The Brutalist Report

Fortune

• U.S. appeals court upholds block on Trump’s order to create a federal list of eligible voters and limit mail-in ballots only to people on that list [48d]
• U.S. troops killed recently were moved from the Iran war death toll to ‘overseas operations’ after the Pentagon claimed ‘temporary data disruptions’ [48d]
• China’s Moonshot, Z.AI, and DeepSeek are challenging U.S. AI labs—and beating them on cost [48d]
• Mideast oil may soon have no way out amid ‘everything everywhere all at once’ wars, but the crisis in refined products is even worse [48d]
• Traders are getting a new tool to wager on the biggest U.S. stocks [48d]
• Big Tech earnings slam into a market in revolt over AI spending [48d]
• Romania scrambles F-16 jets to shoot down a suspected Russian ‘Shahed type’ drone, marking the fourth recent violation of NATO airspace [48d]
• James Cameron tried to warn us: ‘Skynet Day’ is now shorthand for OpenAI’s agent going rogue and hacking into a startup [48d]
• Ukraine’s attack on an Iranian ship in the Caspian Sea could signal a new battlefront as U.S. seeks to form ‘a ring of economic and military pressure’ [48d]
• The U.S. and Iran pause attacks on each other for a second straight day while Tehran continues talks with Oman over Hormuz [48d]
• Conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer admits she was ‘bamboozled’ by Russian propaganda and calls podcasters’ misinformation a national security threat [48d]
• Nuclear regulators want to eliminate a foundational safety principal that seeks to keep radiation exposure ‘as low as reasonably achievable’ [48d]
• New tariffs could allow Trump to make levies permanent without going to Congress — ‘he’s trying every side door and every unlatched window to get in’ [48d]
• A deal is being negotiated that centers around having Iran run vessel transit through the Strait of Hormuz with fewer restrictions on ships [48d]
• The ‘White Lotus’ effect: How fabulous TV locations are reshaping luxury travel and infuriating locals [48d]
• Jeff Bezos says being lazy, not working hard, is the root of anxiety: ‘The stress goes away the second I take that first step’ [48d]
• Despite nearing their 60s, nearly four in 10 Americans heading towards the end of their careers don’t even have a retirement account [48d]
• A Gen Xer sold his company for $1.6 billion. He kept less than $100 million and gave the rest away because he doesn’t ‘believe in billionaires’ [48d]
• No, Miami isn’t more expensive than New York. But it may be less ‘affordable’ [48d]
• The U.S. government invested $27 billion in corporate stakes. Good luck finding them [48d]