Beyoncé is now a billionaire. https://go.forbes.com/yBCRtK For almost any other musical artist, The Renaissance World Tour would be a career peak. The concert sensation of 2023, grossed nearly $600 million. But the 44-year-old pop supernova reinvented herself again in 2024, releasing a country album, Cowboy Carter, that would generate new commercial opportunities, a Christmas NFL halftime performance and the world’s highest-grossing concert tour of 2025, ultimately earning Queen Bey another title of distinction—billionaire. She now joins an elite group of celebrities who have recently crossed the three-comma threshold—of the 22 billionaire entertainers Forbes has identified, nearly half were added in the last three years—and she becomes just the fifth musician, joining her husband, Jay-Z, as well as Taylor Swift, Bruce Springsteen and Rihanna.

Forbes PM: Musk Is Now The First Person Ever Worth $600 Billion Good evening, Elon Musk is one step closer to becoming the world’s first trillionaire. Earlier this month, Musk’s rocket maker SpaceX launched a tender offer valuing the firm at $800 billion, up from $400 billion in August, boosting Musk’s fortune. He is now the first person ever worth more than $600 billion. No one else has ever been worth $500 billion. Learn more here: https://go.forbes.com/zAB0Ha 📈 Where The Markets Landed 📉 DOW: 48,416.74 (- 41.31) NASDAQ: 23,057.41 (- 137.76) S&P 500: 6,816.52 (- 10.89) MUST READ: New York Approves Casino Sites—With Trump And Billionaire Steve Cohen Standing To Gain What To Know: The state of New York anticipates the projects to bring in about $1.5 billion in licensing fees and $7 billion in tax revenue by 2036. Read more: https://go.forbes.com/9Kk8Hq

Epstein said Trump loved "young, nubile girls," in letter to pedophile Larry Nassar. In the letter, released Monday by the Justice Department and postmarked for Aug. 13, 2019, Epstein wrote to Nassar: “Our president also shares our love of young, nubile girls. When a young beauty walked by he loved to ‘grab snatch,’ whereas we ended up snatching grub in the mess halls of the system. Life is unfair.” The Justice Department has disputed claims made against President Donald Trump in the latest major disclosures related to Epstein, which reportedly feature Trump more than previous files. https://go.forbes.com/3D6v8M

Forbes P.M.: DOJ Begins Releasing Epstein Files. Here’s What We Know. A portion of the long-awaited Epstein files was released Friday as the Justice Department made the documents public in compliance with federal law. Our reporters are diving into the tranche of documents—follow their live updates here: https://go.forbes.com/44SoeV 📈 Where The Markets Landed 📉 DOW: 48,134.89 (+ 183.04) NASDAQ: 23,307.62 (+ 301.26) S&P 500: 6,834.50 (+ 59.74) MUST READ: Trump Announces Reduced Drug Pricing Deal With Amgen, Gilead And Other Pharma Firms What To Know: Under the new agreement, certain medicines from the involved companies will be sold on a government website called TrumpRx. https://go.forbes.com/44SoeV

Republicans have seized on the allegations to target Democratic Gov. Tim Walz. https://go.forbes.com/G7bD4_

https://go.forbes.com/MUnI9J Rogan is increasingly criticizing Trump.

Elon Musk had a chaotic, controversial and lucrative 2025. From frenemyship with Trump, the DOGE debacle, unmet self-driving car and Starship promises, chainsaws and “Mechahitler” to his controversial $1 trillion pay deal, 2025 was Elon Musk’s most chaotic and lucrative year. https://go.forbes.com/GSgxo3

https://go.forbes.com/MuUrG0 Christmas movie sales best post-pandemic.

China said it was opposed to "acts of unilateral bullying.” https://go.forbes.com/j4f3bP

AI bathroom monitors? Schools across the U.S. are rolling out AI-powered surveillance technology, including drones, facial recognition and even bathroom listening devices. But there’s not much data to prove they keep kids safe. https://go.forbes.com/5DtP4F