It’s Saturday. Today's three stories are all about safety nets: a court ruling that freed $500 million for Trump's portfolio, a literal net that caught a Chinese rocket at sea, and a plasma shield to catch a solar storm.
We also cover China catching rockets in nets, a planetary solar shield, and what to watch this weekend (forwarded this email? Join 523k readers).
TOP STORY TODAY
Trump’s Trading Machine
President Trump's latest financial disclosures reveal more than 21,000 stock trades last year across eight investment accounts, with a Charles Schwab account holding at least $302 million emerging as the most active hub.
The trigger came in August, when a New York appeals court threw out a roughly $500 million fraud penalty against the Trumps. That freed cash previously set aside in the Schwab account, and automated strategies quickly put it to work.
The family says independent firms make all trading decisions to avoid conflicts of interest, using direct indexing that also generates tax-reducing losses. The eight accounts held at least $858 million in 2025, up from $237 million.
China Catches Rockets
China successfully launched and recovered its Long March-10B rocket yesterday from Hainan province, becoming the second country ever to retrieve an orbital-class booster, a feat SpaceX first pulled off in 2015.
The method is a world first: instead of landing legs, the descending booster deployed hooks that snagged a giant tensioned net mounted on a sea platform. Two Chinese recovery attempts failed last December.
Reusability radically cuts launch costs, key to China's plans for massive satellite constellations and landing astronauts on the moon by 2030. The 200-foot rocket carries 16 metric tons, and China expects to refly this booster by year's end.
Earth’s Solar Shield
Scientists have proposed StormWall, a fleet of six school-bus-size satellites that would dump 838,000 pounds of barium, lithium, or sodium into space to weaken a catastrophic solar storm before it hits Earth.
Here's how it works: sunlight would instantly ionize the material into a plasma shield 22,000 miles up, blunting the incoming blast for about six hours. Simulations suggest it could cut a major storm's intensity by more than half.
The threat is real. A 1989 storm blacked out Quebec for nine hours, and a 2024 GPS outage cost Midwest farmers an estimated $1 billion. Like an airbag, StormWall works exactly once, then needs replacing.
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The 90-Minute Weekend Reset
Sunday night dread is not a Sunday problem. It is a Saturday problem. So we built a 90-minute Saturday block that resets the whole week. The whole thing, 9:00 to 10:30:
9:00 Money check. Balances glanced, auto-transfer confirmed.
9:15 Calendar sync with your spouse. Kills the "you never told me about Thursday" fight.
9:25 The house 15. One timer, everyone helps.
9:40 Food, decided. Four dinners, one list, order placed.
10:00 Book 15 minutes of one-on-one time per kid.
10:05 Body block. A lift or a brisk walk.
10:25 Monday dread killer. Top 3 written, first domino laid out.
10:30 Done. The weekend is actually free.
Dress Well (Even When It's 95 Out)
Dressing for heat is its own skill. Two cheat sheets, one for each of you.
For the men: master a few proven combos instead of a closet full of guesses.
Linen shirt + tailored swim shorts. Beach to bar without changing.
Breton stripe + cuffed navy chinos. The French navy did the work for you.
The tucked tee. Perfect fit, tucked into cropped trousers. Instantly sharper.
For the women: skip the outfit math with a 12-piece capsule that mixes into everything.
The foundation. Ribbed tanks, one great white tee, a breezy linen button-down.
The one-and-done. A day dress that goes brunch to drinks.
The finishers. Woven tote, oversized shades, a real sun hat.
TRENDING
What to Do This Weekend
▲ Norway vs. England collide in tonight’s 5pm ET World Cup quarterfinal on FOX, Haaland vs. Kane days after Norway knocked out Brazil
▲ Messi and Argentina face Switzerland tonight at 9pm ET, the champ defending both the Cup and his tournament-leading 8 goals
▲ Jack White drops Frozen Charlotte today, 13 tracks cut at Third Man in Nashville with the same raw energy as 2024's acclaimed No Name
▲ Moana live-action remake hits theaters everywhere this week, Dwayne Johnson returns as Maui for the family matinee slot
▲ Evil Dead Burn opens wide for the horror crowd, early reviews call it the nastiest entry in the franchise yet
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