5 billion debt deal for Meta Texas data center
What's new: Orders reached about $20 billion, but pricing did not tighten after a weeklong marketing process.
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#Texas
Heat wave strains Central US power grids as Dallas nears 100F
Why it matters: warnings stretch from Montana to Texas, with heat expected to spread to the Gulf Coast through month-end.
Bloomberg, The Hill
SpaceX flies 13th Starship test, deploys 20 V3 Starlink satellites
What's new: The upper stage reached a soft Indian Ocean splashdown, but the booster made a hard landing after engine relight problems.
SpaceX flies 13th Starship test, deploys 20 upgraded Starlinks
What's new: The upper stage reached the Indian Ocean intact, but the booster made a hard Gulf splashdown after multiple engines failed to relight.
11 indicted after 7 migrants die in sealed rail container in Texas
What's new: Prosecutors say the smuggling ring ran for years, used cargo trains and charged migrants $1,500 to $10,000.
Texas Hill Country floods kill 2 as new alerts spur rescues
What’s new: After last year’s 136 deaths, Kerr County and Kerrville sent multiple evacuation alerts as hundreds needed rescue.
BBC News (World), The New York Times +3
ICE to require body cameras during vehicle stops after 2 shootings
What's next: The agency said cameras have already been bought and trainers are preparing a nationwide rollout.
SpaceX scrubs Starship test flight as engine issue hits stock
What's next: SpaceX plans another launch attempt early next week after replacing 2 Raptor engines.
Rights report details beatings at ICE’s 5,000-bed Texas detention camp
What’s new: 64 of 71 detainees interviewed said they were assaulted by staff or saw others beaten at Camp East Montana.
NPR, PBS NewsHour +2
ICE halts most vehicle stops after 2 fatal shootings in Maine, Texas
What's new: Agents can still stop vehicles for the most serious targets as scrutiny grows over two recent deaths.
The New York Times, NPR +3
ICE agent fatally shot Mexican motorist during Houston stop
What's next: The FBI is investigating the shooting after ICE said the driver tried to ram officers during an arrest operation.
Wally Funk, pilot who finally reached space at 82, dies at 87
What's new: The Mercury 13 trailblazer died Wednesday in Grapevine, Texas, after recent falls and a leg infection.
The New York Times, The Hill
Micron lifts US chip investment to $250 billion through 2035
What's new: The company also committed up to $3 billion more, including $500 million for GlobalWafers' Texas expansion.
Bloomberg, CNBC +1
Ghislaine Maxwell seeks to void 2021 sex-trafficking conviction
What's new: Prosecutors urged a federal judge to reject the bid, calling her claims speculative and procedurally barred.
The Straits Times, ABC News
8 get 30 to 100 years in Texas ICE detention center shooting case
What's next: Benjamin Song plans to appeal after receiving the longest sentence for the July 4, 2025 attack that wounded an officer.
BBC News (World), The Straits Times +2
Texas flood-hit Camp Mystic seeks Chapter 11 with debt above $10M
What's next: The filing follows lawsuits and investigations over the 2025 flood that killed 27 people at the girls camp.
PBS NewsHour, ABC News
Tesla on Autopilot plows into Texas home, killing 76-year-old woman
What's new: Investigators said the driver showed no signs of intoxication as they examine why the Model 3 left the road.
BBC News (US & Canada), BBC News (World) +5
Chevron to supply gas for 2.7-gigawatt Microsoft Texas data center
Why it matters: The 20-year deal shows Microsoft turning to fossil fuel generation to meet round-the-clock AI power demand.
Bloomberg, CNBC
Argentina face Austria in Dallas, spotlight still on Messi
A win would also help Argentina avoid a possible meeting with Spain in the round of 32.
Antara News, The Guardian (Football) +1
Singapore court shifts X defamation fight with Media Matters to US
What's next: A Texas trial over the same 2023 article is scheduled for March 2027, while X's Singapore unit sought US$26 million in lost ad revenue.
Supreme Court narrows gun ban for illegal drug users in 9-0 ruling
What's new: The justices left room to disarm addicts or people carrying guns while intoxicated, but rejected a broader ban on regular users.
The New York Times, The Straits Times +2
Supreme Court limits federal gun ban for marijuana users
What's new: The 9-0 ruling leaves other firearm limits intact, including bans for addicts, intoxicated people and those deemed dangerous.
PBS NewsHour, ABC News
Private jet crashes on Texas highway, startup CEO dies
Traffic near Laredo was shut for hours as investigators sought the cause of the crash shortly after takeoff.
Tesla-SpaceX merger talk grows as Musk’s control limits challenges
Why it matters: Texas law makes shareholder suits harder, raising the odds Musk could push through a deal between his two biggest companies.
The New York Times, Bloomberg
FTC, 4 states sue WPATH over transgender treatments for minors
What's new: Alaska, Iowa, Nebraska and Texas joined the case, which targets WPATH's standards on puberty blockers, hormones and surgeries.
Bloomberg, The Hill +1
Tropical Storm Arthur forms off Texas, raising flood threat on Gulf Coast
What's new: Arthur became the Atlantic season's first named storm as watches and warnings stretched from Texas into Louisiana.
The New York Times, The Straits Times +2
1 dead after NetJets plane crashes onto Texas highway in Laredo
What's new: The Cessna jet diverted from a flight from Los Cabos to Austin before slamming onto Loop 20 around 10 p.m.
Gulf storm nears tropical status as Texas to Mississippi brace for floods
What's next: Forecasters see a 70% chance of tropical cyclone formation within two days, with up to 12 inches of rain in some coastal areas.
PBS NewsHour, NPR
US readies $1 billion screwworm fight after Texas cattle cases
Why it matters: The parasite can ravage herds and disrupt cross-border livestock trade, though officials say it does not make beef unsafe to eat.
PBS NewsHour, Fox News
1 dead, 10 wounded after gunman opens fire in Midland, Texas
What's new: Police said the suspect died after a roughly two-hour standoff, while four victims were in surgery at Midland Memorial Hospital.
SpaceX IPO opens Friday with options set to start trading June 16
What's new: Traders expect unusually wide early options markets as investors lack a clear hedge for the space company.
Bloomberg, BBC News (World) +5
Cornyn predicted midterm 'disaster' for Trump after Texas primary loss
What's new: The former Texas senator said Trump's backing of Ken Paxton will make races costlier in Texas and harder nationwide.
The New York Times, The Hill
SpaceX share sale opens June 12 in test of Musk’s market appeal
What’s next: UK retail investors may get about £1.5 billion in stock as pension savers also gain indirect exposure.
The New York Times, Bloomberg +2
Oracle plans up to $95 billion in FY2027 AI spending, shares fall
What's new: Oracle expects to raise nearly $40 billion in debt and equity in 2027 as margins weaken during the data-center buildout.
Jury reaches verdict in Texas track meet stabbing case
What's new: Jurors could weigh murder or the lesser charge of manslaughter after the judge rejected criminally negligent homicide.
Fox News, ABC News
Rollins downplays Texas screwworm threat after earlier stark warnings
What's new: The USDA chief now says the parasite is treatable and not a food-supply risk, even as beef prices and border policy become political flashpoints.
CNBC, The Hill
US firm plans 250,000-barrel fuel cargo for crisis-hit Cuba
Why it matters: The shipment would be the largest US fuel delivery to Cuba since 1960 and could ease blackouts for private businesses.
Bloomberg, The Straits Times
Texas jury convicts teen in fatal stabbing at 2025 track meet
What's next: Karmelo Anthony, 19, faces up to life in prison after jurors rejected his self-defense claim in less than three hours.
BBC News (US & Canada), The Straits Times +1
Texas screwworm cases rise to 4 as USDA steps up containment
What's new: Officials found 2 more cases in a calf and a dog, while the USDA said it is releasing 10 million sterile flies a week.
PBS NewsHour, The Straits Times +3
Paxton's ex-defense lawyer backs Democrat Talarico in Texas race
Why it matters: The endorsement undercuts Paxton's corruption-case defenses as Democrats target a rare statewide pickup in Texas.
The New York Times, PBS NewsHour +1
Flesh-eating screwworm turns up in Texas calf for first time since 1966
Why it matters: The pest can kill livestock through wound infestations, threatening the $113 billion U.S. cattle industry as it moves north from Mexico.
The New York Times, Bloomberg +6
Texas confirms 1st screwworm case since 1966, hitting cattle futures
Why it matters: USDA froze animal movement within 20 kilometers of the site as the parasite threatens herds and beef prices.
Eight riders rescued after roller coaster stalls high above Texas pier
Eight people were rescued after the Iron Shark roller coaster stalled about 100 feet above Pleasure Pier in Galveston, Texas.
BBC News (US & Canada), ABC News