The Brutalist Report

Fortune

• Meta just bumped its 2026 capex forecast up to as much as $145 billion for the AI boom—and investors flinched [37d]
• Exclusive: America’s largest Black-owned bank launches podcast with mission to unlock hidden shame holding back generational wealth [37d]
• Supreme Court weighs Trump administration push to end protections for migrants from Haiti and Syria [37d]
• ‘A strategic blunder’: Democrats confront Hegseth as the Iran war’s price tag hits $25 billion [37d]
• Trackers will be added to emergency vehicles at LaGuardia following deadly March collision [37d]
• More airport disruptions may be coming as White House warns pay for TSA workers will ‘soon run out’ [37d]
• Trump spent nearly $2 billion of taxpayer money to undo wind projects already underway. Dems demand answers [37d]
• Jamie Dimon says bureaucracy sinks companies and the solution may be getting rid of the ‘jerks’ who don’t want to solve it [37d]
• Risk of paralysis, bacteria, even death is no match for Americans’ thirst for raw milk [37d]
• Hilton’s CEO says the economy is actually C-shaped to the benefit of the middle class. Most of his competitors disagree [37d]
• The national debt fix would cost $827 billion—roughly what America spends on its entire military, economists warn [37d]
• ‘They left me no choice’: Powell isn’t going anywhere—blocking Trump from another Fed appointee [37d]
• Tom Steyer runs for California governor on class traitor platform: ‘I’m the billionaire who wants to tax other billionaires’ [37d]
• FedEx and UPS are pledging to give their tariff refunds back to consumers, and the sum will likely top $5 billion [37d]
• Jerome Powell defies Trump one last time, holding rates steady: ‘The facts have moved decisively in the hawkish direction,’ top economist says [37d]
• Meta quietly rolls out stablecoin payments four years after demise of controversial Libra project [37d]
• How JPMorgan’s CIO is reshaping work at the bank with a $19.8 billion annual tech and AI budget [37d]
• Starbucks is winning customers back after investing $500 million in workers and stores [37d]
• Robinhood CEO says a ‘tokenization supercycle’ is underway [37d]
• Emma Grede, who helped found the $5 billion Skims empire, rejects ‘celebrity CEO’ label: ‘I’m a CEO who’s done so well you know my name’ [37d]
• Emma Grede, who helped found the $5 billion Skims empire, rejects ‘celebrity CEO’ label: ‘I’m a CEO who’s done so well you know my name’ [37d]
• Former Goldman Sachs CEO: Ivy League geniuses aren’t always the most successful—This overlooked skill is key [37d]
• JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon warns a ‘great’ meeting is usually a bad one—here’s how he ends them instead [37d]
• The AI boom is built on the backs of the world’s poorest, most exploited people, UN researchers find [37d]
• I spent 20 years learning to navigate an industry. Then I built a campaign for the man who’s dismantling it [37d]
• Accenture’s Julie Sweet blew up 50 years of company history. She says the hardest part is still ahead [37d]
• Current price of oil as of April 29, 2026 [37d]
• ‘A little touch of luxury, it goes a long way’: Starbucks CEO sees the turn in the turnaround as human touch sings [37d]
• We’re the CEOs of Peloton and the Hospital for Special Surgery. Living longer isn’t enough, we need to live better, too [37d]
• OpenAI is ‘strongly positioned,’ says Wedbush’s Dan Ives [37d]
• Missourians get first chance since 1917 to vote the income tax out of existence [37d]
• Meet all 37 White House ballroom donors funding the $400 million build, including Silicon Valley tech giants, crypto bros and the Lutnicks [37d]
• The EU just blessed a car industry patent cartel—and the U.S. DOJ is fighting back [37d]
• AI won’t kill your job — it will kill the path to your first one [37d]
• Trump’s picture on the passport to celebrate America’s 250th birthday: State Department preps limited release [37d]
• No, tariffs are not strengthening the economy [37d]
• Jamie Dimon gets candid about national debt: ‘There will be a bond crisis, and then we’ll have to deal with it’ [37d]
• Exclusive: Vanta hits $300 million ARR as ‘shadow AI’ explodes across corporate America [37d]
• Tariff-proof pay: How boardrooms quietly made sure Trump’s trade war stopped at the CEO’s door [37d]
• From encyclopedias to AI: How knowledge is changing the way we work [37d]
• More than two-thirds of U.S. schools say they’re unable to afford the cost of student free lunch—and MAHA’s dietary guidelines may make it worse [37d]
• Gen Z has the wrong idea about college. Your career doesn’t start after you graduate [37d]
• CEO turnover is up, and boards are favoring experienced insiders who can hit the ground running [37d]
• From Warren Buffett to Tim Cook, these 5 Fortune 500 legends all share the same childhood job [37d]
• The uncomfortable truth about AI and the American worker [37d]
• CEOs got millions after boards ‘neutralized’ the impact of tariffs. Some won’t say what it was worth [37d]
• Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says this career path will thrive in the AI era—and drive a new Industrial Revolution [37d]
• ‘Take the money and run’: Johns Hopkins economist Steve Hanke on why the UAE quit OPEC [37d]
• Islamic finance aligns naturally with ESG, says Maybank’s first-ever chief sustainability officer [37d]
• AWS CEO Matt Garman sees huge business opportunity for Amazon in AI-powered software: ‘Everything is going to be remade’ [37d]
• Mark Zuckerberg’s AI ambitions back in the spotlight as Meta execs begin ‘moonshot’ mission for $9.5 trillion valuation and massive payouts [38d]